On the 1st October the international Wiki Loves Africa (wikilovesafrica.org) photographic contest launched across Africa (and beyond). Since its launch, there have been 2,655 photographic entries and many food-related events have been held in Uganda, Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire,…
[Short Review] Fatoumata Diawara Channels the Innocence and Power that History Associates with her Name
Serubiri Moses ‘Fatou’ is the short form for Fatoumata or Fatouma where I come from. Her name alone has a long history within Islamic cultures: a city was named Fatimah in Portugal during the Moorish period; Fatimah is the name…
Marketing Manager at Bakwa Magazine
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,…
