Malawi, a beautiful country in southeast Africa, is famous for its vibrant culture and music. Although most tourists flock to ...

Many Christians in Malawi are criticizing the inclusion of a controversial tradition in Christmas celebrations -- a dance of the Chewa, called Gule wankulu. Some Christians call the practice wicked.

Dance as a ceremonial activity is no issue for me but when it is the means with which to justify the political misdeeds to please those in leadership positions. Malawi as a country is well well-known ...

A few weeks ago I flew to Malawi to meet Toby Gough, the fringe's most irrepressible theatre director. He took me to Kumbali Lodge, on the outskirts of Lilongwe, and insisted that I was given the key ...

Masankho Kamsisi Banda was 25 when he left Malawi in 1987. The country was under a dictatorship, his father was imprisoned for political dissidence and thus he was banned from attending the African ...

Gender, power, and performance -- Dance and nationalism in the independence movement -- Dance and social control in Banda's Malawi -- Dance, the transition to multipartyism, and patronage -- Power and ...

Mwinoghe is an instrumental dance performed in three ethnic communities in northern Malawi. In the Chisukwa dialect, Mwinoghe literally means Let us enjoy ourselves': the dance therefore expresses joy ...

Masankho Kamsisi Banda was 25 when he left Malawi in 1987. The country was under a dictatorship, his father was imprisoned for political dissidence and thus he was banned from attending the African ...

Deeply touched by the on-going untold misery for people born and living with albinism, Malawians in the UK ganged for a common purpose and organised a 'Dinner and Dance' aimed at raising funds to help ...