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Welcome to 2025: Where Hope is Scarce, and Petrol is Scarcer
Thoughts & Musings

Welcome to 2025: Where Hope is Scarce, and Petrol is Scarcer

Posted on: January 4, 2025January 4, 2025

2025 is finally here, but Malawi is facing old problems that are more persistent than ever. From fuel queues being longer than wedding convoys, economic grim, and a pending election, 2025 will be one for the books

Inside the Inquiry: A Deep Dive into Saulos Chilima’s Tragic Death
Social Commentary

Inside the Inquiry: A Deep Dive into Saulos Chilima’s Tragic Death

Posted on: December 28, 2024December 29, 2024

We take a deep dive into the Commission of Inquiry Report on the aircraft accident that tragically killed Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others

An Open Letter to Evan on his 3rd Birthday
Stories & Inspo

An Open Letter to Evan on his 3rd Birthday

Posted on: December 1, 2024December 1, 2024

My beloved baby, Well, you are not a baby anymore, and you would remind me this if you were capable of reading. Happy birthday Manuel, like I have […]

Plane Crash Tragedy: Rising Tensions, Public Anguish, and Foul Play
Thoughts & Musings

Plane Crash Tragedy: Rising Tensions, Public Anguish, and Foul Play

Posted on: June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

Following the plane crash tragedy that took place on Monday, June 10th, that claimed the lives of Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, former First Lady Shanil Dzimbiri, […]

Remembering Saulos Klaus Chilima: A Tribute to a Tragic Loss
Thoughts & Musings

Remembering Saulos Klaus Chilima: A Tribute to a Tragic Loss

Posted on: June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

If you asked me to come up with different scenarios about Saulos Klaus Chilima, his life being claimed by a plane crash in 2024 would not have been one of them. This is a national loss that is so hard to wrap around, and the grief that has engulfed the whole nation is hard to explain.

Echoes of Wisdom: A Review of Muti Michael Phoya’s ‘Madonna is our Mother’
Thoughts & Musings

Echoes of Wisdom: A Review of Muti Michael Phoya’s ‘Madonna is our Mother’

Posted on: February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

A good book will hunt you down, and that is what Muti Michael Phoya’s book did on a solemn Monday morning. I stumbled into KwaHaraba CafĂ©, one of […]

Unique Bonds: Tips for Raising an Only Child When You’re an Only Child
Stories & Inspo

Unique Bonds: Tips for Raising an Only Child When You’re an Only Child

Posted on: February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

In 2021, when I wrote about being raised as an only child, I aimed to share the mental health issues that such children might go through while growing […]

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