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Agbowó is a literary and art magazine from Ibadan, Nigeria.
It began in 2017 as an offshoot of a University of Ibadan writing collective and publishes poetry, fiction, essays, plays and visual art by Africans. Every contributor is paid.
398 pieces from Agbowo’s site
Interview · Art · 2025
Interview · Art · 2025
Prizes and nominations
Tochukwu Eze
Winner · Alinea Prize · 2023
Elias-Udo Ochi, “Candlelight”
Winner · Editor's Prize · 2023
Elias Udo-Ochi, “Candlelight”
Winner · Editor's Prize for Poetry · 2023
Read from Agbowo’s site:/category/prizes (opens in a new tab)/2023/12/31/elias-udo-ochis-candlelight-wins-the-inaugural-editors-prize (opens in a new tab)
- Ahmad Adedimeji AmobiAn Uncomfortable Story, 2025
- Chimee AdịọhaHouse on the Rock, 2025
- Coryna Ogunseitan“distilling loss” and “distilling happiness”, 2025
- Idowu OdeyemiThe Illusion of Freedom, 2025
- Ismail Yusuf OlumohEpitaph of an Unripened Fruit Forced into Throat of Trench, 2025
- Marvellous Mmesomachi IgweArs Chiroptera | Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, 2025
- Matthew AberdeinThe Fluency of Drought, 2025
- Naomi Nduta WaweruSpine, 2025
- Ola W. HalimCactiosis, 2025
- Osahon OkaBefore I Perish, 2025
- Abdulkareem AbdulkareemHome, 2024
- Abisola GbadamosiEmi Ni (I am), 2024
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