Michelle A. ChikaondaPostcolonialities: 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…10 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Michelle A. ChikaondaOn 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…4 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Michelle A. ChikaondaGetting Myself Into Formation:An African Immigrant Inhabiting American Blackness·8 min read·Nov 14, 2021--1--1
Michelle A. ChikaondaSnakes in the Night[NB: This piece was originally published in September 2018 in Arts and Africa, a now-defunct literary magazine.]·6 min read·Nov 14, 2021----
Michelle A. ChikaondaA Holiday Parable for 2020[Adapted from a Facebook post from December 24, 2020]·4 min read·Jan 4, 2021----
Michelle A. ChikaondaWe 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…·7 min read·Nov 25, 2020----
Michelle A. ChikaondaThe 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…·7 min read·Sep 24, 2020----
Michelle A. ChikaondaOn the Brokenness of American HealthcareWhen it Becomes Personal·7 min read·Feb 21, 2020----
Michelle A. ChikaondaWherever 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…5 min read·Mar 25, 2019----
Michelle A. ChikaondaThe 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…11 min read·Jan 29, 2019--1--1