Bakwa staff writer, Uzoma Ihejirika, got into conversation with Roy Udeh-Ubaka, whose first short story “A Certain Kind of Longing” was published in Bakwa Magazine, to discuss love, identity and power, and the inspiration behind the story.
Bakwa Magazine Reading Series No. 2
The Bakwa Magazine Reading Series is a public quarterly event which brings together a wide selection of writers, translators, editors and poets, and connects them to various local communities through events hosted in different cities.
A Certain Kind of Longing
In his first short story to be published, Roy weaves the intricacies of relationship issues, as experienced by the narrator, and by the latter’s aunt, into a beautiful juxtaposition that portrays two people’s differing approaches to love.
Short Story Day Africa 2017 Flow Workshop Series
Short Story Day Africa, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, calls for submissions in view of a series of one-day workshops hosted in several cities.
Nigeria/Cameroon Literary Exchange Project – Participants
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…
