Global

April 9, 2024

“Thinking Through Tremor”

Morality as an uncanny city in Teju Cole’s second novel: “And if we are to think of music as a sort of shield for him, then we are invited to think of his dead friend as having once played that same role in his life.”

Reyumeh Ejue

March 25, 2024

“A Richness of African Consciousness”: How a Spiritual Novel Influenced a Music Album

Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, author of The Famished Road, and Ghanaian rapper Delasi, with the EP The Audacity of Free Thought, in a deep, rare reflection on storytelling, art forms, and their quests for origins.

Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

February 26, 2024

20.35 Africa Calls for Submissions to Volume 7, Guest-Edited by Thea Matthews & Kwame Opoku-Duku

20.35 Africa

January 26, 2024

The Anticipated Books of 2024

From Chigozie Obioma, Teju Cole, and Akwaeke Emezi to Safia Elhillo, Olumide Popoola, and Tares Oburumu: the anticipated books of 2024.

Open Country Mag

January 11, 2024

The 60 Notable Books of 2023

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, and Leila Aboulela to DK Nnuro, Momtaza Mehri, and Fatin Abbas: the notable books of 2023 by Africans.

Open Country Mag

December 28, 2023

Our Top Stories of 2023

Otosirieze

December 26, 2023

On Our Third Anniversary, a Note of Gratitude

Otosirieze

October 23, 2023

Enrol for SBMEN’s 2-Weekend Virtual Writing & Criticism Course: November 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

August 22, 2023

SBMEN Announces 4-Weekend Fiction & Non-Fiction Editing Course for September 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

July 25, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu Signs US and UK Deals for Debut Novel Say You’re Here (Exclusive)

The manuscript in progress has been acquired by Scribner in the US and W&N in the UK.

Paula Willie-Okafor

July 18, 2023

Sarah Ladipo Manyika Is Curious About Culture Icons

In Between Starshine and Clay, the novelist interviews Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, and Wole Soyinka, among other major Black figures in the arts and politics. “One of the things that was the most surprising was the actual extent to which they forged their own path,” she said.

Otosirieze

July 3, 2023

Submit to Issue II of LIPFest’s Márọkọ

Uchenna Emelife

May 2, 2023

Announcing The Open Country Mag Curatorial Fellowships, Sponsored by Africa No Filter

The instructors are Lumen Prize winner Minne Attairu, A Nasty Boy founder Innanoshe Akuson, and Open Country Mag editor Otosirieze.

Open Country Mag

April 20, 2023

Apply for Paramount Global’s Writers Mentoring Program

Open Country Mag

April 4, 2023

After 12 Years, Teju Cole Returns to Fiction with Tremor

It is the second novel and ninth book by the great writer who appeared on the cover of Open Country Mag. Random House describes it as “a startling work of realism and invention.”

Ada Nnadi

April 4, 2023

With God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Arinze Ifeakandu Garners Breakout Acclaim

Ahead of its release in Nigeria, the collection about gay men just won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for the US and Canada: a highlight in a series of recognition from the Kirkus Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Story Prize, and the Lambda Awards.

Paula Willie-Okafor

March 5, 2023

PhotoVogue Calls for Submissions: What Is Beauty?

Open Country Mag

March 5, 2023

Enter for Africa Soft Power’s Climate Change Photo Essay Prize

Open Country Mag

March 5, 2023

The Black Ambition Prize 2023: Apply to Win $1M

Open Country Mag

March 5, 2023

Apply to Museum of African Diaspora’s Poets-in-Residence Program

Open Country Mag

April 9, 2024

“Thinking Through Tremor”

Morality as an uncanny city in Teju Cole’s second novel: “And if we are to think of music as a sort of shield for him, then we are invited to think of his dead friend as having once played that same role in his life.”

Reyumeh Ejue

March 25, 2024

“A Richness of African Consciousness”: How a Spiritual Novel Influenced a Music Album

Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, author of The Famished Road, and Ghanaian rapper Delasi, with the EP The Audacity of Free Thought, in a deep, rare reflection on storytelling, art forms, and their quests for origins.

Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

February 26, 2024

20.35 Africa Calls for Submissions to Volume 7, Guest-Edited by Thea Matthews & Kwame Opoku-Duku

20.35 Africa

January 26, 2024

The Anticipated Books of 2024

From Chigozie Obioma, Teju Cole, and Akwaeke Emezi to Safia Elhillo, Olumide Popoola, and Tares Oburumu: the anticipated books of 2024.

Open Country Mag

January 11, 2024

The 60 Notable Books of 2023

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, and Leila Aboulela to DK Nnuro, Momtaza Mehri, and Fatin Abbas: the notable books of 2023 by Africans.

Open Country Mag

December 28, 2023

Our Top Stories of 2023

Otosirieze

December 26, 2023

On Our Third Anniversary, a Note of Gratitude

Otosirieze

October 23, 2023

Enrol for SBMEN’s 2-Weekend Virtual Writing & Criticism Course: November 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

August 22, 2023

SBMEN Announces 4-Weekend Fiction & Non-Fiction Editing Course for September 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

July 25, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu Signs US and UK Deals for Debut Novel Say You’re Here (Exclusive)

The manuscript in progress has been acquired by Scribner in the US and W&N in the UK.

Paula Willie-Okafor

July 18, 2023

Sarah Ladipo Manyika Is Curious About Culture Icons

In Between Starshine and Clay, the novelist interviews Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, and Wole Soyinka, among other major Black figures in the arts and politics. “One of the things that was the most surprising was the actual extent to which they forged their own path,” she said.

Otosirieze

July 3, 2023

Submit to Issue II of LIPFest’s Márọkọ

Uchenna Emelife

May 2, 2023

Announcing The Open Country Mag Curatorial Fellowships, Sponsored by Africa No Filter

The instructors are Lumen Prize winner Minne Attairu, A Nasty Boy founder Innanoshe Akuson, and Open Country Mag editor Otosirieze.

Open Country Mag

April 20, 2023

Apply for Paramount Global’s Writers Mentoring Program

Open Country Mag

April 4, 2023

After 12 Years, Teju Cole Returns to Fiction with Tremor

It is the second novel and ninth book by the great writer who appeared on the cover of Open Country Mag. Random House describes it as “a startling work of realism and invention.”

Ada Nnadi

April 4, 2023

With God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Arinze Ifeakandu Garners Breakout Acclaim

Ahead of its release in Nigeria, the collection about gay men just won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for the US and Canada: a highlight in a series of recognition from the Kirkus Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Story Prize, and the Lambda Awards.

Paula Willie-Okafor

March 5, 2023

PhotoVogue Calls for Submissions: What Is Beauty?

Open Country Mag

March 5, 2023

Enter for Africa Soft Power’s Climate Change Photo Essay Prize

Open Country Mag

March 5, 2023

The Black Ambition Prize 2023: Apply to Win $1M

Open Country Mag

March 5, 2023

Apply to Museum of African Diaspora’s Poets-in-Residence Program

Open Country Mag