Altar Magazine Issue 1 - 2024

Thank you for picking up the first issue of Altar Magazine in 2024. This issue’s topic is “Creating Space”. Creating space is the practice of making space for somebody else's experience and centering them. To create space, one must be fully present and create a safe environment. Once the circumstances are created, the space fosters listening and empathizing. The Nordic Black community and its culture - meaning music, fashion, food, fashion and lifestyle, is in need of more space to flourish on its own terms. Some of the articles and features in this issue are about Nordic Blacks on the frontline making spaces happen and also about people of other ethnicities who love and support Nordic Black culture, such as Thomas Gylling who is highlighted in this issue as a great space creator for Nordic Black people. Altar Magazine is just one of many platforms that empower the African diaspora communities. As always we encourage you to seek out and support any and all spaces that create opportunities aiming to result in a stronger Black community and alleviate the violent atmosphere that we are witnessing among our youth in the Nordic streets today. Our young people need more hope for the future and that starts with the belief that they will be a place for them here in the future. Thank you and we hope that you enjoy this issue. Don't forget to follow us on social media. Sincerely,

Andrew ”Ndereyah” Naggenda,

founder and creative director,

Altar Magazine.