Retracing Mbenjere
The quest to get hold of one-time Malawi’s music sensation Lawrence Mbenjere looked like it will frustratingly go on forever. Efforts to find his…
Category: Society
Ron CZ: Music video master
With technological advancement, it is easy for anyone to venture into video-making using their cameras. Yet, it takes special talent and skill to produce…
Chitimbe tickles with commentary
In English, Innocent Chitimbe’s surname is a tree called ‘camel’s foot’. Ironically, he is innocently evergreen as the tropical tree where football commentary is…
Roy’s fashion view
The world has slid into an era where dressing goes beyond the purposes of covering one’s modesty but also an act of laying down…
Kumbatira breaks body-building jinx
Who can think of a female body-builder? The gender stereotype rocking most areas of society has its grip even in sports, where a female…
Wendy, Lulu defiant
Almost 15 years ago a new song hit the airwaves. It was unique both in its production and the subject it was tackling. The…
Are cultural fests unifying?
Normally, cultural festivals are supposed to foster unity. Renowned writer and spoken word artist Q Malawezi could not have said it any better in…
FM 101 Power one-time prowess
Radio occupies a special place in the collective imagination of Malawians. Come to think of it, television in Malawi hit the airwaves 35 years…
Dying for love
In the song Sindilola, little known artist Chikumbutso Nansanganya expresses love to a girl. He talks of that ‘till death do us part’ cliché.…
Trumpet budding star
When the inaugural Lilongwe Jazz Festival (LJF) announced its plan to expose children to the music genre, some might have thought it was just…
Remembering Musamude
In 2001, one of the country’s emerging reggae outfits, Black Missionaries, appeared to be facing a bleak future. The founder, main composer and lead…
De rock lives on
It is only in rare cases that one can sustain a passion for years on end without suffering a burn out or developing a…
Voices from Ndirande
Ndikuyimbanso mobweleza/ndimolimba mtima/milomo yangayi siyidzamera ndele’…Malawi’s top notch gospel group Ndirande Anglican Voices sings in the new song Ndilibwino Kobasi from their latest album…
Children born with HIV
Children born with HIV accessing treatment, have no significant difference in their movement skills, social interaction, language skills or practical reasoning at age five…
Power of song in politics
In the run up to the 2004 general elections, Lucius Banda did a song, Yellow, to promote the United Democratic Front (UDF)…
Long road to city life
A rolling stone gathers no moss, so they say. But when the steep slopes of life guarantee you no ridge to rest on and…
Of Ngoni regalia, wildlife preservation
Trouble is brewing in Mzimba for the Ngoni who aspire to preserve their culture amid the new National Parks and Wildlife Policy and the…
‘Anything goes in Amsterdam’
If there is one city in the world that throws one into a race of wild imaginations coupled with lots of questions, it is…
Here comes Jonny
The world will never be surprised one day when the southern terraces of Kamuzu Stadium will rise after being enchanted by the footballing magic…
Salima around the clock
Salima is a warm and refreshing town in the Central Region of the country. With a population of a quarter of a million and…