Vidokoni - Banda, Harvey C. Chidoba
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This book makes a rare contribution towards the preservation and promotion of ukhaliro wa bene Malawi (Malawian culture) that is fast waning. This dilution of culture was put in motion by the British colonial masters and got exacerbated with the inception of democratic governance in 1994. There is need for concerted efforts amongst various practitioners and stakeholders, led by the government itself, if the situation is to be put under control. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will simply be remote history that 'long time ago, there was a unique culture in Malawi'. The book is a collection of…mehr

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This book makes a rare contribution towards the preservation and promotion of ukhaliro wa bene Malawi (Malawian culture) that is fast waning. This dilution of culture was put in motion by the British colonial masters and got exacerbated with the inception of democratic governance in 1994. There is need for concerted efforts amongst various practitioners and stakeholders, led by the government itself, if the situation is to be put under control. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will simply be remote history that 'long time ago, there was a unique culture in Malawi'. The book is a collection of twenty short stories that generally promote such themes as nkharo yiwemi (good behaviour); uheni wa chigolo na sanje (the bad side of selfishness and jealousy); kulimbikira pa vinthu (hard working spirit); and uheni wa mitala (the folly of polygamy), among others. The strength of the book lies in the fact that there is room for the reader to draw their own lessons based on their understanding of a particular story, in addition to the lesson already highlighted there-in. The book is a must read for all, young and old, especially those interested in understanding the societal values, not only about Malawi, but of Africa as a whole.
Autorenporträt
Harvey C. Chidoba Banda was born in 1975 in Mzimba District. He attended various schools in northern Malawi before proceeding to pursue graduate studies in History at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, and at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is a Lecturer in the Department of History at Mzuzu University in northern Malawi. Before that he worked as a Lecturer in History at Domasi College of Education in southern Malawi. He has conducted collaborative research on labour migration in Malawi with Dr. Jens A. Andersson, an anthropologist from Holland, and Dr. Markku Hokkanen, a historian from Finland. Harvey is also author of Vidokoni: Folktales from Mzimba, Malawi (2016). He is married to Jennifer Luhanga and they have a son, Owen.