Join us on Saturday 25 June for a Wikithon at the Goethe-Institut Cameroon at 10 am. 25/06/2016 @ 10am “Wikithon” (based on Hackathon, an event in which computer programmers and others collaborate intensively on software projects) is an event in which content owners, community of practice members and others collaborate intensively on creating
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Samyra Manka’a discusses with German singer Mayembe Malayika, highlighting roots, influences and diversity Mayembe Malayika (L) You found out about your Congolese father when you were 25, is that right? What was that like and has this African side of you influenced your music in any way? Oh yes! That’s when we met for
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Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops in the following cities: Johannesburg, South Africa | 18 June 2016 Lagos, Nigeria | 18 June 2016 Nairobi, Kenya | 18 June 2016 Windhoek, Namibia | 18 June 2016 Yaoundé, Cameroon | 18 June 2016 Addis
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Jeremy Klemin Pulling from examples like Teju Cole and Albert Camus, Jeremy Klemin explores how some of the most memorable quotes from the giants of world literature were uttered by characters in their books, not the authors themselves. A Man of the People, cover art by Edel Rodriguez Not long ago, I was an
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Click here to read the English version MISE à JOUR : Le délai de soumission est reporté au lundi 15 août 2016 Bakwa magazine, le magazine littéraire et culturel de langue anglaise en ligne le plus en vue au Cameroun, et qui est au premier plan des échanges interculturels, souhaite célébrer les écrivains
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Cliquez ici pour lire la version en français UPDATE: the deadline has been extended to August 15 Bakwa magazine, the leading online literary and cultural magazine in English in Cameroon, which has been at the forefront of cross-cultural exchange, intends to celebrate emerging writers from Cameroon by giving them the opportunity to submit stories which,
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Renee Edwige Dro and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire (Clockwise, from the top left): Mamadou Diallo, Dame Diop, Ibrahima Baldé, Mohamadou Fadel Diop, Valérie Bah, Djibril Drame, and Toussa Senerap. During the next months, Bakwa will publish stories (flash fiction) which are the product of Writivism workshops in Dakar, Kinshasa and Abidjan. This collaboration is the
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Bakwa (a magazine of cultural criticism) is accepting applications from undergrads and graduates for its editorial internship program. Interns work on a part-time, unpaid basis for three to five months and receive practical experience in critical reading and analysis, research, fact checking, and the workings of an international magazine. Interns work closely with editors
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In the fall of 2015, universities across South Africa were engulfed by fires ignited by students’ discontent with the racial discrimination and colonialism that still defines the country’s institutes of higher education. The protests broadcast on televisions around the world were neither without precedent nor without parallel. The University in Africa, and indeed
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In line with its mandate to tell under reported stories, Sisterspeak237 has instituted the National Storytelling Award. The event will be an annual feature that will celebrate excellence in journalistic works by recognizing meaningful contributions made by individual journalists. Sisterspeak237 hopes that the Annual Journalism Award will reignite the passion for journalism, encourage journalists to
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