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We are excited to share TWO new Lolwe covers!
Issue 10: Special Edition
Image by Hassan Kamil (Sudan).
Out in PRINT this month!
Issue 13: Guest edited by Gloria Mwaniga (Kenya), Annar Mouddour (Niger) & Kamille John (Grenada).
Image by Sarah Waiswa (Uganda).
Out in December!
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nobody better to learn from. her short story 'After The Birds' rewired my brain mehn
The Lolwe Short Story Workshop led by Ope Adedeji is OPEN! The 8-week workshop will take place online via Zoom on Sundays from 23 May to 11th July 2027 at 2pm GMT. The workshop is open to students from anywhere. There are only 5 spaces left.
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So if you loved Lolwe, the Black owned, Black creative feature magazine, make sure you collect the print issues!
If you love the Lolwe covers you can collect the print issues!
Issues 1–12 are available on Amazon, featuring bold , original fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual from Africa, the Caribbean and the Black diaspora.
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The Lolwe Short Story Workshop led by Ope Adedeji is OPEN! The 8-week workshop will take place online via Zoom on Sundays from 23 May to 11th July 2027 at 2pm GMT. The workshop is open to students from anywhere. There are only 5 spaces left.
academy.lolwe.org/class/shor…
You can find and read all our past issues here
lolwe.org/issues
If you love the Lolwe covers you can collect the print issues!
Issues 1–12 are available on Amazon, featuring bold , original fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual from Africa, the Caribbean and the Black diaspora.
Get your copies: amazon.com/dp/B0HR7T4QJS?bin…
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ayo, i might tap in and buy both issues.
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Chekini matiriooo!!!
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Covers are 🔥 + Grenada in the mix 🥹🥹 👌🏾👌🏾
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Ah so lovely to see my portrait of @AkothJumadi on the cover.😍
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No paywalls, no subscriptions, no ads. All past issues of Lolwe are available to read online for free. Read the best stories, essays, poems by Black (African, Caribbean and Diaspora) writers here: lolwe.org/issues
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“I needed to write something that takes advantage of the rich nuances in my own culture,” said the Graywolf Press Africa Prize-winning author of The House of Rust.
The Lolwe Nonfiction Workshop is OPEN! This 8-week workshop will take place online via Zoom on Sundays from 4 April to 23 May 2027 at 2PM GMT. There are only six spaces available and it is open to students from anywhere.
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this first pic.. give me more!