Nommo (magazine)
Nommo is an African-American political, cultural, and news magazine. It is a quarterly student publication based at the University of California, Los Angeles. Founded by Lance Williams, Nommo published its first issue on December 4, 1968. It is "... the nation’s oldest ethnic publication on a college campus." Editors have included Wanuri Kahiu, Lisa Smith-Young and M. K. Asante, Jr..
The name "Nommo" means “power of the word” in Swahili. It also refers to the Dogon ancestral spirits the Nommo. And, it is also used for a number of other magazines, including ones published at Oberlin,, Nashville, Saginaw, Heidelberg, and Paris.
