“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” by Nsah Mala “Fin de parcours” by Mlle Ndjock Lucile Sandrine Suzy “Mon suicide s’explique”
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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 highlighted in several stories submitted for our short story competition), show the politricks of bilingualism
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Edwige-Renée Dro En prélude à la publication de la liste des finalistes de notre concours de nouvelles prévue pour demain le 31 décembre 2016, l’un des juges, Edwige-Renée Dro, partage avec nous ses réflexions sur les nouvelles du concours et l’écriture camerounaise. Click here to read the English version Lorsque Dzekashu MacViban, rédacteur en
Edwige-Renée Dro Ahead of tomorrow’s release of the shortlist for our short story competition, one of the judges, Edwige-Renée Dro, shares her thoughts on the stories and Cameroonian writing. Cliquez ici pour lire la version en français When Dzekashu MacViban, the Founding Editor of Bakwa magazine contacted me to be one of
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Titilayo Adeoye What does a day in the life of a volunteer at the Ake Festival look like? Titilayo Adeoye shares hers The Ake Arts and Book Festival comes up every year in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. It is a festival that celebrates lovers of African literature and arts, and an event I’d love to
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Afrikult presents the final of the three-part series Words that Travel. Running throughout 2016, each event focuses on particular mediums and traditions of African literature with the third featuring African music. Words that Travel aims to showcase the wonderful and rich diversity within the African literary genre. Words that Travel: Rhythms of Literature is the
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Uzoma Ihejirika Translators are faced with the difficult task of reconstructing meaning across languages and cultures. Christopher Schaefer undertakes this task in Baho!, Roland Rugero’s second novel (originally published in French) and also, according to the publisher, the first novel from Burundi to be translated into English. Baho! puts the spotlight on the people
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Ahead of next month’s release of the shortlisted stories for the Bakwa Magazine Short Story Competition, and Edwige-Renée Dro’s observations on the stories, below is a brief profile of the judges. En vue de la publication de la liste des nouvelles présélectionnées dans le cadre du concours de nouvelles de Bakwa Magazine, prévue pour le
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Uzoma Ihejirika There is a saying that the world is a small place, that there is always someone who knows someone who knows us. Ours, we have come to believe, is a far-flung, yet close by neighborhood. In The Sound of Things to Come, Emmanuel Iduma’s debut, the world is made smaller, compact, and fitted
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Terrence B. Wakai Americans have wanted change for a very long time. A real fundamental change: a revolution. They have wanted a change from the neo-liberal ethos and arrogance that the elite of both parties and their Pravdian media enablers represent. In 2008, they voted an African American who seemed to embody hope against the
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