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Features, News May 25, 2020

Bakwa Books Acquires English Translation Rights for Hemley Boum’s Recent Novel

Bakwa Books has acquired the English translation rights to Les Jours Viennent et Passent, a novel by Cameroonian writer Hemley Boum. Dzekashu MacViban, founding editor of Bakwa Magazine and Bakwa Books, announced that Bakwa will publish and distribute the English translation of the book in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. In Les Jours Viennent et Passent, three […]

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Features, Lit Scene, News May 15, 2020

Tune In to the Bakwa Literary Festival on Instagram Live: May 15-19

Bakwa Magazine is a literary publication based in Cameroon that aims to generate intelligent discussion about literary and cultural production on the continent. The magazine will host a literary festival on Instagram Live from May 15-19 in celebration of Cameroonian literature and writers. According to their website, “Conversations will range from the role of the […]

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Features June 5, 2020

Kwame Dawes’s “Yard Boy”: A Powerful Poem for Our Moment

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Kwame Dawes recently wrote a poem titled “Yard Boy” that speaks to the recent events surrounding the death of George […]

Features June 4, 2020

Teju Cole’s Spotify Playlists Offer Musical Solace for These Times

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Among Teju Cole’s many talents is his ability to curate music that captures a mood or even the feel of […]

Features June 3, 2020

Petina Gappah to Write Play About the Censorship History of Dambudzo Marechera’s Novel Black Sunlight

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Petina Gappah recently announced that she was writing a play that focuses on “the 1982 banning and unbanning” of Dambudzo […]

Features June 3, 2020

Oh, Blessed Bri’Land | Jedah Mayberry | Fiction

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Bri’Land glistened at me, her brilliant display of pink sand shimmering in delight. It would seem that I had finally, […]

Features June 3, 2020

Books That Go with Wine and Books That Don’t

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The beverages most associated with reading are tea and coffee. But many readers love to cozy up in bed with […]

Features June 3, 2020

In This House | Inok Rosemary | Poetry

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In this house, we sift our words, Never letting the walls hear what they shouldn’t. The fear of their […]