This and That
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DJs: the good and the great
Art lovers, disk jockeying is serious business. Save for their funny names—Pink Panther, Dude the Smasher, Mbuzi, Ng’awuuu—the souls on…
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Indifference is a death threat
Art lovers, my job is not without life-threatening risks. Absurdly, two recycled comedians from a State-sponsored ensemble found it newsworthy…
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Arts no aside
Art lovers, my lamentations of the country’s abhorrently prosy poetry have irked the kindred I love heartily—the poets. Comparing the…
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Fests, fun, greed
Jah people, the just-ended City of Stars in Lilongwe has set a season of festivals into motion. The motion kick-started…
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On prosy Malawian poems
Jah people, poetry is dying and history will not judge the ‘now’ generation kindly. The free-fall of Malawian poetry was…
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…and Mr Splash speaks out!
Jah people, reggae king Bob Marley teaches us that time is the master. And that ticking master has allowed us…
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Garbage in, garbage out
Jah people, competition is nothing without upholding rules of the game. Two spectacles (or debacles) happened this week that affirm…
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Banks and all that jazz
Jah people, I am overjoyed by the second coming of the Standard Bank’s Joy of Jazz on September 21. With words…
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Tears for Mafunyeta & Co
Jah people, Malawians were shocked by the death of a youthful voice who gifted us loads of rhymes and love…
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City of Stars? Think again!
Jah people, a week of dripping cold weather looks cocksure to transport us into yet another season of scorching sunshine…
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