Lolwe

{{short description|Online literary magazine}} {{distinguish|Lowe's}} {{Infobox magazine|title=Lolwe (Magazine)|editor=Troy Onyango|category=Literary magazine|firstdate={{Start date and age|2020|6}}|website={{URL|https://lolwe.org}}|image_file=Lolwe Issue 1 Cover.jpg|image_caption=Issue 1|founded=January 2020|issn=2634-7385}} '''''Lolwe''''' is an online magazine that publishes fiction, literary criticism, personal essays, photography, and poetry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://lolwe.org/about/|last=Lolwe|date=|website=Lolwe|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

== History == ''Lolwe'' was founded in January 2020 by Kenyan writer and editor Troy Onyango.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenyan writer Troy Onyango launches Lolwe, a new literary magazine|url=https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/kenya-troy-onyango-launches-lolwe-literary-magazine/|last=Mbamalu|first=Socrates|date=2020-01-24|website=This is africa|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> According to the website the origin of the name is, "''Lolwe:'' From ''Nam Lolwe,'' the original or traditional Luo name for Lake Victoria meaning 'endless lake/water body'. Therefore, ''Lolwe'' meaning ''endless,'' meaning '''having or seeming to have no end or limit'."''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lolwe, a New Magazine of Literature & Photography, Calls for Submissions to Debut Issue, Guest-edited by JK Anowe, Itiola Jones, & Moso Sematlane|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2020/01/lolwe-a-new-magazine-of-literature-photography-calls-for-submissions-to-inaugural-issue-guest-edited-by-jk-anowe-itiola-jones-moso-sematlane/|date=2020-01-31|first=Chukwuebuka|last=Ibeh|website=Brittle Paper|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

The publication made a call out for submissions for its inaugural issue for work that is "bold, different, and blurs or pushes boundaries."<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Literary journal 'Lolwe' makes call for submissions.|url=https://www.writingafrica.com//new-literary-journal-lolwe-makes-call-for-submissions/|last=Murua|first=James|author-link=James Murua|date=2020-02-03|website=Writing Africa|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> In an interview, the founder revealed that the magazine was inspired by literary magazines like ''Saraba Magazine, Chimurenga, Bakwa'', and ''Kwani?''.<ref>{{Cite news|title='What Lolwe literary magazine offers Africa'|url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/what-lolwe-literary-magazine-offers-africa.html|last=Bivan|first=Nathaniel|date=2020-03-08|newspaper=Daily Trust|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

This publication accepts submissions by Black authors (African, Caribbean and in the Diaspora).<ref>"Who can submit: Black (African, Caribbean, Diaspora) artists." https://web.archive.org/web/20220122212737/https://lolwe.org/submit/</ref>

=== See also ===

* ''Transition Magazine'' * ''Kwani?'' * ''Saraba Magazine'' * ''Agbowo''

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://lolwe.org/}}

Category:English-language magazines Category:Magazines established in 2020 Category:Literary magazines published in Kenya Category:Online literary magazines Category:Poetry literary magazines Category:Visual arts magazines