Spreading HIV/AIDS message later than the virus-the endangered lives

“HIV is like fire, if you do not stroke a fire it will die out. However, fire would not die off it is continually given dry firewood,” founder and father of Zambia, Dr Kenneth Kaunda

Since the advent of HIV/AIDS in Malawi in 1983, the virus continues to spread at a rocket pace with people of all sectors dancing to the tunes of the pandemic in one way or the other.

Good riddance water tears, welcome wind smiles-Malawi electricity woes

Kamkwamba on his wind mill

It is 7.30 pm. I am home and writing an assignment on my computer which is due in the next two days.
This location is in the southern part of Lilongwe city, CCDC to be precise. The area is habituated by the people who are mostly civil servants. People who year-in and year-out tussle with the country’s leadership pleading for better wages.

Our house is a small one with only two bedrooms and without a kitchen. But it manages to accommodate the four of us; me, my father, a young brother and sister. We managed to divide the sitting room with a mat to make it a three bed-roomed house.

Waste management challenges at Lilongwe, Malawi

Lilongwe is the largest city in Malawi with 670,000 people growing by a rate of 4.3 percent per year, one of the makes fastest growing regions in the country. But with that growth comes major challenges dealing with waste management.

THE NEXT KING

 “Please don’t spoil this wonderful ceremony, we must behave so that we appease our ancestors because our next king’s guidance and wisdom rely upon them” Biyere- the late king’s Nduna told a group of drunkards who were making unnecessary noise.

 “You are right, as the air to a bird, the sea to a fish and culture to a man so is the ancestors power to our king-to-be” echoed Kanjombi, namkungwi wa kumadzi (advisor at the Nyau cult)  .

She is called Nasuluma

Dear Uncle Tentiliano,

I have no doubt that you have been waiting for so long to hear from me for the past three months. I had to sit down and plan my course of action. You know Uncle; I had to blow hot and cold. Being a man who has never gone on such task, I needed to take shape. I know that you are having a belly laugh thinking that I am chaff but I feel you know how much it takes to complete that labour.  

Uncle, to find someone to be called a lover is not an easy task. It needs patience and perseverance. That is the main reason why it took me so long living a lonely life.  I had first to know which direction the wind is going and gird myself for the next move.