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#Researching and publishing on Malawi since 2005 using data, tech and art. Visit our bookshop and gallery Chambo Market at Old Town Mall in #Lilongwe

Lilongwe
Joined November 2016
'A Concise History of Malawi's Foreign Policy' by accomplished Malawian diplomat @KenaMphonda will be published by Logos Open Culture, June 2026. The book is the first comprehensive account of how Malawi has navigated the world from independence to the present day.
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🌟Are you looking for a great gift for your children as the holidays start? Let them enter a new world or see their world reflected back! 📖We now stock a great selection of children's books by African authors, set in African countries or about Africa, right here in Lilongwe!
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Pick up the youth edition of 'Born a Crime' by @Trevornoah, a beautiful collection of African folklore, or one of Atinuke's funny, insightful series that are great to read aloud, including our favourite at home, 'The No 1 Car Spotter'. Children's books from Malawi coming soon.
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Great to see @DalgetySusan at the Farmers Market this meeting Muti, author, curator and bookseller extraordinaire of @Chambomarket ! #malawi
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We continue to centre Malawian/African stories! Join us this Thursday at our bookshop, Chambo Market #malawi #FosterBenjamin #Malawi @CainePrize @brittlepaper @NationOnlineMw
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This type of feedback means the world to us! Thanks for the flowers @iamnotagoddess #malawi #Malawi
Currently reading this wonderful book by Dr John Lwanda what a beautiful archive of the story of Malawi through music. What a gift this is, shout out to @logosMLW for keeping Malawian literature alive! Also Dr Lwanda is a musicologist AND medical doctor, such range! 👏🏾
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Yesterday, we launched our latest books, 'My Guide to Common Snakes of Malawi' and 'Muuni wa njoka za M'Malawi' at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery. What a great evening learning about Malawi's most venomous, common and biggest snakes.🐍🇲🇼
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The authors, Tim Brammer and Joseph Tepani, also unpacked myths about the black stone, the rice/curry smell of snakes, and the chicken-headed snake.🐍
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You can pick up a copy of the books at Chambo Market (and soon online) for MWK 45,000. 80% of proceeds will go to printing more Chichewa editions of the book for school and library distribution across the country.
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Join us for the launch of Logos Open Culture's latest publications, 'My Guide to Common Snakes of Malawi' and 'Muuni wa njoka za M'Malawi', written by Tim Brammer and Joseph Tepani. #Malawi #books #nature #environment
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This brilliant new guide, available in both Chichewa and English, features Malawi's most commonly encountered snakes. It includes 155 full-colour pictures, making it easy for anyone to identify snakes.
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Tuesday, 18 March, at 6pm at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery. Entry is free, and please RSVP. Wine will be served.
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Join us tomorrow evening for the second part of Muti Phoya's chat on the historiography of Malawi 🇲🇼 from 1964 to present day. All are welcome at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery in Lilongwe. 6pm. Wine will be served. #Malawi #history
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it was really lovely. i’m so inspired. amd what such warmth from everyone in the room. amazing work, @logosMLW 🙌🏿
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Join us tonight for a chat around the historiography of Malawi, from pre colonial times to the present times. All are welcome at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery in Lilongwe. 6pm. Wine will be served. 🇲🇼#Malawi #history
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Join us tonight for a chat around the historiography of Malawi, from pre colonial times to the present times. All are welcome at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery in Lilongwe. 6pm. Wine will be served. 🇲🇼#Malawi #history
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An author and academic, Muti Phoya has engaged with Malawi’s story since 2000. He has authored several books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling ‘Malawi, Lake of Stars’ and '“Madonna is Our Mother”: Notes from Malawi'.
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He has contributed to several outlets including ‘The Society of Malawi Journal’, and the influential pan-African blog Africa is a Country. He won the Peer Gynt Literary Award in 2005, and was the Goethe-Institut Moving Africa scholar in 2011.
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We had an engaging and humourous evening launching Dr John Lwanda's insightful book 'Promises, Power, Politics and Poverty: Democratic Transition in Malawi (1961-2024)'. Available now for purchase at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery. #malawi #history #literature
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Join us to launch Dr John Lwanda's insightful book, 'Promises, Power, Politics and Poverty: Democratic Transition in Malawi (1961-2024)'. 6.30 pm, Tuesday 5 November 2024, Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery, Lilongwe Everyone is welcome, and entry (including wine) is free
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