Farafina

Farafina magazine is a general interest magazine based out of Lagos, Nigeria. The magazine provides a high quality medium for Nigerians (and people all over the world) to freely express their worldview. It is dedicated to the best in contemporary Nigerian ideas; intelligent without being pompous, well researched without being academic and opinionated without being pedantic. Farafina presents the complexities in Nigeria as they exist; the good, the bad and especially the progressive. Farafina started as a free online magazine in 2004, publishing prose and poetry by contemporary Nigerian writers. The first issue of the print magazine was published in October of 2005. As of June 2008, 14 issues of the magazine have been published.

Editions of the magazine have been guest edited by the writers Molara Wood, Uzodinma Iweala, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laila Lalami and Petina Gappah. Farafina Magazine has featured the works of Wole Soyinka, Segun Afolabi, Chris Abani, Jerry Riley, Uche James Iroha, Dinaw Mengetsu, Helon Habila, Jackie Lebo, Binyavanga Wainaina, Patrice Nganang, Jide Alakija, Hisham Matar, Olga Grushin, Teju Cole, Kelechi Amadi-Obi and a plethora of other writers and artists.

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