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, 202444Apr 8, 202444
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, 20246Apr 8, 20246
Getting Myself Into Formation:An African Immigrant Inhabiting American BlacknessNov 14, 2021591Nov 14, 2021591
Snakes in the Night[NB: This piece was originally published in September 2018 in Arts and Africa, a now-defunct literary magazine.]Nov 14, 202170Nov 14, 202170
A Holiday Parable for 2020[Adapted from a Facebook post from December 24, 2020]Jan 4, 202176Jan 4, 202176
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, 202081Nov 25, 202081
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, 2020143Sep 24, 2020143
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, 201970Mar 25, 201970
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, 2019241Jan 29, 2019241
