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in Community & Opinion, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Poetry, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureGIVERS OF JOY
Many gifted people, those who make our lives brighter, who give us joy especially when we are in trouble, who relieve our stress, anxiety, and depression when we listen to […] More
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Illusion of People’s Power?
There was a time when President Bingu wa Mutharika commanded the police to shoot and kill demonstrators in Mzuzu. It happened. People lost their lives. So, you speak of “people’s […] More
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SENIOR CHIEF KACHINDAMOTO
After we finished filming the documentary, Senior Chief Kachindamoto called me aside. “My son” she said, “what real change will this film bring, how will it help me? You are […] More
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Beyond Sugar and Fertiliser: Rethinking Malawi’s National Dream
For this country to change, to rise, and to benefit everyone, we Malawians must first sit down and ask ourselves an honest question: what do we really want? Not what […] More
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in Identity & Culture, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Photography, Poetry, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureWHEN SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS BECOMES CONTROL.
The problem we have with international organisations that are supposed to assist and support artists in Malawi is that they often take the place of the artists themselves. Instead of […] More
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ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE NSANJE PEOPLE
What happened in Nsanje is sad. A person has been killed because of false allegations. Someone spread a rumor claiming that this person was evil and was stealing people’s private […] More
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TRACING THYOLO TO THE MARAVI EMPIRE
Do not be afraid of history. Historically, Thyolo district is a Mang’anja domain. Thyolo district was originally a Maravi settlement. 500 years before the arrival of European colonists or later […] More
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THE MALAWI AND CONGO CONNECTION: TRACING THE ORIGINS OF THE MARAVI
Do not fear your history. Also, history does not respect your emotions. Names matter. They carry memory, history, and identity. Family names survive generations. They cross rivers, droughts, wars, migrations, […] 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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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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ALL MANG’ANJAS ARE CHEWA
We should never fear our history. Neither should we conceal it, distort it, or reshape it to suit contemporary preferences. History belongs to the past, and its duty is to […] More
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