Tag: Shadreck Chikoti
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Malawi’s Alfred Msadala launches War Drums are Beating in Blantyre
Alfred Msadala, a poet, short story writer and critic from Malawi, launched War Drums Are Beating; discourses off the anthill at the Blantyre Sports Club in the nations capital on Thursday evening. Msadala is the President of the Book Publishers Association of Malawi as well as the chair of the Board of Trustees of Blantyre…
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Images from the Malawi Story Club’s International literary session
This past month the Story Club of Malawi hosted an international literary session at the Crossroad Hotel’s auditorium in Lilongwe. The evening included author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga most famous for her book Nervous Conditions and her movie Neria. It also included Elson Kambalu a visual artist, curator, and gallery owner most famous for his…
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Mentors start signing up for Rwanda anthology
A few weeks ago I mentioned that Rwandan writers were asked to submit stories for a new anthology. The deadline came and went and Huza Press, the people behind the project, tell us that they got even more entries than they had anticipated. Success! Those who submitted their stories and are now in the running…
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Images from the ‘Imagine Africa 500’ workshop in Malawi
The Story Club is an initiative started by Malawian writer Shadreck Chikoti and launched in Lilongwe, Malawi in December 2013. The Club has organised several events since then including live musical performances, a film screening, and talks by writers, filmmakers, and academics. Last week The Story Club in conjunction with Panafrica Publishers, which incidentally Chikoti…