Atigsi is where Northern Ghana’s culture lives, and we want your work on it. If you write, photograph, paint, weave, film or create, and your work speaks to Northern Ghana and the Savanna, send it to us.
What we publish
- Poetry: up to 3 poems per submission
- Short fiction: up to 2,500 words
- Personal essays and reflections: up to 2,000 words
- Photography and photo essays: up to 3 images with a short write-up
- Visual art and crafts: painting, smock weaving, basketry, pottery, design, with a short description of the work
Before you submit
- Your work should connect to Northern Ghana or the Savanna: its people, places, languages, history or futures. You can live anywhere, including the diaspora.
- Send only your own original work. If it has been published elsewhere, tell us where in your bio.
- Writing in Dagbani, Gurune, Dagaare, Kusaal, Gonja and other Northern languages is welcome. Please include an English translation.
- Images should be your own, at least 1200 pixels wide, and under 2500 × 2500 pixels.
What happens next
Every submission is read by our editors. We can’t publish everything, but if your work is selected we’ll email you before it goes live. Published work is always credited to you, and you keep the rights to your work.
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