Announcing Ubwali Literary Magazine––a literary magazine from Zambia. The inaugural issue, set to launch on www.ubwali.com on Saturday, February 24th, 2024, will feature work from Cornelius Mwanza, Emily Pensulo, Gerry Sikazwe, Jacob Mhango, Mali Kambandu, Mukandi Siame, Namukolo Siyumbwa, Suwilanji Namusamba and Theresa Sylvester.
Zambian storytelling, like our cooking, is very straightforward: each dish has a list of trusted ingredients, and the method of preparation is tried and tested. Ubwali, our staple, is cooked over high heat with just two ingredients––mealie meal and water, one pot, one cooking stick and a little bit of patience. Our food and stories are just as elegant, polished, and confident.
Ubwali Literary Magazine publishes stories, essays and poetry that are as sure as this Zambian favourite: stories you can come to many times over and leave satiated yet knowing you will return. We publish poems that feel like an old friend telling a new yet familiar story. We have essays that know where the perfect full stop is, how to leave you wondering what happened next, searching for this author’s new words. Our photographs capture the elegance of Zambia and the depths of her flavours.
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