Image credit: Ana Maria Tone (via Shutterstock) “Fredo, you’re my older brother and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again, ever.” – Michael Corleone The Godfather, Mario Puzo What constitutes a…
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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…
Whites Can Dance Too
Translated by Jethro Soutar Svinesund, 9 August 2008 “When the guns cease to blitz Kuduro still transmits Coz words are more powerful than bullets.” …
Literary Translation Matters Conference
We would like to invite you to the Literary Translation Matters conference hosted by Bakwa on Saturday 26th October. The event will draw upon a wealth and diversity of local translation knowledge and expertise and is supported by the University…
Literary Translation Workshop Participants
Bakwa is pleased to announce the selected participants for its Literary Translation Workshop in partnership with the University of Bristol. The 13 selected participants were chosen from a pool of over 50 applications. The workshop, scheduled for 21-26 October 2019,…
Bakwa 09
Bakwa 09: Taxi Drivers Who Drive Us Nowhere and Other Travel Stories Release date: October 28, 2019 In our first-ever print and entirely nonfiction issue, we explore what it means to travel as an African. Herein are stories about…
Partir c’est mourir un peu
Aller à l’étranger quand on est camerounais… Un calvaire selon certains, un conte surréaliste pour d’autres…
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…
Sturdy Man with Shaggy Beard
I carry his memory around me…. I bear him in my pouch like a kangaroo carries her young…. I do not remember clearly anyone before him. Do they even exist? Every love I’ve had before now has become hazy, chaff…
