• Mquzama

What does it mean to be Malawian?

• Mona Hakimi

Malawi’s decision to send more than than 200 people to work on Israel’s farms sets a precedent for other African leaders to act with the same apathy.

• Michelle Chikaonda

We can do more than tell young African girls to work hard in school. We need a real plan for the fully self-actualized people we want them to be.

• Michelle Chikaonda

The multifaceted effects of gender-based violence on girls in Malawi.

• Timwa Lipenga

A new book about Rose Chibambo lifts the veil of post-colonial romanticism from her story. We get a moving, nuanced portrait in her own words.

• Kelvin Mulungu

Communities that live and work in African woodlands must become central to conservation efforts.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

This week's livestream, focuses on Malawi, as well as feminist justice. Stream it live Tuesdays on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for the podcast archive.

• Michelle Chikaonda

Reflections on Malawi’s recent election rerun, false starts and the hope that public representatives in Africa become accountable to their electorates’ aspirations.

• Masauko Chipembere

A new documentary about China's colonization of Malawi reveals how one colonial hand opens the door for another.

• Sam Farrell

Malawi is experiencing a crisis over the legitimacy of the democratic state itself.

• Isabel Ortiz

Thandika Mkandawire (1940-2020) bravely stood up for social policies and the developmental state.

• Michelle Chikaonda

Coronavirus will force all of us to grapple with a new sense of mortality.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Masauko Chipembere's first solo album is a remarkable achievement and a timely musical reminder of the circular nature of pan-Africanist consciousness.

• Stephanie White

Structural Adjustment Programs, implemented by the World Bank and IMF in developing countries, leave the administrative state especially unequipped to deal with climate change.

• Nsubuga Ssemugooma

The identities, liberal or homophobe are cultural and political. They are not a perfect mirror of the narrative of homophobia in Africa.

• Harri Englund

In Malawi, artists, especially poets—usually associated with progressivism and intellectualism—are the vanguard of a new homophobia.

• Daniel Wroe

Prosperity preachers in Africa have been the subject of much media coverage, but may not be as popular as it would seem.

• Muti Phoya

Despite official neglect, the memory of Chilembwe, a resistance leader, lives on as a symbol of courage and sacrifice in Malawi.

• Africa Is a Country

• Jimmy Kainja

Why the silence on a story of pressing concern to ordinary Malawians?: Corporations in Malawi have more media influence than the government.