SAVVY Kwata is more than a library. We are a vibrant community space that celebrates the richness of Cameroon’s cultural heritage and the wider African world. Here, stories are told not just through books, but through spoken word, dance, song, painting, sculpture, and traditions that remain unrecorded but are deeply felt.
Our platform nurtures both published and unpublished voices, blending the past and present in the preservation of ancestral knowledge. From arts and crafts to education and cultural practices, we are dedicated to safeguarding and sharing the wisdom that shapes who we are.
SAVVY Kwata is a space for gathering—around books, on land, with each other. What we wish to cultivate already lives within our stories, songs, movements, and our soil. We are building, studying, planting, and asking: what does sovereignty look like when we build it together?
Programmes
Workshops, residencies, site visits, lecture series and more.
Research and Publications
The SAVVY Kwata library houses hundreds of books with a particular focus on Cameroonian literature alongside selected titles from African and African diasporic writers. Ocassionally, we gather our learnings into publications of our own.
Gatherings
Book clubs, cultural events, communal spaces. We gather to share stories, build connections, and grow something together.
Our Team / Community
Ndongfack Edith Ndoping
Dione Namondo Lifanje
Ako Polycarp
Enow Eyong Egbe
Beri Carine Nyuyki
Tanteh Daniel Ndashi
Tong Grace Dorothée
Nchifih Prescilia Tchingi
Ndoh Conrad Njuh
Nganana Marie Noel
SAVVY Contemporary Team Berlin
SAVVY Kwata Book Club Team Limbe
SAVVY Kwata Book Club Team Bamenda
SAVVY Kwata Book Club Team Buea.
Your Friendship isn't just support — it's an act of solidarity.
Become a Friend
Since 2023, SAVVY Kwata has grown from a small beginning into a space that collaborates with teachers, students, artists, labourers, and traditional leaders navigating one of Cameroon’s most painful chapters. As the Anglophone crisis enters its tenth year, we are asking: what does it mean to build, to study, to gather, when so much is at stake?
As a Friend of SAVVY Kwata, you help us do two things:
We collect—books by African and Cameroonian authors, gathered into the Library of Lost and Found. They carry words that honour what came before and which guide us onto what might come next.
We gather. Through book clubs, workshops, and communal spaces, we explore the colonial roots of today’s crisis—and ask what tools we need to build toward peace, dignity, and justice.
Community Events
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