Takulandirani! (That’s “We welcome you,” in Chichewa.)
This week we launch the #SecondSaturday series, where we chat with an author about their book. Our guest is Priscilla Takondwa Semphere, who talked about her book, Ekari Leaves Malawi. Priscilla is a student at Smith College who also writes for the Huffington Post.
In our chat with Priscilla, we talked about the Ekari book series and African storytelling more broadly. We also chat about Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk, The Danger of a Single Story:
Big thanks to Sam’sk Lejah for giving us permission to include his performance of “Si Tu Parles” in this week’s episode.
Books, Links, & Articles
- Priscilla Takondwa Semphere
- writes for the Huffington Post.
- Ekari book series
- The God of Small Things: A Novel by Arundhati Roy
- We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Ahmad
- The Experiment Must Continue: Medical Research and Ethics in East Africa, 1940–2014.by Melissa Graboyes
- email us
- “Si Tu Parles” by Sam’sk Lejah