About Us
SARIMA CITY
Sarima City is a Christian creative and cultural organization founded by Merit Gogo-fyneface.
Rooted in the Christian faith, Sarima City is committed to exploring faith, culture, identity, and everyday life through literature, storytelling, the arts, media, and community initiatives.
We believe creativity can be a language of faith, and that stories, images, ideas, and cultural expressions can open meaningful conversations about what it means to live, create, and believe in the world today.
Through our creative platforms and programmes, we create opportunities for writers, artists, creatives, and businesses to share ideas, develop their work, tell their stories, and engage with audiences through a Christian worldview.
Sarima City is a space where faith and imagination meet . It is a platform where creativity is nurtured, culture is thoughtfully engaged, and the Christian story finds expression in the many forms of contemporary life.
SARIMA MAGAZINE
Sarima Magazine is a Christian lifestyle magazine and literary publication founded and developed by Merit Gogo-fyneface as part of Sarima City, a Christian creative and cultural organization.
The publication brings together creative writing, faith-inspired reflections, interviews, stories, lifestyle and fashion features, using literature and editorial storytelling to explore faith, culture, identity, and everyday life from a Christian perspective.
Through Bible-based content, original creative work, and thoughtful editorial features, the magazine provides a platform for writers, creatives, and contributors to share ideas and engage audiences around contemporary Christian life and culture.
Sarima Magazine forms part of a wider creative practice that explores the intersection of faith, literature, culture, fashion, identity, and everyday experience. Through the publication, Sarima City creates space for creative expression, develops emerging voices, and encourages meaningful conversations within the Christian community and beyond.
SARIMA CITY WORD AND ARTS KIDS CLUB
Sarima City runs the Word & Arts Kids Club, a creative and faith-based initiative for children between the ages of 3 and 15. The programme uses the Word of God, literature, and the arts to introduce children to Christian faith while encouraging creativity, imagination, and personal development.
In November 2020, the initiative undertook a nationwide Bible distribution project, providing Bibles to children aged 3–15 across Nigeria. The project formed part of Sarima City’s wider commitment to making Christian literature and creative resources accessible to young people and using community initiatives to nurture faith and creative expression from an early age.
ENTERTAINMENT HUB
The Sarima City Entertainment Hub is a storytelling platform that explores faith, creativity, and culture through literary and visual narratives.
Its work includes the Otnutnu Business Series, a collection of faith-based short stories published since 2021 in which brands were woven into the narratives, in a different short stories on the Otnutnu Business Category on the online magazine, featuring creative works centred on faith, life, and contemporary experience.
The Entertainment Hub is also expanding into film, with plans to produce short films that explore themes of God’s love, faith, identity, and Christian life. Through these projects, Sarima City seeks to develop compelling stories across literature and screen while creating opportunities for creative expression and audience engagement.
SARIMA CITY AWARDS
The Sarima City Awards is an initiative created to recognise and celebrate individuals who have made notable contributions and achieved significant milestones across the creative and cultural landscape.
The awards are intended to honour accomplishments in music, film, and other areas of creative and Kingdom-focused work, providing a platform for recognising excellence, influence, and meaningful contribution to society.
Through the awards, Sarima City seeks to celebrate creative achievement and encourage individuals whose work contributes to the development of faith, culture, and the wider creative community.
SARIMA CITY EXHIBITION
The Sarima City Exhibition is a multidisciplinary platform designed to bring together faith, fashion, creativity, conversation, and enterprise. Through Bible discussions, creative presentations, and a fashion runway, the platform creates space for conversations around Christian faith and contemporary culture.
One of its key expressions is Churchlooks Africa, a fashion initiative promoting modest, thoughtful, and Godly styling among Christians while exploring fashion as a form of creative and cultural expression.
The exhibition also provides opportunities for selected businesses and creatives to showcase their work, reflecting Sarima City’s wider commitment to supporting creative enterprise and encouraging meaningful participation across different spheres of Christian life and culture.
The maiden edition, originally presented as the Sarima City Hangout, was held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in February 2021.
https://sarimamagazine.com.ng/sarima-city-hangout-and-exhibition-february-edition/
FOUNDER AND EDITOR
Sarima City and Sarima Magazine was founded by Merit Gogo-fyneface, a lawyer and creative writer with a passion for literature, faith, culture and meaningful storytelling.
As Founder and Editor, she oversees the magazine’s editorial direction alongside other staff writers and continues to develop Sarima as a platform for writers, creatives and thoughtful voices.
Through Sarima Magazine and its growing literary programme, she seeks to create space for stories and perspectives that inspire, challenge and connect readers.
