Bia! Zine
Issue 002
Self-Published
English
Edited by Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma.
Softcover
105 pages
260 x 200 mm
2024
ISSN 2990840X
Bia! – meaning ’food’ in Irish and ‘come’ in Igbo – is a community storytelling project. Through the words and images of immigrant and diasporic communities in Ireland, Bia! seeks to document our commonality, counterbalance mainstream food narratives, and celebrate how immigrants and diasporas assert their presence in Ireland through food.
Bia! Zine Issue 002 is a bigger, bolder, more beautiful affair. It was produced with more support from the growing community surrounding this project, more time that comes with an unconventional and accidental two-year publishing cycle, and a clearer creative vision that came with Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma, editor, burrowing into the world of zine-making and indie publishing. While there’s more experimentation in the design, size and feel of this issue, the collection of stories and images throughout the zine remains the same in essence – deeply personal and unapologetically for immigrants, by immigrants.
Bia! Zine is made up of the gorgeous words, stories, and art of over 30 contributors and guests from The Philippines, Nigeria, India, Ethiopia, Thailand, Palestine, China, the USA, Mexico, Brazil plus more who all call Ireland home or are creating a sense of home for themselves here.
(source: https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/products/bia-zine-issue-002?_pos=1&_sid=f524b22a5&_ss=r)
About the Editor
Bia! Zine is edited by Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma. Victory is an Igbo-Irish freelance writer, zine-maker, content designer, and Global Health researcher from County Louth, Ireland.
(source: https://www.biazine.com/about-us)
About the Zine
Bia! – meaning ’food’ in Irish and ‘come’ in Igbo – is a storytelling project. Through the words and images of immigrant and diasporic communities in Ireland, Bia! seeks to document our commonality, counterbalance mainstream food narratives, and celebrate how immigrants and diasporas assert their presence in Ireland through food.
Bia! Zine is the self-published physical representation of the voices, the food, the stories, and the histories of marginalised communities in Ireland. It highlights how food can be a site for marginalisation and uncertainty and explores identity, cultural heritage, resistance, community, and commensality.
(source: https://www.biazine.com/about-us)
