La Boheme Quarterly is a literary and art magazine at the crossroads of Western letters and Yoruba artistic tradition.
About the Magazine
Founded by Omololu Adeniran, La Boheme bridges centuries of literary criticism with deep scholarship on Yoruba art. Named after the Puccini opera and the spirit of the bohemian artist, the magazine is dedicated to the belief that great writing and great art are inseparable — that to understand one tradition deeply is to illuminate all others.
The Sections
The magazine is organized into six sections: Belles Lettres, literary portraits and the art of the familiar essay; Essays, long-form criticism on politics, philosophy, and culture; Yoruba Art, an artistic history of the Yoruba People from Ife bronzes to contemporary traditions; Modern Masters, profiles of the great painters and artists; Literary Excerpts, the finest passages from the great writers, curated and annotated; and Music & Culture, jazz, album art, film, design, and the bohemian impulse.
“A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries” Thomas Mann
About the Editor
Omololu Adeniran — aspiring jazz pianist, historian, philosopher, critic. Full-time dilettante. The blog “The Finest Things” at captclutchblog.wordpress.com preceded this magazine.
“You Must Be In Tune With The Times And Be Prepared To Break With Tradition” James Agee