Magazine Description As an online and off-line magazine, Bakwa engages in cultural criticism, focusing on issues like art, photography, music, business, literature, cinema, spoken word, fashion and exhibitions, and has a penchant for long-form creative nonfiction/reportage, cartoons and photography. While…
[Book Excerpt] Skinless Goat in Somalia by Awes A. Osman
The excerpt below, from Awes A. Osman’s novel Skinless Goat in Somalia, is part of #100daysofafricanreads (curated by @SisterKilljoy). The book was inspired by Awes Osman’s student days in India and centres on the story of an Indian girl and…
[Night Life] Yshaper Presents Playlist
Barely two months after The Soul Spirit concert, Yshaper presents Playlist, a concert, which as the name suggests, will include acoustic performances by various artists in genres such as jazz, soul, gospel etc. The main artists include : Olgha,…
In Defence of Je Wanda Magazine's Critique
Nchanji M. Njamnsi An article on Cultur Ebene denies itself any informational value it might have had by repeatedly attacking the author of another article on Stanley Enow’s video “Njama Njama Cow” published in Je Wanda Magazine, and attacking the…
Tito Valery “I Am Particularly Interested In Working With Artists Who Have A Vision "
Interviewed by Dzekashu MacViban Last month I introduced a collaborative project Bakwa was working on with Tito Valery in the article “Black and White are Colours Too: the Ambitious Experiments of Tito’s Photography”, wherein I discussed the experimental…
Ten Cities: Public Sphere, Urban Space, Club Culture
10 countries, 2 continents, 3 disciplines, 22 concerts, 10 photographers, and 23 authors Whether it’s in Nairobi or in Kyiv, in Bristol or in Cairo: in all the major cities of Africa and Europe, people get together in dedicated…
(In)visible Cities: Stories of African Diaspora Communities all Over the World
Lorena Cotza Beatrice Kabutakapua (right) talks in Los Angeles with Professor Msia Kibona Clark From the UK to China: journalist Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua and film-maker Gianpaolo Angelo Bucci travel around the world to discover those places “visible and invisible…
Bakwa Magazine Revista de literatura, arte y música de Camerún al mundo
A Spanish version of Georgina Mexía-Amador‘s review of Bakwa, which was originally published on Brittle Paper in English, is on Sinfín, a Mexican online magazine. Here’s an excerpt of the review, in Spanish: Desde su aparición en 2012,…
African Dreams, German Campfire, English Words by Sylvia Schlettwein
Namibian writer, Sylvia Schlettwein, uses German titbits in her English stories not as an expression of Germanness, but rather of Namibianness and Africanness. I don’t have any problem being classified as an African writer. When I am asked whether…
Resounding Voices from Cameroon and the World find a Home in Bakwa Magazine
Georgina Mexía-Amador reviews Bakwa magazine for Brittle Paper, a platform which is part of the global literary movement promoting and shaping the way we produce, appraise, and consume African literary works. Here is an excerpt: As a Mexican writer, I…
