Two Poems by Dzekashu MacViban

After the Lobotomy I’ve known auto-proclaimed ministers, merchants of salvation whose hearts are wildernesses in a modern day wild See them revel in a hermetic ornanistic bacchanalia after a daily battle of wits to which they impose taxes— for knowledge…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BAKWA 11

Image Credit: AtlasbyAtlas Studio, Shutterstock.com Guest Edited by Anwuli Ojogwu “My belief is that if we live another century or so … and have five hundred a year each of us and rooms of our own; if we have the…

You have a fullness you need to bring out

“You have a fullness you need to bring out” interrogates and reimagines how we consume text-based art, specifically what we read and how we read, by offering an immersive approach. Drawing from a curated archive of work from Bakwa Magazine…

Bakwa 07

Bakwa 07   Contributors: Imbolo Mbue, TJ benson, Minna Salami, Dami Ajayi, Serubiri Moses, Percy Zvomuya, Socrates Mbamalu, Jeremy Klemin, Dzekashu MacViban, Roy Udeh-Ubakah, Abiola Oni, Elsa M’bala and Joyce Ashuntantang. Cover art: Sentury Yob Cover design: Dante Besong  

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Petite but punchy Cameroonian literary mag Mag Culture   Taking its inspiration from other pugnacious, and cool magazines like Chimurenga – Bakwa, was founded to counter the absence of literary magazines in Cameroon; with a wide ranging remit that’s broader…
BakwaCast Origins

While pinpointing exactly when the idea of Bakwacast took hold may be difficult, a look into the editor of Bakwa Magazine’s journey may reveal unavoidable correlations.

Africa Writes 2018

Friday 29 June – Sunday 1 July British Library & Rich Mix, London   From Friday 29 June to Sunday 1 July 2018 we’ll be bringing together over 60 of the most influential voices in contemporary writing from Africa and…

100 Days of Cameroonian Literature

For 100 days, between December 2, 2017 and March 12, 2018, we ran a social media campaign to shed more light on Cameroonian writing, called 100 Days of Cameroonian Literature

The Eight Most-Read Bakwa Magazine Stories of 2017

Contrary to the past two years, where nonfiction and reviews topped the most-read list, our readers engaged more with fiction this year —from conversations about whether a father should be buried in the land of his birth or in another…

Books and Palm Wine at AkeFest 2017

Following Ake wherever Ake goes, TJ Benson chronicles snippets of the 2017 edition of one of the biggest literary festivals in Africa.

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