Cliquez ici pour lire la version en français 29.10.2016, 10am Goethe-Institut Bakwa magazine invites applications for a creative writing workshop which will take place on October 29 at the Goethe-Institut. This workshop, which falls within the framework…
Tear My Bra, a Nollywood Exhibition for Africa POP at Rencontres d’Arles
Alithnayn Abdulkareem At its simplest, “Tear My Bra” carries no hindsight or foreshadowing. It doesn’t even attempt to reflect the Nigerian film environment. It just takes Nollywood, filmmaking in an African context, takes it a little bit apart and presents…
Q & A with Monique Kwachou on her writing process
Samyra Manka’a discusses with Monique Kwachou, highlighting displacement, the Caine Prize Workshop & other projects. Your first book is a collection of poems titled Writing Therapy. Why the move to prose? Well, there wasn’t an official ‘move’. Poetry still comes easier…
Wikithon Cameroon 25/06/2016
Join us on Saturday 25 June for a Wikithon at the Goethe-Institut Cameroon at 10 am. 25/06/2016 @ 10am “Wikithon” (based on Hackathon, an event in which computer programmers and others collaborate intensively on software projects) is an…
Q & A with Mayembe Malayika on Pan-African Soul
Samyra Manka’a discusses with German singer Mayembe Malayika, highlighting roots, influences and diversity Mayembe Malayika (L) You found out about your Congolese father when you were 25, is that right? What was that like and has this African side of…
Short Story Day Africa Flow Workshops
Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops in the following cities: Johannesburg, South Africa | 18 June 2016 Lagos, Nigeria | 18 June 2016 Nairobi, Kenya | 18…
Q & A With Mwalimu Johnnie MacViban on Political Fiction
Mwalimu Johnnie MacViban is a household name in Cameroonian journalism and was featured in Index on Censorship in 1986 for an article titled ‘The Enemies of Democracy’. In 2011 he was shortlisted for the EduART Jane and Rufus Blanshard award…
Anti-Heroes and Quote Attribution
Jeremy Klemin Pulling from examples like Teju Cole and Albert Camus, Jeremy Klemin explores how some of the most memorable quotes from the giants of world literature were uttered by characters in their books, not the authors themselves. A Man…
Concours de nouvelles
Click here to read the English version MISE à JOUR : Le délai de soumission est reporté au lundi 15 août 2016 Bakwa magazine, le magazine littéraire et culturel de langue anglaise en ligne le plus en vue…
