About
A magazine about one city, read slowly.
Port City Review began as a printed pamphlet handed out at a bookshop in Osu. It is still, in spirit, that pamphlet: a small number of long stories, edited closely, about a city that is usually described in headlines rather than in detail.
We publish four issues a year, each built around a single question. We do not run reviews of products, we do not accept sponsored stories, and we do not cover anything we have not seen ourselves. If a story cannot be reported on foot, it waits until it can.
The magazine is written for people who live here and for people who are about to visit. Both groups want the same thing: a sense of how the city actually works, at the scale of a street.
- Founded
- 2022
- Frequency
- Four issues a year
- Based in
- Accra, Ghana
- Contact
- hello@portcityreview.example
Who edits it
Ama Boateng
Contributing editor, design
Ama writes about architecture and public space in West Africa. She has spent the last six years documenting how Accra builds at its edges.
Efua Quaye
Culture editor
Efua writes on craft, music and inheritance. She grew up between Accra and Koforidua and keeps a running list of workshops worth visiting.
Kojo Anaman
Urbanism contributor
Kojo works on transport and street design, and walks most of the routes he writes about.
What we cover
Culture
Music, food, faith and the rituals that make a city feel like itself.
Design
Buildings, materials and the quiet decisions that shape how Accra looks.
City Life
Traffic, markets, shade and the small negotiations of an ordinary day.
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