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The Jive Talker offers a memoir entry, while I Will Try leads to an earlier autobiographical account of education and crossing borders. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, also available in Polish, recounts Kamkwamba’s path to building a turbine. Two collections by Jack Mapanje open a poetry route. Read Of Chameleons and Gods alongside The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison, rooted in imprisonment.
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An artist's memoir moves from childhood in Malawi to education and an artistic career.
Original title: The Jive Talker
September Publishing
Edition source ↗An autobiography follows young Kayira’s determination to leave Nyasaland in pursuit of education.
Mapanje’s first poetry collection combines metaphor with criticism of social and political oppression.
This poetry collection grows from imprisonment while maintaining connections with family and fellow prisoners.
Kamkwamba describes building a wind turbine from salvaged parts during Malawi’s food crisis.
HarperCollins
Edition source ↗Drzewo Babel · 2010
Translated by Wojciech Mitura
Edition source ↗A Malawian author’s novel about generational tensions and a changing society.
A satirical novel of oppressive power and an individual caught in its mechanisms.
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