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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Abiola Oni discusses African writing, the tube, and the stereotypes usually associated with Africans in the diaspora with Imade Iyamu. Read Abiola Oni’s story “Strangers On the Train” here. In your story, ‘Strangers on a train’, you write about the mundane activity of travelling by tube, but infuse it with depth that
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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
“By developing editorial projects together and assisting each other in areas such as distribution, we quietly mainstream our own aesthetics and reduce our dependency on the global publishing system” Ntone Edjabe Interviewed by Dzekashu MacViban Ntone Edjabe was born in Douala and he moved to Lagos where he began his studies. In 1993
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“The West has made stars out of Diaspora writers and made them Africa’s voices. I have a problem with that.” Ikheloa Ikhide Interviewed by Emmanuel Iduma I have not always agreed with Ikhide Ikheloa. So when I received an invitation from Bakwa Magazine to have a short conversation with him, I figured
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“Fashizblack Magazine is the result of a rather peculiar editorial policy: we are neither an ‘ethnic’ magazine closed up on itself, nor a magazine dedicated to Western fashion in the traditional sense of the expression.” Paola-Audrey Ndengue Interviewed by Dzekashu MacViban Translated by Nfor Edwin N. Fashizblack(Fashion Is Black) is a contemporary fashion magazine
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Interviewed by Belinda Otas With her earnest lyrics, a haunting and soothing sound and a raspy, seductive and magnetic voice, AYO has won adoring fans across Europe, North America and Africa, for her openness which many can relate to. In her own words, AYO on music as her therapy and why identity is important
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