''Lolwe'' is an online magazine that publishes fiction, literary criticism, personal essays, photography, and poetry.
History
''Lolwe'' was founded in January 2020 by Kenyan writer and editor
Troy Onyango. According to the website the origin of the name is, "''Lolwe:'' From ''Nam Lolwe,'' the original or traditional Luo name for
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropics, tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface are ...
meaning 'endless lake/water body'. Therefore, ''Lolwe'' meaning ''endless,'' meaning having or seeming to have no end or limit'."''
The publication made a call out for submissions for its inaugural issue for work that is "bold, different, and blurs or pushes boundaries." In an interview, the founder revealed that the magazine was inspired by literary magazines like ''
Saraba Magazine
''Saraba'' is a nonprofit literary magazine published by the Saraba Literary Trust in Nigeria. First published in February 2009, it aims "to create unending voices by publishing the finest emerging writers, with focus on writers from Nigeria, an ...
,
Chimurenga
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,
Bakwa'', and ''
Kwani?
''Kwani?'' (derived from the Sheng slang ''so what?'') was a prominent African literary magazine headquartered in Kenya. It has been hailed as "undoubtedly the most influential journal to have emerged from sub-Saharan Africa".
The magazine orig ...
''.
This publication accepts submissions by Black authors (African, Caribbean and in the Diaspora).
["Who can submit: Black (African, Caribbean, Diaspora) artists." https://web.archive.org/web/20220122212737/https://lolwe.org/submit/]
See also
* ''
Transition Magazine
''Transition Magazine'' was established in 1961 by Rajat Neogy as ''Transition Magazine: An International Review''. It was published from 1961 to 1976 in various countries on the African continent, and since 1991 in the United States. In recen ...
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* ''
Kwani?
''Kwani?'' (derived from the Sheng slang ''so what?'') was a prominent African literary magazine headquartered in Kenya. It has been hailed as "undoubtedly the most influential journal to have emerged from sub-Saharan Africa".
The magazine orig ...
''
* ''
Saraba Magazine
''Saraba'' is a nonprofit literary magazine published by the Saraba Literary Trust in Nigeria. First published in February 2009, it aims "to create unending voices by publishing the finest emerging writers, with focus on writers from Nigeria, an ...
''
* ''
Agbowo''
References
External links
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English-language magazines
Magazines established in 2020
Literary magazines published in Kenya
Online literary magazines
Poetry literary magazines
Visual arts magazines
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