Month: April 2018 Posts

1995: The Civil War of Malawi

Apr 14, 2018 Pemphero Mphande 0 &

Prologue: Where Women Collide The story starts in the village of Kaigwazanga, T/A Mkanda of Mchinji District: Nyamuskani sat on the verandah of her house. She was relaxed on a hot afternoon of September. At… ...

Who slapped that girl’s ass?

Apr 12, 2018 Pemphero Mphande 7 &

Yesterday I went to shoprite and somehow, I found myself at Ginnery corner. Why is it called Ginnery corner though? We must rename one of the centres of Blantyre to an African name. We would… ...

Meeting Oprah Winfrey

Feb 13, 2018 Pemphero Mphande 27 &

I met Oprah Winfrey weeks ago in a rural area in Chipata, Zambia. I was traveling from Malawi to Lusaka when I stopped by Chipata for sight-seeing. My sight-seeing took me to a village within… ...

The Picnic

Dec 18, 2017 Stanley Onjezani Kenani 8 &

They bought a pizza capricciosa at Jungle Pepper, and at precisely 8:30 a.m. they hit the road, heading towards the great mountain in the east. They had been planning this picnic for a long time,… ...

ATSIKANA AKU MA HOSTEL

Sep 21, 2017 Pemphero Mphande 27 &

Last month I received a call from an old friend from Zomba. He was coming to Blantyre to process his passport and needed a place to crush at. I hadn’t seen him in a long… ...

Lilia’s Weekly Dose! Uncertain Me (Part III)

Aug 04, 2016 Carol Lilia Mataya 6 &

(...from last week) Now I was caught between worlds, questioning my own feelings and I did not know if anything I felt was real. Kon wanted to marry me yet I had been dating someone… ...

Lilia’s Weekly Dose: Uncertain Me (Part 2)

Jul 28, 2016 Carol Lilia Mataya 4 &

(...continued from last week) I'm wondering, what do I know about Kon? He never opens up to me about his business, just the fact that he does some farming as well. But the meetings, the… ...