Date limite d’envoi des candidatures : 8 mai 2019 Click here to read the English version Vous vivez au…
Bakwa Young Writers’ Workshop
Application Deadline: 8 May 2019 Cliquez ici pour lire la version en français Are you in Cameroon? Are you between the…
The Beauty in Logan February’s Poetry and Everything In-between
The sadness in Logan’s poetry is only bearable in the way art makes it possible to swallow bitter pills…. Logan’s writing arouses a handful of mixed feelings; sometimes he brings the things he wants to say home, sometimes they elude him…
Bakwa 08: PAIN
How do we articulate pain? It’s easy to think of physical pain, whereas emotional, mental and psychological pain are usually…
Book Launch- Limbe to Lagos: Nonfiction from Cameroon and Nigeria
Despite a shared history, Cameroon and Nigeria rarely engage in projects of shared literary benefit.
Call for submissions: Bakwa 09
Bakwa Magazine seeks stories about your travelling experiences. What do airports, borders, passports and privilege when travelling mean to you? We seek fiction and nonfiction stories, critical essays, photography and poems that address these issues.
The Bird that Fluttered Free
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu Perhaps a good place to start would be the day he first kissed you in his lodge,…
How to Eat Roasted Fish in Limbe
Howard M-B Maximus (Photo credit: Inna Lazareva) 1. Choose a place. That Limbe is a coastal city means it…
How to Learn a Language
Isabella Morris “How to learn a Language” is the second and final story of a two-part prelude to…
Prescriptions for Lovers
For his first visit to Cameroon, the good doctor— Dr. Dami Ajayi— graces us with his humor-tinged raspy cadence.…
