Bøger af Smith Likongwe

LIVING PLAYSCRIPTS- ATRILOGY, Bakili's Wit, The Tragedy of Bingu, Amai's Turn. A book containing a Malawian Trilogy of the lives and times of three of the Presidents. These are Dr Bakili Muluzi, Professor Bingu wa Mutharika and Dr Joyce Banda. A book of plays not just history applying poetic license with hard facts and true life personalities blended with a few fictitious but symbolic characters to drive the plots. Public figures should embrace the reality that their actions are bound to scrutiny. They leave legacies through their successes or failures. BAKILI'S WIT takes us from 1968 at Msinja Court where Elson Bakili Muluzi worked as Court Clerk, the missing 6 pounds and 10, his rise in the MCP and his role as freedom fighter as well as his life as President for Malawi. THE TRAGEDY OF BINGU is modelled on traditional Aristotlean tragedy with Bingu as the tragic hero. He was born as Brightson Webster Ryson Thom, lived as Bingu wa Mutharika and died as Daniel Phiri. The play is his rise to the presidency through the UDF, the birth of the DPP, the economic gains, the visionary leadership and the making of a dictator. Bingu was celebrated hero who died a villain. AMAI'S TURN depicts the rise of Dr Joyce Banda from the attempts of others to usurp powers unconstitutionally up to the end of her short term in office.

A PLAY DEPICTING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KAMUZU BANDA OF MALAWI, AND THREE OTHER TOP QUALITY PLAYS. KAMUZU BANDA - Life and times of freedom fighter and first President for Malawi. MISSION TO NYANJANIA - A sci-fi play portraying consequences of bad governance by greedy and selfish politicians. STOP THE FIRE - Intriguing, nail-biting play, spewing hard-hitting and naked reality on HIV. LOVE AND TEARS - Adventurous cultural travail with nerve-wracking reversals. From Ngoni and Tonga war at Lwanatonga to the exceptional husband care of Yao women from Mpondasi in Mangochi. Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda said ''During my term of office, I selflessly dedicated myself to the good cause of Mother Malawi; but if within the process, those who worked in my government or through false pretence in my name or indeed unknowingly by me, pain and suffering was caused to anybody in this country in the name of nationhood, I offer my sincere apologies. I also appeal for a spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness amongst us all.' Kamuzu Banda is an epic play showing Kamuzu's return to Nyasaland, his subsequent imprisonment, his Gweru prison experience, the fall of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the 1964 cabinet crisis, the 1971 MCP convention, the rise of dictatorship, the 1983 Mwanza murders, the fall of dictatorship, the landmark achievements in areas of education and agriculture and the exceptional foresight of Kamuzu's leadership.

Ganizani and his parents have a thrilling encounter with monkeys and hippos in a visit to a place of tourist attraction. The monkeys run helter-skelter all over the place. Their friendly interaction with people and the mischief they cause with hippos is a life-changing experience for Ganizani.Ganizani anaona ndi maso ake anyani akuchita zambiri zosangalatsa komanso kuzunguza anthu. Izi anakumana nazo atapita kumalo ena osangalatsa m'mbali mwa mtsinje wa Shire. Anadya chakudya chabwino chachiMalawi. Anasangalalanso ndi maseweredwe a mvuu.

Atazizwa ndi ubwino wosiyanasiyana wa uchi, mwana anafuna kudziwa momwe njuchi zimapangira uchi. Amalume ake akufotokoza bwino lomwe za m'gwirizano wa njuchi ndi ukatswiri wakapangidwe ka uchi. Akufotokozanso za ntchito zina za uchi monga kuthandiza pa matenda ena.After tasting the sweetness of honey, Chifundo is interested to know the honey -making process. Her uncle takes her through the process from nectar collection to the hive and all the intricate operations of the bees up to placement of ripe honey in wax cells. The exciting behaviour of bees is unveiled. The uncle also talks of honey harvesting and health benefits.

The book is a compilation of poems, short stories and plays. The twenty poems display different types of poetry including lyric, narrative, dramatic, satirical, dirge and free verse. Out of the six plays, one is a radio play to give readers a feel of what radio drama is like. There are six short stories using various types of narrative techniques and other characteristics such as dilemma, intrigue and suspense. The themes and topics are varied including human trafficking, drug and substance abuse, infidelity, health related issues among others.

A book with six plays showcasing Malawi's traditions and cultural beliefs. The plays include issues like pre-marital pregnancy and connotations in the wake of misfortunes, girls' initiation ceremonies and respect for chiefs including the provision of 'blankets' as well as the appropriate manner of dealing with such vices, the effects of marrying and leaving young women in the villages while husbands go to South Africa to work for many years. There are also issues of virginity tests and historical sites and monuments including unsung heroines.