Features | Makewana's Daughters

Interview with Ingrid Nayame

by Makewana | Jul 28, 2020 | Guest Feature | 0 |

Ingrid Nayame is an award-winning Zambian novelist and self-published author of three books titled The Last Laugh, The Coloured Vine and Cupid’s Arrow printed in 2017, 2018 and 2020 respectively. Her first novel was...

Remembering Alinane Mphande through poetry

by Makewana | Aug 30, 2017 | Guest Feature | 0 |

When Makewana’s Daughters was starting out in 2015, one of our biggest challenges was to persuade people to send us their work. So we would meet people in the corridors at work, and ask them if they had anything, anything at...

RAPE MYTHS ” She was drunk therefore she deserved it”

by Makewana | Aug 30, 2017 | Customs and traditions | 0 |

Growing up in a misogynistic society I can safely say every girl and boy has had rape myths tattooed behind their eyeballs. If a girl is raped while drunk it is not her rapist’s fault but her own for getting drunk. If a girl is...

SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY

by Makewana | May 27, 2017 | Guest Feature | 0 |

The fact that your yesterday was a hard one does not determine your today. Yesterday is nothing but history. As we begin a new month, may you have the courage to face it differently, may it bring about greatness and success and...

A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME: A VISIT TO MUA

by Makewana | Apr 25, 2017 | Customs and traditions | 0 |

In April last year, Dinah Katonda visited Mua Mission, a cultural center in Dedza district in Malawi. She shares her experiences with Makewana’s Daughters, in particular, Mua’s connections with Malawi’s history and culture....

VISIT TO MBONA SHRINE by Evelyn Maseko

by Makewana | Apr 7, 2017 | Customs and traditions | 0 |

On Friday 20th August 2015 I accompanied Third Year Theology students from Chancellor College who were going for an education visit to Mbona Shrine in Nsanje. We arrived at the place at around 11:00 am and were met by the DC’s...

Filming Lilongwe: Interview with Joyce Mhango-Chavula

by Makewana | May 10, 2016 | Guest Feature | 1 |

Makewana’s Daughters (MD): First of all, congratulations for winning the award of Best Movie (Southern Africa) on Movie Magic. Can you tell us more about what inspired the film? Joyce Mhango-Chavula (JM-C): Thank you. In 2013 I...

Remembering Rose Chibambo: a tale of journeys

by Makewana | Jan 26, 2016 | Features | 0 |

Rose Chibambo is gone. As I hunt for memories with which to pay tribute to her, to recapture echoes of her voice, I think of the many ways in which people will remember her, depending on how they knew her or interacted with her....

AN INTERVIEW WITH TSITSI DANGAREMBGA

by Makewana | Nov 23, 2015 | Guest Feature | 0 |

In July this year, the Story Club invited renowned Zimbabwean novelist and film maker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, to an arts festival held in Lilongwe. Makewana’s Daughters were privileged to be amongst those who were called to...