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A young boy, Sungani, brought up in a village, learns to be sympathetic to animals. He is distressed when the local chief starts a hunt to kill baboons who are stealing the village crops and tries unsuccessfully to persuade the chief to stop the hunt. In the end, however, an environmental disaster
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Sautso, the young unmarried headmaster of a secondary school, forms a relationship with one of his students, a distant cousin, despite opposition from the local chief, from his own parents, and from Khumbo, an unqualified teacher whom he has been forced to dismiss. When the girl is raped and dies
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A young newly appointed doctor, Chikondi, befriends a madman and tries to cure him. But the local chief and the hospital director are afraid that the madman will reveal their secrets and they plot to have
Chikondi murdered. By good fortune the plot goes wrong and the criminals are
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district in Malawi. His father was a school teacher. After attending Ntcheu
Secondary School from 1972 to 1976 he trained as a teacher at Lilongwe Teachers’ College. He began his teaching career in 1978 at
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Kamthunzi began writing plays and stories in 1976. He was also the leader of a drama group in
Lilongwe. Kamthunzi became well known for his radio series
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This proverb refers to a story about a guinea-fowl that tried to eat a landfrog but died in the process. Chakanza, p.332.
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from a home abortion he is falsely accused of murder, but is saved at the last minute when the rapist confesses.
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114:('A Horn made from a Castor Oil Plant') (Popular Publications 1990)
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Mwana akalirira nyanga ya nsatsi, msemere imfotere yekha kumanja
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Among the short novels written by
Kamthunzi were the following:
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Kuno n'kunja, kuyanja lichero, pamene khasu ligonekedwa panja
78:('Sungani, the Courageous Boy') (Popular Publications 1988)
19:(31 July 1956 – 18 May 2000) was a leading writer in the
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and later moved to Malili
Primary School in Likuni near
120:('Gadula, Who Wouldn't Listen') (Dzuka Pub. Co. 1991)
96:('Agnes and her Teacher') (Popular Publications 1990)
156:('The One who Dies Isn’t Known') (CLAIM Malawi 2005)
144:('Why should we die?') (Popular Publications 1996)
126:('The Harmless Snake') (Popular Publications 1993)
30:Kamthunzi was born in the village of Njolomole in
150:('This is the World') (Popular Publications 1996)
86:follows and Sungani is praised for his foresight.
227:Dictionary Chichewa-English, English-Chichewa
189:Wisdom of the People: 2000 Chinyanja Proverbs
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76:Sungani: Mwana Wolimba Mtima
191:(CLAIM Malawi 2001), p.216.
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94:Agnesi ndi Mphunzitsi Wake
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312:Chewa-language writers
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266:Wachitatu Nkapasule
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58:Wachitatu Nkapasule
17:Whyghtone Kamthunzi
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142:Tiferenji
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124:Njokaluzi
48:Tinkanena
41:Lilongwe
21:Chichewa
231:lichero
223:S. Paas
32:Ntcheu
25:Malawi
171:Notes
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