The administrators of the Literary Exchange Workshop Programme — Goethe-Institut Lagos and Goethe-Institut Kamerun, Saraba Magazine and Bakwa Magazine — are pleased to announce the ten shortlisted participants: Adeosun Adams Abayomi (Nigeria) Ajinomoh Ozovehe Caleb (Nigeria) Socrates Mbamalu (Nigeria) Sada…
Justifying Petty Corruption
Jeremy Klemin Repeated encounters with corruption while travelling cause Jeremy Klemin to ponder the various forms of corruption as well as the “moral framework” within which corruption is enforced We felt we’d seen enough of Sofia in the few days…
Bakwa Short Story Prize Award Ceremony/Reading Series [Pictures]
Photo Credit (All Pictures): Nchanji Melvin Yesterday evening, at the Goethe-institut Kamerun, Bakwa Magazine organised a double event. The award ceremony for the Bakwa Magazine Short Story Competition and the first edition of the Bakwa Magazine Reading Series, a…
Bakwa Magazine Reading Series No. 1/ Short Story Competition Award Ceremony
Join us for the prize award ceremony of the Bakwa Magazine Short Story Competition, which will feature readings from the shortlisted writers. The Bakwa Magazine Short Story Competition, an ongoing multifaceted project which started in 2016 (in partnership with the…
Three Poems by Echezonachukwu Nduka
An Old Man in Conversation Out of this near empty street comes an old man who, when asked his age, says age is nothing but shadows and lost tongues. He has lived his past years drinking in…
Q & A with Elsa M’bala on Addis'63
Last year we published Elsa M’bala’s story “December Rain” on Bakwa Magazine. We recently caught up with her to see what she’s been up to. The main character in your story, “December Rain”, is a free spirit, belonging here…
Literary Exchange Project: Call for Applications
Goethe-Institut in Lagos and Yaounde in collaboration with Saraba Magazine and Bakwa Magazine invites applications for participation in a mentored series of exchanges and workshops on creative non-fiction. Though Cameroon and Nigeria are neighbors and share a lot…
Short Story Competition Shortlist
“Bad Lake” by Nkiacha Atemnkeng “Brrrrrrrrr” by A. Bouna Guazong “De passion et d’encre” by Bengono Essola Edouard “Scrap Hunters” by Dipita Kwa Special Mentions “Cinq minutes” by Mbaya Ombassa Hilaire Christ Loïc “Fanta from America”…
The Six Most-Read Stories on Bakwa Magazine in 2016
Reviews dominate this year’s most-read stories on Bakwa magazine. When our readers aren’t reading reviews, they are reading about the Anglophone Problem in Cameroon. The recent protests in the English-speaking parts of Cameroon, resulting from a language crisis (which was…
