Bakwa 12: The Lost Manuscript and Other Meditations Release date: August 2026 “While my former friends were having profound literary conversations at Conference Two in Yaoundé today, I instead went there and stole the original, handwritten manuscript of Things…
On Contiguous Narratives and Poetic Cosmologies
Kokende Liboso Eza Kokoma Te: On Contiguous Narratives and Poetic Cosmologies is a project by Laboratoire Kontempo, curated by Dzekashu MacViban. You can read the announcement in French here and in German here. The theorization of contemporary art and art…
Editorial Intern
Bakwa Magazine is currently accepting applications for the position of editorial intern. Since its creation in 2011, Bakwa has published new and major writers from the African continent and the world in original languages and translations. Over the years, we…
A Glossary of Things We Need To Unlearn
Join us for a conversation between Nfor Njinyoh (editor, Bakwa Books), Mariette Tchamda (éditions Nuances) and Nchanji Njamnsi (translator) on language variations and translation as an art form. Taking as a start point Walter Benjamin in ‘The Translator’s Task’, when…
Part-time Volunteer Sought for Operations Assistant Position
Summary Bakwa is currently accepting applications from volunteers based in Yaounde interested in taking up employ as Operations Assistant. The operations assistant reports directly to the executive team and is expected to alleviate the executive team’s workload where possible. Specific…
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 at 10: Celebrating a Decade of Disruption
December 2021 will mark Bakwa Magazine’s tenth anniversary. From inception in 2011 to currently being at the forefront of African literary culture, our journey is a remarkable one. Created as a response to the dearth of critical and creative writing…
