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 8, 2024Apr 8, 2024
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 8, 2024Apr 8, 2024
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
