Author David Bone, ‘Protests, Petitions and Persuasion: Documents from Malawi’, at Chambo Market
David Bone, author of Protests, Petitions and Persuasion: Documents from Malawi (Mzuni Press, 2024), will give a talk next week, Tuesday, 2 July 2024, at Chambo Market Bookshop and Gallery in Lilongwe. You are invited from 5.30 pm.
Bone’s latest book, Protests, Petitions and Persuasion
is an exciting, comprehensive compilation of letters, petitions, songs, poems, cartoons and a fatwa composed by Malawi’s foremost martyrs and struggle heroes. The documents lay bare the chequered march of Malawi’s political and social history and give a glimpse into the minds of some of Malawi’s most notable figures and the challenges they faced in their time as they fought for change. They are accompanied by rich commentaries by respected authors on Malawian political history: Klaus Fiedler, John Lwanda, Isabel Phiri, and Kenneth Ross
About David Bone
Formerly, Bone was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi. He has had a career in education, teaching about Islam at University, Theological College, and Secondary School levels in Malawi and his native Scotland. He has researched and written extensively about the development of Muslim communities in Malawi. He is also author ofSociety of Malawi – Historical and Scientific.
