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[3] The magazine bears the name of the street opposite the University of Ibadan,[4] the alma mater of the founders, symbolizing their move out of the ivory tower but Oredola Ibrahim, a founding editor, offered a different exegesis - "collectors of things of value".

The magazine has since gone on to publish the literary works of both prominent and emerging African writers including Efe Paul Azino,[6] Toni Kan,[7] Jumoke Verrisimo,[8] Romeo Oriogun[9][10] and Logan February.

[11] As at 2020, the magazine, catering exclusively to the African continent and its diaspora have published work from Rwanda, Malawi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Mali, Uganda, Ghana, and DR Congo.

While all founding members were University of Ibadan alumni, the institutional affiliations of the editorial team have continued to change, most markedly with Adedayo Agarau's appointment as editor-in-chief on July 22, 2021.

Arts N Chill was founded by Moyosore Orimoloye, Boluwatife Olu Afolabi and Ezim Osai while they were students at the University of Ibadan.