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Cameroon-based publisher of literary fiction, creative nonfiction & translation.
Lifesavers by Monique Kwchou– Bakwa Magazine
Lifesavers by Monique Kwchou– Bakwa Magazine
Fifteen-year-old Belinda made up her mind to take her life while in the bathroom on Saturday afternoon. She was bathing at 2 pm, because that’s what one did during school vacations when they had nothing to do. Somehow, even if you were the kind of person who bathed routinely first thing in the morning, the…
Q & A with Monique Kwachou on her writing process
Q & A with Monique Kwachou on her writing process
Our Catalogue on African Books Collective (International Shipping!)
Our Catalogue on African Books Collective (International Shipping!)
Bakwa Books is a Cameroon-based nonprofit independent publisher of literary fiction, creative nonfiction and translation. The desire to replicate Bakwa Magazine’s vision, as well as the absence of innovative local publishing channels in Cameroon, necessitated the creation of Bakwa Books. Founded in 2011 by Dzekashu MacViban to fill the lacuna in literary production and consumption, […]
Afritude – Bakwa Magazine
Afritude – Bakwa Magazine
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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Awono
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Awono
This unique anthology centres around a poem by award-winning Cameroonian writer, Jean-Claude Awono – Le Poème de Yambacongo – and nineteen very distinct translations of that poem from across the globe. Inspired by 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger, this collection highlights the diversity of Englishes in existence worldwide, with each […]
Walking on Cowrie Shells
Walking on Cowrie Shells
Bakwa 11: When Love is a Scream
Bakwa 11: When Love is a Scream
Days Come and Go
Days Come and Go
Twilight of Crooks
Twilight of Crooks
“The truth is, I’ve become a political refugee…,” Makelekele tried to explain, “I no longer have a passport. I’m a citizen of nowhere.” The year is 1977. Jason Makelekele treads where angels fear to tread as he investigates the murder of an oil tycoon for his column. During a trip to Bonn, Germany, he is […]
Bakwa Magazine 10: Family Politricks
Bakwa Magazine 10: Family Politricks
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 and unmake us. Contributors include: Pwaangulongii Dauod, Sada […]
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