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When Salvation Took Flight
The sun was out in Kampala despite the cold, frigid air. The ground was still wet from the heavy downpour last night and grass on the verge of the roads […] More
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TRACING THE MARAVI PRESENCE IN ZOMBA
Telling our own stories. Do not fear your history. History has no respect for emotions. One of the greatest challenges in understanding history is the tendency to interpret the past […] More
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Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Seventeen: The Ghost and the Cave (Part III))
Chapter Seventeen: The Ghost and the Cave (Part III) We had been trapped inside the cave for almost five days and five nights. Down there, time ceased to exist. There […] More
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The nowhere man
Two weeks ago, I went to visit my high school buddy; Ronnie. In the fashion of good hip-hop, he didn’t really go to high school. He went to school high. […] More
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MAKEWANA, LUNDU, UNDI, SOSOLA AND CHEWA SUCCESSION
Never fear your history. History has no respect for emotions. Makewana was not involved in the selection of the earliest Kalongas a thousand years ago (Ntara, 1973). In fact, there […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and LiteratureLife in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Twenty: The Cost of Healings (Part One))
Chapter Twenty: The Cost of Healings (part one) After Soroti, Pastor Okello gained unimaginable fame as a miraculous pastor. People spoke of him in markets, in churches, in taxi parks, […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Twenty: The Cost of Healings (Part Two))
Chapter Twenty: The Cost of Healings (Part Two) With no one else to turn to, I went looking for Peter Kaburu early the following morning. Sleep had abandoned me long […] More
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What was she wearing?
I went to visit my nephew at Comprehensive College Kitetika over the weekend. It was not my first time at this school that I used to consider progressive. No one […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile Act Two – The Bridge of Silence
Chapter Fourteen: The Invisible Trail of the Fugitives The police station had settled into the familiar rhythm of an ordinary afternoon. Telephones rang without urgency. Computer keyboards clattered from adjoining […] More
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Women’s Beauty Standards, Clothing, and Adornment in Early Maravi
For the fun of history. Do not fear your history. In the pre-colonial Maravi Empire during its formative and expansive eras, women’s beauty standards, clothing, and body adornments were deeply […] More
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TRACING THE NAME MWANAVEKHA FROM NSINJA, MARAVI
Do not fear your history. History is meant to be interrogated. The personal name Mwanavekha (also rendered Mwanamveka) occupies a unique space in Malawian onomastics. Often mistakenly attributed to Lhomwe […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows (Chapter Eighteen: The Mark of the Chosen One)
Chapter Eighteen: The Mark of the Chosen One We had spent several weeks inside that cave, and during that time our bodies had undergone significant changes without our knowledge. To […] More
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The Day Pan-Africanism Died: Leave… or Return in a Coffin?
“If we should take ethnic, racial or linguistic criteria for modifying our boundaries, a good many states in Africa would be wiped off the map.” — President Philibert Tsiranana of […] More
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TRACING THE MARAVI IN SOUTHERN MALAWI THROUGH THE BIMBI CULT
The Bimbi Cult is found in the southern region of Malawi, particularly in the districts of Zomba, Mangochi, and Machinga. Although many scholars have written about this religious institution, one […] More
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