Iya and Mambo meet each other at a moment when both are carrying something heavy. Who came to you first, and what did you want their friendship to say that neither girl could say alone? Mambo came first. She arrived…
Q and A with Marie Helene Ngoah on Translating The Shape of Unbroken Things
When you first read The Shape of Unbroken Things, what did you hear in Comfort’s voice that you knew you had to maintain in French? As a translator, I believe our role goes beyond transferring words from one language to another.…
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…
