After its superb second issue which focused on Cameroon literature in English, the third issue of Palapala magazine tackles the issue of food through literature. Here are some of the highlights in this issue:
Nigerian writer Tolu Ogunlesi uses the imagination of a wandering stomach to showcase four Nigerian cities. Cameroonian poet and writer Viola Allo embarks on a poetic journey to a farm on Lake Awing in the Northwest province of Cameroon. Poet Kangsen Wakai reviews his experiences with the chicken and chicken franchises in the city of Houston. Poet and writer Mbella Sonne Dipoko of African Writers Series fame muses on life in exile.
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Cameroonian writer Dipita Kwa introduces us to a short story on the wages of plunder.
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Tanzanian designer Mkuki Bgoya relives the resurrection of Fela [on stage].
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Producer Damian Mickel reviews the late J-Dilla's Donuts.
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Visual artist Vonetta Berry Danner explains how she uses the human body as a canvass
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Fimlmaker Joyce Ashutantang uses poetry to focus on the significance of the ‘Ekpere' gourd to the women of Manyu division in the SW province of Cameroon
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An interesting excerpt from Rosemary Ekosso's debut novel, House of Falling Women.
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NOTE: The next issue of Palapala magazine will focus on the issue of multiple and conflicting identities from a variety of perspectives (language, ethnicity, race, nationality, etc.). For example, how do Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora negotiate, straddle, construct and/or discard their multiple identities? Individuals interested in contributing to this issue should send an email to [email protected]
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