Sometimes, when I’m in Dedza and feeling like thinking, I go for lunch at a restaurant at the bus depot. It’s a little place, run by a little Malawian man, Enock. It’s called Fikani Restaurant (Fikani means “Come in” or “welcome”). The food is nothing special, but it’s cheep and always too much. Really, I [...]
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Knowledge is Money
Yanjanani is our most regular data entry clerk. She has been working here on all sorts of projects since the time I arrived. We are some of the only unmarried women in the office, and we have lots in common, so we get along well. She is entrepreneurial (she has a side business of making [...]
Why use a billboard…
When you can use a wall?
Here, you learn to find and buy your cell phone talk-time (also known as “units”) by looking for the obnoxious shade of fuchsia painted stores. If only their network coverage was as good as their marketing…
Kasumbu
While bouncing around on the back of a motorbike the other day, I realized that all this time I’ve been working here, I’ve written very little about the work that I do with my partner organization, Concern Universal, and the area in which I work. I am often juggling many thoughts and ideas at once, [...]
Shake it! to the Malawian rhythym
An article by the BBC the other day featured the musicians of Malawi. I’m pretty excited to see Malawi hitting headlines with their music… it’s good stuff! Visitors are often welcomed to and epart from villages with the Malawian singing and dancing. I have even be caught dancing along, much to their amuzement and renewed [...]
