Ep. 2: A conversation with Priscilla Takondwa Semphere on storytelling

 

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.  

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