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Why Atupele shakes Karonga

Thanks to the ingenuity of our resident guide, Roselyn Mwenelupembe, that indefatigable, ever smiling, and creative Karongian girl, we were…

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Why art thou so quiet, Macra?

Roselyn, Jean-Philippe and I attempted to drive to the Kayekera Uranium mine. We did not make it.  For the first…

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Malawi needs shari’ah law

I have known Jean-Philippe since we met in Trocadero, Paris, France in 1995. But, I must confess, there is still…

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Malawi needs shari’ah law

I have known Jean-Philippe since we met in Trocadero, Paris, France in 1995. But, I must confess, there is still…

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Karonga, the warm heart of Malawi

We are in Karonga, the land of Ngonde, home of Malawisaurus museaum, Undule Mwakasungula, Dunduzu Chisiza, and the controversial Kayekera…

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Teachers are not slaves

Everything Jean-Philippe and I saw at Livingstonia was impressive. The lecturers, support staff, administrators, and students we met at the…

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SRS: Selective Remembrance Syndrome

Before we arrived at Livingstonia proper, Jean-Philippe and I went to see and “bathe” our exhausted bodies at the Manchewe…

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When will tourism development start?

We woke up rather late. Jean-Philippe blamed our oversleeping on everything and everybody except himself. I politely reminded him that…

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Kapito or Jumbe: Who speaks for you?

By the time we finished taking the haram drinks at Gomeka’s pub-cum-grocery shop, our police officer friend, Joto, decided to go back…

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Journalists must learn to accept criticism

As promised, Joto, the traffic officer we had met at Chiweta Roadblock, joined us at Chitimba. Together we went into…

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