 The front page of the first issue of Neith | |
| Editor | Abraham Beverley Walker |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | February 1903 |
| Final issue | January 1904 |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Language | English |
Neith was one of the first Black Canadian literary magazines, founded and edited by Abraham Beverley Walker, the first Black Canadian-born lawyer, and published in Saint John, New Brunswick. It lasted a total of five issues, with its 11-month run concluding in January 1904. It is considered to be the first Black Canadian-founded and managed literary magazine.
Publication history
Neith was created by Abraham Beverley Walker, the first Black Canadian-born lawyer, and published in Saint John, New Brunswick. Throughout its 11-month run, Neith published five issues from February 1903 to January 1904, each being around 60 pages long. According to local historian Peter Little, the magazine's contributors included prominent figures like the attorney general and the lieutenant governor.
Content
Neith covered a range of topics, namely "literature, science, art, philosophy, jurisprudence, criticism, reform and economics." Racial equality and social justice were also topics often covered by the articles.
References
- "Black History Month – February 2023". New Brunswick Museum. February 28, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Neith". New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- Johnson, Billy (October 2022). "Introduction to Neith". Canadian Modernist Magazines Project. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- Clarke, George Elliott (Summer 2006). "Anna Minerva Henderson: An Afro-New Brunswick Response to Canadian (Modernist) Poetry". Canadian Literature (189): 32-48,198. ProQuest 218824488.
- Llewellyn, Stephen (February 25, 2019). "First black lawyer faced hard road". The Daily Gleaner. ProQuest 2185454615. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- "Black pioneer Abraham B. Walker". Times & Transcript. November 5, 2002. ProQuest 422807893. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- Spray, W. A. The Blacks in New Brunswick. p.66
External links
- Neith in the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia
- Magazines established in 1903
- Magazines disestablished in 1904
- Defunct magazines published in New Brunswick
- History of Black people in Canada
- Black Canadian mass media
- Mass media in Saint John, New Brunswick
- 1903 establishments in New Brunswick
- 1904 disestablishments in Canada
- Defunct literary magazines published in Canada