Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili

tv writer, novelist, editor | #Agoodjie for @canalplus | Ogadinma & DAWTCYN | founder & eic: @iselemagazine | Asst. Prof of Fiction & Screenwriting at WSU

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

I wrote about Flora Nwapa in this new magnificent issue of @republicjournal. I can’t wait for you all to read it!

The design/spread is just stunning.

[The Republic @republicjournal]

Our next print issue, Demas Nwoko’s Natural Sythnesis and the Rise of African Architecture, is now available for pre-order at a 20% advance discount.

Pre-order now: https://t.co/CWRyjxJspk

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Submissions are open for our next quarterly!

For this issue, we want red-themed submissions. Roses, ladybugs, love, blood, sacrifice, Taylor Swift’s similarly-titled album…we want all things red.

Send us your stories, essays, poetry, more.

Read here:
https://t.co/Rp7nNx10pt

[Mustapha Enesi @Eneessi]

My essay, “An Anatomy of a Falling Body” is part of @IseleMagazine “After the End” issue. Grateful to @MsOlisakwe and the Isele editors for giving this essay a home.

Do read 💕

https://t.co/6993wYGEoD

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

Our first quarterly of the year is here. This one is special. Truly.

Please read and share, friends.🙏❤️

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

For our first quarterly issue of the year, we highlight works that explore survival as a collective practice and a duty of care.

Featuring Ani Kayode Somtochukwu, Rowan Tate, Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Yeayi Kobina, and more.

Read our After the End issue: 
https://t.co/PlW0oAM5Qu

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

A new short story in Isele !! Nwabundu is Okonkwo’s great granddaughter:) :) https://t.co/PQGSoEV5dO

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

Yup, we are back with something special. Please read and share!

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Today we publish our first special issue of the year. We are so thrilled!

Featuring the O. Henry Prize and the Nigeria Prize for Literature winner Chika Unigwe, Rita Banerjee, I.O. Echeruo, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Saheed Sunday, and more.

Read here:

https://t.co/BOvNi2BlAR

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Submissions are now open for our next quarterly!

We are especially interested in submissions that explore survival as a collective practice and a duty of care. Send us stories, poems, essays, photography, art, and hybrid works that explore this theme.

https://t.co/4zMyF7tWp1

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Featuring new titles by 'Pemi Aguda, I.O. Echeruo, Chika Unigwe, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Tramaine Suubi, and many others, here are the 20 books we are most excited about this year!

https://t.co/230S9t8Ytz

[Masobe Books @masobebooks]

COVER REVEAL! - Grace by @chikaunigwe

It is Baby’s birthday, but Grace has not seen her first born in twenty-six years. Now a wife, mother to twin daughters and the owner of a successful medical clinic, Grace has carefully constructed a new life.

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

We are hiring!

This is a tenure-track Assistant Professor position for someone who is experienced in facets of filmmaking including directing, digital cinematography, editing, and post-production effects.

Please reach out if you have questions.

https://t.co/zszmRCAJ7P

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

Our last quarterly issue of the year is finally here!

Thank you all so much for support. Please read and share.❤️

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

In our latest quarterly, we present works that ask us to consider the words we write, the paths we take, our choices in this still-unfolding narrative. Our UNWRITTEN issue is here.

With Nnamdi Ehirim, Sheila Ngei, Taslym Umar, Bongiwe Maphosa, and more.

https://t.co/voABoP1EHf

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

I have a chapter in this book published by routledgebooks, out December 17, 2025. One of the gifts of teaching writing, for me, is that it confronts me with what makes a story work. Ultimately, that’s great for my own writing (too).

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

@chikaunigwe Placing an order for this through my uni library. This is so necessary, urgently needed!!

Congratulations, Sister Chi!

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

@chikaunigwe Sister Chi m o, congratulations!❤️❤️❤️

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

@chikaunigwe Many congratulations again, sister Chi.❤️

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

Finally, the poems!

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

From Saddiq Dzukogi ‘s stellar poem, “I Live in a Century of Money,” to Elly Katz’s “Three Poems” which were shortlisted for this year’s Isele Poetry Prize, check out our top ten most popular poems of this year.

Top Ten of 2025 | Poetry https://t.co/PtLt5QQ75W

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

And here are the essays our readers read the most this year.

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

From Mariam Oyewunmi Tijani’s award-winning essay, “My Grandma’s Memory Box,” to Annie Russo’s stirring piece, “The Disappearing Act,” check out our top ten most popular essays of this year.

Top Ten of 2025 | Nonfiction https://t.co/RsnyIyibiK

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

Five years and counting and Isele continues to flourish. What a year this has been!

Check out our most read stories of 2025.

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

From Josiah Ikpe’s “Not Like Other Boys” which won this year’s Isele Short Story Prize, to IfeOluwa Nihinlola’s brilliant piece, “And Desire Fails,” check out our top ten most popular short stories of this year.

Top Ten of 2025 | Fiction https://t.co/cgWYPjBwdQ

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

Perfect for book clubs; for reading on your own; for gifting; for decorating your coffee table ; available for preorder, out January 15.

[Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili @MsOlisakwe]

@iamToluDaniel @IseleMagazine Thank you, Tolu!

[Tolu Daniel @iamToluDaniel]

I have a new essay in the latest issue of @IseleMagazine, alongside many friends & some of my favorite Nigerian writers. Big shout out to @MsOlisakwe for putting this together. Especially her conversation with Noviolet Bulawayo.
https://t.co/d6wRUKqpDc