Bakwa 10: Family Politricks Release date: February, 2021 What does family mean? How do we relate to it? Is it defined exclusively by blood ties? How often does it fuck us up? How often does it protect us? From Bamenda to Maryland, Port Harcourt to Addis Ababa, Bakwa 10 explores the ways in which families make
Bakwa 08 September 8, 2019 How do we articulate pain? It’s easy to think of physical pain, whereas emotional, mental and psychological pain are usually overlooked. Can we ignore pain? Where does it come from? Heartbreak, menstrual pain— is there a singular way pain feels? Does it make us stronger, or leave us irreparably broken?
Bakwa 06 June 2,2014 What is Lapiro de Mbanga’s place in the pantheon of protest music? Does BrymO’s vision of Lagos capture what the city feels like, or does it provoke a 19th century Dickensian image of a failing industrial city? Plus poetry in Pidgin, Creole, Spanglish, Sheng, English and more by Minna Salami, Jack
Bakwa 05 October 14, 2013 Why do poets die? Emmanuel Iduma remembers Kofi Awoonor and Klas Lundstrom remembers Anna Politkovskaya. Serubiri Moses questions the legacy of Heinemann’s African Writer’s Series. Adebiyi Olusolape investigates gradual extinction of the Kakanda language Cover art: Photo by Piotr Arnoldes from Pexels Cover design: Dante Besong
Bakwa 04 April 26, 2013 Why does the West ignore intellectual property when Africa is concerned? What does the New York Times really know about music in Africa? Can hip-hop save an artist’s life? Is music alternative literature? Does ‘Don 4 Kwat’ start a new chapter in hip-hop? RIP Chinua Achebe. Plus: poetry by Jumoke
Bakwa 03 November 30, 2012 Mexico occupies a unique place in Latin American writing; writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Roberto Bolaño, Gabriel García Márquez, Graham Greene, John Steinbeck, and William S. Burroughs lived in and were influenced by Mexico in abundant ways. In collaboration with The Ofi Press, this issue features new writing
Bakwa 02 August 18, 2012 Why is Chimurenga so popular? Is the book dying a long slow death? What are the challenges faced by the Black fashion industry? Is the West using diaspora writers as Africa’s voice and do they determine the nature of our stories? Concessions and confessions mark this issue of Bakwa
Bakwa 01 March 7, 2012 From the decline of cinema in Cameroon to what clips the wings of Anglophone Cameroon Literature: investigations into cinema and writing. Sex and gender politics. A (re)discovery of the golden age of Makossa with Petit Pays and an interview with Ayo will plunge you into a world of music criticism.
