Society
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Imagining Africa in 500 years
In 1949, British author George Orwell wrote 1984, a dystopian novel in which he envisioned the world as it would…
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Integrating arts into community
With terrifying and intriguing masks and other eye-catching artifacts on their heads, Nanzikambe Arts’ artists led the procession of campaigners…
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Can MW farmers benefit from regional trade?
When they developed Protocol on Trade in 2005, Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member States envisaged the establishment of a…
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Why some women shun HIV treatment
A qualitative study of women here in Malawi who chose not to take HIV treatment as part of the Option…
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Collective marketing: Farmers’ weapon for beating low prices?
For more than a decade, Janet Nkhoma, 53, enjoyed the status of being one of the most successful soya…
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Malawi artists race for int’l recognition
If you can’t beat them, join them. The popular saying by Jim Henson summarises the present local music scene…
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Guide to dispelling fears of the impossible
I stole this information from an article on aidsmap.com. If simply giving people evidence based information changed people’s attitudes and…
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Should Malawians be taught to use toilets?
The race is on. Campaigners are all over the country, shouting: stop open defecation, stop defecation, so that villages and…
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To circus with fashion
He has had his feet in the arts for a while only that few know him. His humble beginnings date…
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From the HIV Justice Network— HIV criminalisation increasing
I was quite pleased when Godfrey Zaburoni (yes his name was disclosed in the media) who was sentenced to more…
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Connecting the past
The message in the songs they sing when they enter the room is full of praise. There is, however, a…
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Man offers daughter for sale
That times are hard is not a matter of dispute; no person embodies the level of desperation—or plain stupidity—than 32-year-old…
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Should politicians use pulpits to campaign?
Politicians are a smart lot. They are a crop of people who will rarely be stopped until their mission is…
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Circumcision ‘may not’ reduce sensitivity of penis
A friend of mine has a two-year-old son and at his last doctor’s appointment he asked her why her son…
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How safe are albinos?
People with albinism in Malawi face a daily dicey life. Stories of abductions and killings—and add in for good…
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Foreign music takeover
Digital migration promises more media stations, but Malawian artists lament lack of airtime as Macra licenses 104 electronic media houses.…
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Women specific symptoms of HIV
Women by nature of their different biology experience HIV differently to men. HIV affects reproductive organs and menstrual cycles and…
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Lessons from Grace Chinga’s death
Gospel songbird Grace Chinga—born on June 28 1978 and died on March 16 2016—lived the life of a commoner. But…
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Should we celebrate when fraud is revealed?
There have been fresh reports of the Cashgate type of fraud at the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development…
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Mvelani: Catalogue of Malawi music
Music streaming services in Africa are on the increase. Next to global players such as Spotify, Deezer, Google Play or…
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