Isele Magazine

Isele Magazine
EditorUkamaka Olisakwe
CategoriesLiterary Magazine
PublisherUkamaka Olisakwe
First issue30 July 2020
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.iselemagazine.com
ISSN2766-2470

Isele Magazine is a literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and book reviews.[1][2]

History

Isele Magazine was founded in July 2020 by Nigerian novelist Ukamaka Olisakwe.[3]

In an interview with Open Country Mag, she explained that the magazine is a tribute to late grandmother, alias 'Isele Nwanyi', who was a dancer and a performance poet.[4]

The magazine published its first issue in July 2020 and made a call for submissions, inviting "writers and artists who hold a mirror to our society, who challenge conventional expectations about ways of being, how to be, and who decides who should be."[5]

In October 2021, the magazine published a call for The Woman Issue, seeking submissions that "subvert the tropes and narratives associated with and definitive of womanhood."[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ C.J, Nelson (31 August 2020). "From Lolwe to Isele Magazine, Africa's literary ecosystem is seeing a radical revival powered by young people » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Dahir, Abdi Latif (17 July 2021). "The New Magazines and Journals Shaping Africa's Literary Scene". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Murua, James (30 July 2020). "The Ukamaka Olisakwe-founded Isele Magazine makes its debut". Writing Africa. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Willie-Okafor, Paula (6 September 2021). "A Novelist Entered Literary Curation, Still Honouring Her Feminist Roots". Open Country Mag. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Ogunyemi, Ernest (13 August 2020). "Isele Magazine/ How to Submit (Payment: A Modest Token)". Creative Writing News. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Submission Guidelines". Isele Magazine. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Dougherty, Robin. "Yale University Library Research Guides: African Collection, Yale University Library: Literature". Yale University Research Library. Retrieved 15 October 2021.