Last year we published Elsa M’bala’s story “December Rain” on Bakwa Magazine. We recently caught up with her to see what she’s been up to. The main character in your story, “December Rain”, is a free spirit, belonging here and nowhere, always in transit and in search of meaning in her life. What inspired […]
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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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“December Rain” highlights familiar, yet very important issues: displacement and homecoming. With an eye for detail and a keen sense of belonging (the kind of belonging that many citizens of the world have in common), Elsa’s story takes us from introspection to reality and from Germany to Cameroon. She woke up to the gentle sound
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Interviewed by Dzekashu MacViban Last month I introduced a collaborative project Bakwa was working on with Tito Valery in the article “Black and White are Colours Too: the Ambitious Experiments of Tito’s Photography”, wherein I discussed the experimental nature of Tito’s black and white photography, highlighting the fact that his upcoming exhibition, Da(r)kar
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10 countries, 2 continents, 3 disciplines, 22 concerts, 10 photographers, and 23 authors Whether it’s in Nairobi or in Kyiv, in Bristol or in Cairo: in all the major cities of Africa and Europe, people get together in dedicated spaces to dance to music and party – and create communities, subcultures and public spheres.
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