Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana is a celebrated South African author and curator at Amazwi South African Museum of Literature. His debut novel The Faint‑Hearted Man (1991) was long‑listed for the Noma Award. His poetry collections, including Scatter the Shrilling Bones (2003) and Dark Lines of History (2023), have earned critical acclaim…

Sanya Osha reviews Francis B. Nyamnjoh’s “Incompleteness, Mobility and Conviviality “

While the quest for writing about Malawi’s past is greatly desirable, rarely do we get comprehensive accounts that are solidly anchored in their broader historical contexts. With the exception of McCracken’s History of Malawi, magnum corpus historical accounts are rare. Much of the historical writing tends to focus on case…

Read African Books’,’John Graversgaard reviews Guerrilla Incursions into the Capitalist Mindset by Shiraz Durrani for Countercurrents

John Graversgaard reviews Two Paths Ahead by Shiraz Durrani for Countercurrents.

Goodwin Zainga reviews Churches of Christ: A History of the Restoration Movement in Malawi 1906-2011 by Mark Thiesen for Journal of African Christian Biography.

Sama Tah reviews A Time to Reconcile: A Play for Children by George Njimele for Batazia newsletter, Netherlands.

Emma Wild-Wood, University of Edinburgh, reviews A Malawi Church History, 1860–2020 by Kenneth R. Ross and Klaus Fiedler for the International Bulletin of Mission Research.

John Wilson reviews Brian Morris’s Homage to Peasant Small Holders: Land and People of the Shire Highlands, Malawi for the Society of Malawi Journal.

A review extract of Langaa RPCIG’s new title from Professor Robin Palmer, Faculty of Anthropology, Rhodes University, South Africa.