Open Country Mag is an independent magazine that documents African literature, Nigerian cinema, and local culture through longform Profiles, features, reviews, and interviews. Founded in 2020 by writer and editor Otosirieze, it set out to give the continent’s literary and screen worlds sustained, authoritative coverage. The magazine is known for deep cover stories on leading voices — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Wole Soyinka, Teju Cole, Damon Galgut, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Leila Aboulela, Maaza Mengiste, Chinelo Okparanta — and, in March 2023, it made Nollywood its second beat with a landmark film cover on actor Rita Dominic. Alongside features and reviews, it runs editorial projects that foreground new talent and industry data: The Next Generation special issues spotlight emerging writers, while the Rovingheights x Open Country Mag Bestseller List (2022 – present) has been described as Nigeria’s first formal bestseller list. In 2023, it became the publishing home for Folio Nigeria content, originally created under the platform’s CNN affiliation, expanding its archive of culture reporting. Open Country Mag also mentors creatives through the OCM Curatorial Fellowship, a program supported by Africa No Filter. Its readership spans Nigeria, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The magazine’s ambitious, in-depth approach has drawn recognition from scholars who call it one of the most important contemporary platforms for African writers.