Launch of second edition of bestselling ‘Malawi – A Place Apart’

Logos Open Culture’s bestseller Malawi–A Place Apart was launched last week in a new and updated second edition with author Asbjørn Eidhammer at the Norwegian Ambassador’s residence in Lilongwe.

Music and acrobatics opened the night. Richard Chimwendo Banda, the Minister of Homeland Security, gave the first speech. He was followed by Ingrid Marie Mikelsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Malawi, who introduced guest of honour Nancy Tembo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Guests had a chance to hear Eidhammer read from Malawi – A Place Apart. And Eidhammer sat down with Zilanie Gondwe to discuss the second edition, the latest developments in Malawi and his own reflections. This was followed by a Q&A with guests.

The book is now available at Chambo Market Bookshop and Art Gallery in Old Town Mall, Lilongwe.

Reviews of the first edition

Here’s what other’s had to say about the first edition.

“Malawi, a Place Apart is a great read. (Eidhammer) has an understanding of Malawi’s constraints and possibilities that is way ahead of most commentators on Malawi.” – Author and Prof. Felix Mnthali (Ret.)

“…the book has succeeded in portraying reality of constant change in Malawi both past and present through a line of time which sets Malawi on earth as a place apart.” – Aya Mkwanda, Staff Reporter, The Nation

“Eidhammer’s book deserves to be placed in every school library in the country. It should be read by journalists, civil servants and non-governmental organizations.” – the late, celebrated historian DD Phiri, author of History of Malawi I and II

“The book is well researched and extremely readable. Furthermore, it enables readers to get behind Malawi’s economic statistics, political power struggles and social trends in order to obtain a feeling for how lives of individuals are affected by them. For people in the country and beyond it, who have a need or desire to understand present day Malawi, this book is an outstanding valuable resource.” – David Bone, editor, The Society of Malawi Journal