Before I even get my first glimpse at the sprawling, coltish city of Lilongwe, I’m knee-deep in the roiling complexities of Malawian politics. Golden Matonga and Josephine Chinele, my driver and fixer respectively, both journalists, are rehashing the difficulties of reporting one of the troubled country’s most publicised scandals while I acclimatise to the vivid […]
A very Malawian Sunday
I hadn’t brought a dress to Malawi, but that was okay, Josephine said. “They’ll know you’re visiting and didn’t know”, she told me. My practical shirt and trousers hardly matched her elegant dress, and she was wearing lipstick, for another thing, but at least it was clean. We set off for Mass at Maula Parish […]
