Postcolonialities: A Troubled View from the SouthA masters degree course presentation for the University of East Anglia’s School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, delivered March…Apr 8Apr 8
On the Question of Literary CanonI am American-born to Malawian parents, who had left behind a violent authoritarian government in our homeland in the 1980s. My family and…Apr 8Apr 8
Getting Myself Into Formation:An African Immigrant Inhabiting American BlacknessNov 14, 20211Nov 14, 20211
Snakes in the Night[NB: This piece was originally published in September 2018 in Arts and Africa, a now-defunct literary magazine.]Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
A Holiday Parable for 2020[Adapted from a Facebook post from December 24, 2020]Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
We Weren’t Supposed to Win13 years ago this December, Benazir Bhutto — former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and candidate for the same office again at that time — was…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
The Jerusalema Challenge: The Challenge of JoyI’m not a particular fan of social media challenges, whether as a participant or a spectator, and I think I last participated in a line…Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Wherever You Are, There You AreNote: This was originally published on the Penn Admissions Blog in March 2015. It is no longer up on the site, but I like this piece a lot…Mar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
The Things Dad Used to SayMy father passed away on the evening of October 29, 2018, after a nearly two-year course of treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. We…Jan 29, 20191Jan 29, 20191
