Mamasima Magazine is a hand-bound literary periodical. Issue one was sold at concerts and fairs in Lagos, Nigeria in November and December of 2025. The publication was accompanied with a number of handcrafted objects (hand-beaded adire bookmarks made from offcut fabric, oil pastels, hand-bound memo notebooks, lunar calendars, and more by Oritsemughone Ogbemi). You are now browsing the digital version of the zine.
Table of Contents
⚯ Nwapa and the Task of Fiction by Oritsemughone Ogbemi (1)
⚯ Why I Document Culture by AmaraChíkà (2)
⚯ Last Child by Tobe Otuogbodor (3)
Cover illustration: Ufok Emem by Adéolúwa Henshaw
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