The LIP Magazine
The LIP Magazine was a UK magazine published between 2002 and 2006. It's editors were Sharif Hamadeh (issues #0 - #4) and Mark Grimmer (issues #5 - #7). It was published by Leo Warner and Robert Sharp as a project of 59 Productions. The magazine explored ideas of globalisation and diversity and sought to "provide a defiantly pro-multicultural platform for students" across the UK and beyond.[1]
During its publication run, the magazine published interviews with F.W. de Klerk,[2] Hanif Kureishi,[3] Helen Oyeyemi,[4] Ziauddin Sardar,[5] Roger Scruton and the Dalai Lama.[6]
Bye-Bye Barbar: The Unstoppable Rise of the Afropolitan

As part of the LIP#5 Africa issue, the magazine published the essay 'Bye-Bye Barbar: The Unstoppable Rise of the Afropolitan' by Taiye Selasi, who was a student at Oxford University at the time. The essay was widely disseminated and reprinted.[7]
References
- "LIP#1 Editorial". The LIP Magazine archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Rayner, Tom. "'Beyond The Black And White'". The LIP Magazine archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Glencross, Tim. "'Interview with Hanif Kureishi". The LIP Magazine archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Grimmer, Mark. "'Looking to Belong'". The LIP Magazine archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Hamadeh, Sharif. "'The Quest for Synthesis: An Interview with Ziauddin Sardar'". The LIP Magazine archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Sharp, Robert. "'Immortal Non-Kombat: In Conversation With The Dalai Lama'". The LIP Magazine archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Santana, Stephanie Bosch (2016). "Exorcizing the future: Afropolitanism's spectral origins". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 28 (1): 120–126. doi:10.1080/13696815.2015.1105128. S2CID 216149745.
External links
- The LIP Magazine archive
- 59 Productions
- TED Talk by Taiye Selasi 'Don't Ask Where I'm From, Ask Where I'm Local'