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Issue Two of Akowdee magazine is now available for download on our website. The digital version will be published later in the weeks. Thanks for your patience.
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We are thrilled to share the cover of the maiden issue(IBẸẸRẸ), which will be released later this month.
Cover image by Kamal Obatoyinbo (
@kamal_ish
)
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And just like that, the submission window for our debut issue is open. Read the submission guidelines below👇🏿.
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Submissions for our second issue, IKENGA, are open.
We want entries that are bold and daring. Questioning the norms, breaking out of traditions.
Do you have what it takes? Then submit to us today.
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“Sometimes the things we do second time around are better and hold more value because we take the time to reflect and review, and revive them through a higher love.” -Christine Evangelou.
It's with great pleasure, we unveil the contributors' list for our Ikenga Issue.
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We're ecstatic to announce the contributors' list for our upcoming Issue!
We can't wait to share Issue One (IBẸẸRẸ) with you all.
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We are thrilled to share the cover of our sophomore issue(IKENGA), which will be released on August 30.
Cover image by Tony Luginisland
Cover design by
@ByAnuoluwaNgozi
Issue Two Curated by
@ByAnuoluwaNgozi
,
@PrinceIroakazie
and
@ShedrackAkanbi
.
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We are now open for our next issue, can't wait to read your submission. Read our guidelines below ⏬
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We heard it's
#followfriday
Here is a list of African mag to follow and submit to.
@AkewiMagazine
@agbowoart
@wearearokin
@AkpataMagazine
@brittlepaper
@doeklitmag
@FieryScribeMag
@IseleMagazine
@JAY_Literature
@Lolwe_
@poetrysangoota
@OlongoAfrica
@ShallowTales
@UbwaliLitMag
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Issue One (IBẸẸRẸ) is live. Thanks to all our contributors, we love you.
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AKOWDEE
noun
/HA-KOR-DEE/
1. A writer or a Storyteller.
2. One who documents or gather stories
Etymology
Coined from two words Akowe(Writer in Yoruba) and Odee(Writer in Igbo).
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A big congratulations to our editor in chief
@PrinceIroakazie
on his convocation from the prestigious Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
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Thanks to the team at Brittle Paper for this feature and spotlighting us and our maiden issue.
Nigerian literary journal
@Akowdeemag
has released its first issue! Akowdee is an online magazine for rebellious writers that publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and reviews. Congratulations to the Akowdee team on the stunning first issue! 🎉
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Meet
@ByAnuoluwa
who will be joining us as the editor in chief. He also co-founded the magazine with the late
@DonaldUzoka
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We are actively seeking Essays, Reviews, Photography, and the Visual Arts submissions.
Read our submission guidelines by clicking the link below ⏬
#visualart
#photograghy
#nonfiction
#essay
#Reviews
#submission
#chillsub
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We can't wait to introduce you to our team; we have the best team a literary magazine can ask for.
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Our poetry editor
@JoemarioU38615
has a chapbook coming out with
@KonyaShamsrumi
.
You can pre-order it here ⏩
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In Azubuike Obi's The Ones We Don’t Sing About, we gaze through a window, upon the ordinariness of each individual life, about how these ordinariness come together to weave the complexities of the society we live in.
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Wordsmiths!! We're on the hunt for captivating poems and personal essays for our Ikenga Issue. We promise a 24-hour response and personalized feedback on your submission. Submit to us now!
Read our Submission guidelines below.
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We are still open to submission send us your short stories, essay, poems, review, visual photography, arts.
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We are currently running a Swift Response Program, which means we respond within 24-48 hours of submission. All submissions should be sent to akowdeebooks
@gmail
.com. For more on our submission guidelines, read here ⏩.
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Hearty congratulations to
@ShedrackAkanbi
- our senior editor.
So this happened and I don't know what to do with myself since I got the news✨
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Congratulations to our issue one contributor. Pelumi's words are gold.
Kept this news with me for a while.
Glad to announce my chapbook manuscript has been selected by
@kwamedawes
and
@chrisabani
for inclusion in the New-Generation African Poets chapbook boxset, set to be published by the prestigious
@AfricanPoetryBF
and
@AkashicBooks
in 2025.
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If you submitted to our Ikenga Issue during the designated submission period, please check your email as we've sent out the final round of responses. If you haven't received a response, it's possible your work was identified as AI-generated or was lost due to a technical issue.
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Muuka Gwaba(
@MuukaG
) grew up in Zambia, and Namibia. She has always loved stories and grew up around inspiring storytellers in the form of uncles and grandparents who filled her childhood with many folktales.
Read ROOM 901 by Muuka Gwaba on Akowdee Magazine.
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It's another week to remind you about our open submission.
Do you have that one story that doesn't conform to tradition? Look no further, it belongs with us.
Submit today!
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The first story is the Color of Your Wahala is a story by the Editor-in-chief and founder
@ByAnuoluwa
, the short story defies the traditional language system of writing stories for a literary magazine with its use of pidgin as a language of storytelling.
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The third literary work for the day is a poem by our co-editor-in-chief(
@PKwado
), the poem was originally published by Brittle Paper. The poem fit perfectly into the theme of our magazine.
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Stop hoarding those stories, they belong with us....Submit your ESSAYS, DRAMA, short stories, poem and PHOTOGRAPHY to US NOW.
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Dear Troy Onyango,
We at Àkówdee Magazine acknowledge the similarities between our issue design and we admit that
@Lolwe
has been a great influence to us as a new magazine.
We proudly refute that we copied your website layout as we are both using the same hosting website...
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Don't self reject. SUBMIT TO OUR BROTHER MAGAZINE NOW!
Submissions close in 10 DAYS. Send us your best work 🥹
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Coming soon. Watch this space.
@Akowdeemag
We’re so glad you’ve joined the African literary space! Can’t wait to read the next issue 😊
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Do you have a story as rebellious as Akwaeke Emezi's Freshwater and The Death of Vivek Oji? Then we are the right fit for you.
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Correct, the theme for our next issue is indeed Ikenga.
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We are also open for poetry, prose and drama submission. You can read our submission guidelines by clicking the link below ⏬
OPEN for poetry submissions:
@PhoebeJournal
@surgingtidemag
@haydensferryrev
@OSUtheJOURNAL
@ndrmag
@CoupletPoetry
@meridianuva
@IHLR
@IndianaReview
@witnessmag
@SWWIMmiami
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Let's play a guess game. What is the title of our next issue?
Hint: it starts with an I and ends with a.
Bonus: it's an Igbo word.
Winner get a free editorial feedback from our managing editor.
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Thank you to all those who donated, we are really grateful.
See guys!! We've reached the goal, with jara on top! I am not crying😭😭😭
I am stunned! Thank you so much everyone😭❤️✨
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You can now submit flash fictions, micro fictions and haikus to our Wicked, Wild and Wonderful Sister magazine.
We are always open to micro-fictions, flash fictions and haikus.
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Read the editorial note by our editor in chief and senior editor (poetry).
@PrinceIroakazie
&
@JoemarioU38615
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Beautiful Day/Night to Everyone, if you have an unpublished essay and play, please consider sending them to AKOWDEE MAGAZINE. Read our submission guidelines here. ⏩ .
PS: we are also accepting photography and visual art submissions.
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Hi Obijuggernaut,
A submission call is on the horizon, and we can't wait to read your submission. Watch this space.
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Read the sequel to this poem here.
Biotic | Adesiyan Oluwapelumi
I can’t discern/ if the air is mourning or celibate./ The way my fingers mold the knolls/ on my face like wild radishes.
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Please submit your pieces to us. Our submission window will be closing pretty soon. We want to read your stories!
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A little birdie just told us that AKOWDEE now has a website.
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Dive into 'She called me her boy,' an evocative poem by our senior editor
@Nwanne
Agwu. First published in The Revolution (Relaunch).
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We just launch our new website and as part of the launch campaign we will be publishing stories by our editors. The stories are example of what we expect to be submitted to us during our submission window.
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Over 100 Akowdians on our second day, we might as well aim for 1000+ before February.
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We are proud of you sister.
FINALLY!!!
Ubwali bwapya kuno!💃
ISSUE ONE IS HERE. Go to to read
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👀👀👀🦴🦴
@DonaldUcenter
.
Something is coming. Something hungry for blood. A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here.
What is it?
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Please let's support this wonderful poet,
#WritingCommunity
I'm happy to share that I was accepted by two MFA programs: University of Alabama and University of Tennessee creative writing programs in poetry. Getting accepted into an MFA program means that I have the chance to further learn more about what I love to do best; writing.
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Up next on our meet the editors' pick, we have
@PKwado
with The Imprints of Grief, a personal essay that was first published in
@KalahariReview
.
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Our second pick for the day is a selection of two poems by our poetry editor
@JoemarioU38615
. Enjoy!
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The Tale of Akowdee also by the Editor-in-chief (
@ByAnuoluwa
) details the events that led to establishment of Akowdee as a magazine. The essay was shortlisted for 2023 Alinea Prize for Non-fiction.
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Welcome home, sweet.. no wicked sister.
We are here and we are dark. Who is ready for some darkness?
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Now that you have met the avengers of AKOWDEE, should we unveil our next plan.
NB: there are more avengers announcement coming soon.
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You think we are done announcing, oh we are just getting started.
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Calling all photographers! Submit your work to our Ibeere issue! Tell a collective story through your lens, exploring a theme of your choice.
Read our submission guidelines below ⏬
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The AVENGERS at Àkówdee can't wait to meet the COVEN of OJUJU. Apply to join them now.
Thirsty for a new career? We are recruiting members for our coven, check out our open positions and apply, and who knows, we just might want to have a bite of what you have to offer.
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Do you have rebellious, unique work like this? You too can be featured in our next issue. Submit to us today!
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John of The Alamo by Craig Grafton is a historical fiction piece about a seemingly unknown soldier, about the life he could have possibly had.
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