Fifteen-year-old Belinda made up her mind to take her life while in the bathroom on Saturday afternoon. She was bathing at 2 pm, because that’s what one did during school vacations when they had nothing to do. Somehow, even if…
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Bad Lake
François and his two colleagues, Fondzenyuy, and Murphy, stared at the gas siphoning system installed in Lake Nyos with excitement. Two very long polyethylene pipes set up vertically from the bottom of the lake to its surface emerged in the…
Anaki
Anaki is an afrofuturistic comic book series by Zebra Comics that relates the story of a girl born with power that is forbidden by the gods of her nation— gods that seek to destroy her as she struggles to survive. Below…
Taxi Drivers Who Drive Us Nowhere
Lagos, my friend says, is sick in both senses of the word; a city dealing with Dissociative Identity Disorder, with an emphasis on Dissociative…
How to Eat Roasted Fish in Limbe
(Photo credit: Inna Lazareva) 1. Choose a place. That Limbe is a coastal city means it is literally surrounded by fish. Most people love the proximity of Down Beach, which translates into the nearness to raw material, and comes…
Anglophone Cameroon Literature at Crossroads: An Interview with Bate Besong
Years after his death, we revisit Bate Besong’s legacy by republishing one of his most in-depth interviews
A Brief History of Bakwa Magazine
We trace our ancestry and the circumstances leading to the creation of Bakwa Magazine
A Reversal by Imbolo Mbue
A short piece on the theme of Belonging, read by the author at the 29th Annual PEN Faulkner Celebration in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2017.
What Is the Anglophone Problem?
What is the Anglophone Problem, who is Anglophone in Cameroon? On the basis of history and the Constitution, Harry Acha reflects on what the Anglophone Problem is (and is not), and the way forward.
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…
