GUEST WRITER-BENEDICTO WOKOMAATANI MALUNGA (Malawian author, Poet and Lecturer)  A gentle Igbo giant Bedecked with impeccable Literary credentials and accolades When you humbly walked this earth You rest quietly  In the belly of Africa You loved and defended When Joseph Conrad And Joyce Cary Dismembered its personality With intellectual jaundice Born of racial bias Stinking with distortions Springing from cultural And historical ignorance Only bigots weave into Their stories of denigration Tales calculated at putting down People whose past was no nightmare Whose history was no night of  darkness To be dreaded by its modern children To be despised by the present generation Chinua Achebe the father of African literature You are to be saluted in death Just as you were praised in life For retrieving our lost glory Through Things Fall Apart The reservoir of culture and history We can happily cherish as our own Enriched by recreation provided By a memorable wrestling match Pairing Amalinze t

MALAWI’S PRESIDENT PROMOTES ARTS It is good to note that our president is promoting and appreciating arts in the country. Malawi as a country is far much behind in the Arts sector. We do not have a lot movies to offer internationally like our friends do in Nigeria, South Africa, etc. because we do not get much support from the government as compared to other countries.   As of late, trending pictures surfaced on social media pages of a Malawian UK-based standup comedian Dalitso Chaponda at the State House with Malawi’s President Dr Lazarus Chakwera. Of course Dalitso was with his colleague, a Ugandan comedian, Patrick Salvado. This was something major as he confirmed through his Facebook page that he was indeed invited at the State House by the president to encourage him in his career as he was putting Malawi on the map. Dalitso is one of the greatest comedians we have ever had in Malawi who has also gone popular internationally. His standup sets are unique and very comical. H