Souffles: revue maghrébine littéraire et culturelle (1966-71) [French, Arabic]

““This slim booklet contains dynamite,” wrote Policy in its 1966 review of new Moroccan quarterly magazine, Souffles. Instigated by a small group of self-professed “linguistic guerrillas” as “a manifesto for a new aesthetics in the Maghreb”, it became a conduit for a new generation of writers, artists, and intellectuals to stage a revolution against imperialist and colonial cultural domination. The starting point for this revolution was language.

From its first issue, Souffles posed an aggressive challenge to the traditional Francophone and Arabophone literary divides by encouraging experimentation, translations and collaborations. It wasn’t long before its trademark cover emblazoned with an intense black sun radiated throughout Africa, the Arab world, West Indies and the Black Atlantic. In the early 1970s the magazine changed focus. Motivated by the crushing Arab defeat in Six-Day War and the Paris uprisings, its founder, editor and publisher Abdellatif Laâbi declared that “literature was no longer sufficient.” After the 15th issue, dedicated to Palestine, Souffles underwent a major redesign, emerging as a new firebrand organ of leftist revolutionary group, Ila al-Amam. This new political agenda caught the attention of the authorities and in 1972 the magazine was banned and Laâbi arrested. While in prison he was awarded several international poetry prizes. After a long solidarity campaign, he regained his freedom in 1980.

Souffles was inspired by Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, as well as early postcolonial writers such Aime Cesaire, Mario de Andrade, and René Depestre and journals like Presence Africaine. Since its demise, few publications have matched its stature, appeal, or intellectual authority. Its influence can however be felt in contemporary magazines such as Le Journal, Nichane and Biddoun.” (Source)

Up to the double issue 10-11, the magazine was in French only, afterwards it also included Arabic section entitled Anfâs. The magazine cover was designed by painter Mohamed Melehi.

Edited by Abdellatif Laâbi
Published in Rabat, Morocco, 1966-71
via Bibliothèque nationale du royaume du Maroc

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Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (1926)

A legendary single-issue literary magazine published during the Harlem Renaissance in New York City.

The publication was edited by Wallace Thurman in association with Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Bennett, Richard Bruce Nugent, Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Douglas, and John P. Davis. The magazine’s founders wanted to express the changing attitudes of younger African Americans, exploring issues such as homosexuality, bisexuality, interracial relationships, promiscuity, prostitution, and color prejudice.

Published in New York City, Nov 1926
Reissued 1982 by The Fire!! Press, with introductions by Richard Bruce Nugent and Thomas H. Wirth
[4]+48 pages
HT Temi Odumosu, via POC Zine Project

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Navilouca: almanaque dos aqua-loucos (1974) [BR-PT]

Navilouca is a Brazilian avant-garde art and poetry magazine, of which only a single issue appeared, in 1974.

“Navilouca foi uma revista de poesia e arte de vanguarda brasileira, que circulou apenas uma edição, em 1974.

Inspirados pelas publicações do Concretismo, como Noigandres e Invenção, os poetas Torquato Neto e Waly Salomão elaboraram em 1971 o projeto de uma revista que revelasse a produção poética experimental do Brasil da época, influenciada pelo Tropicalismo e pela contracultura.

A revista teve projeto gráfico de Óscar Ramos e Luciano Figueiredo. Em formato grande (27 x 36 cm), apresentava-se já na capa como “edição única”, funcionando como uma antologia de poetas experimentais. No enanto, o grupo não conseguiu reunir os recursos necessários para imprimir e distribuir a sua criação.

Torquato morreu em 1972, sem conseguir ver a revista publicada. Com a intermediação de Caetano Veloso, Waly conseguiu que André Midani, executivo da Polygram, apoiasse a ideia. Navilouca foi finalmente lançada em 1974 e oferecida como brinde de Natal a clientes da gravadora. Em 1975, alguns exemplares foram distribuídos e vendidos em livrarias.” (Wikipedia)

With Augusto de Campos, Rogério Duarte, Torquato Neto, Waly Salomão, Décio Pignatari, Duda Machado, Hélio Oiticica, Jorge Salomão, Stephen Berg, Luiz Otávio Pimentel, Chacal, Luciano Figueiredo, Óscar Ramos, Ivan Cardoso, Lygia Clark, Caetano Veloso, and Haroldo de Campos.

Edited by Torquato Neto and Waly Sailormoon
Publisher Edições Gernasa e Artes Gráficas, Rio de Janeiro, [1974]
[92] pages

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