Bakwa 10

Bakwa 10: Family Politricks

Release date: December, 2020

What does family mean? How do we relate to it? Is it defined exclusively by blood ties? How often does it fuck us up? How often does it protect us? From Bamenda to Maryland, Port Harcourt to Addis Ababa, Bakwa 10 explores the ways in which families make and unmake us. Contributors include: Pwaangulongii Dauod, Sada Malumfashi, Bertille Mbarga, Lebohang Mojapelo, Géraldin Mpesse, Eleanor TK, Nelson Kamkuimo, Mignotte Mekuria, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, and JK Anowe.

Cover by Christo Musinguzi

CONTENTS

Nonfiction

Another Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ, Pwaangulongii Dauod

Uncle Mike, Eleanor TK

Fiction

Some Things are Most Beautiful in the Dark, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola

The Praise Singer, Sada Malumfashi

The Language of Dreams, Mignotte Mekuria

Le revenant, Nelson Kamkuimo

Il était temps, Bertille Mbarga

Trépasser pour si peu, Géraldin Mpesse

Poetry

JK Anowe, “Keeping House”, “Parable of Efulefu Going Nowhere”, “Roadkill in the Rearview”

Lebohang Mojapelo, “Losing Herself”, “Teaching Her Father”