Welcome to 10

In the period since 9, the magazine has undergone some changes. With this issue, it appears simultaneously online as well as in a 110-page print edition. PDF copies can be bought and downloaded instantaneously through our website. (Our current subscribers can download this issue for free.) In the next issue, some further changes will come on track with the launch of an all-new website as well as a redesigned magazine. All in all, we are a paper in transition.

Which is why we are pleased to welcome Brian Chikwava, Lola Shoneyin and Chikwa Unigwe as our Fiction, Poetry and Non-Fiction Editors respectively. These writers and their work will be familar to our readers as well as to lovers of literature generally and we are privileged to have their counsel and experience on the team. We also welcome Vamba Sherif, Isabella Morris, Ovo Adagha and Zukiswa Wanner as Contributing Editors. In the coming weeks and issues, we will introduce more of our team and future visitors to our Blog Centre may well notice a new spirit as exciting new writers debut their blogs.

We are also pleased to announce a new partnership with Manchester University for the delivery of a creative writing project with two collaborating African universities, the Benue State University in Makurdi and the Taraba State University in Jalingo, both in Nigeria. The project is core-funded by the UK Government through their PMI2, British Council managed Initiative, with additional funding by Manchester University and African Writing. It will midwife a new educational section of the website with resources for creative writers. Do keep an eye on this space.

From this issue, we debut 'The Academy', a peer-reviewed segment of the magazine. We welcome Drs Firoze Manji of Fahamu, Conrad James of Birmingham University, Geoff Ryman of Manchester University, and Pius Adesamni of Carleton University to our growing editorial board, as well as David Mastey of Carleton University as The Academy's Peer Review Editor.

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