Happy New Year from the Logos Open Culture team! In 2022, we are scaling up our publishing. Based on our experience producing excellent products, we are happy to offer to individuals, companies and organisations services in publishing, including annual reports and websites. So please contact Logos Open Culture’s Director Muti Etter-Phoya to discuss your publishing […]
First comprehensive exploration of the meaning of music in Malawian society, past and present. Logos Open Culture’s third publication Making Music in Malawi, by John Lwanda, has hit the shelves. Making Music in Malawi is a groundbreaking contribution to the historical and sociocultural significance of sounds that make and remake Malawi. A culmination of many years of research, […]
The Culture Lab is opening its first exhibition this Friday 29 October at 6pm with Malawian visual artist Madalitso Ziwaoh. Join us on Friday between 6 and 7pm for wine as you walk around our exhibition. The exhibition will run for one week from 29 October to 5 November. You will have a chance […]
The first pre-launch event for Logos Open Culture’s next publication Making Music in Malawi, by John Lwanda, is happening tomorrow at The Culture Lab at Four Seasons in Lilongwe. The Culture Lab will host guitarist Ernest Ikwanga in an unplugged session on Friday 15 October at 7pm. Guitarist Ernest Ikwanga is a versatile instrumentalist, recording artist, charismatic […]
Professor George “Sam” Albert Shepperson CBE (1922-2020) wrote the seminal Independent African: John Chilembwe and the Origins, Setting and Significance of the Nyasaland Native Rising 1915 (1958). This is still the most extensive work on key Malawian nationalist John Chilembwe. He organised an uprising against imperial British rule. Professor Shepperson’s Independent African was also one of the first scholarly works […]
This weekend was exciting for Malawi’s literary scene as two self-published books were launched. Former Malawian politician Khwauli Msiska launched his autobiography Beyond Chasing The Dream and entrepreneur Thokozani Kaipa launched Better Version of Yourself. Msiska’s launched his book on Saturday at Ufulu Gardens in Lilongwe. In his memoir, Msiska reflects on the importance of determination and focus in […]
Book your seat for our next event at The Culture Lab on lessons from the Malawian and Zambian Elections. We will host Professor Nic Cheeseman and investigative journalist Golden Matonga for what will be a thought-provoking event. Join us on 30 September 2021 at 5.30pm at The Culture Lab at Four Seasons, Lilongwe for ‘The […]
The Culture Lab will host a two-day workshop ‘The Ultimate Guide to Data Visualisation using Tableau’ this week. Sign up now to learn how to use and analyse your data in more effective ways. Date: 9th and 10th September 2021 (8.30 am – 4.30 pm) Fees: K70,000 per participant (paid in advance) – includes lunch […]
The Culture Lab hosted social historian Dr John Lwanda last month. Dr Lwanda is author of Logos Open Culture’s forthcoming book Making Music in Malawi. During the event, Dr Lwanda reflected on his groundbreaking study Kamuzu Banda of Malawi: A Study in Promise, Power and Legacy and what it means today. Most people know Dr Lwanda […]
Chambo Market, your favourite bookshop in Lilongwe, has moved to The Culture Lab at Four Seasons. Come and browse our Malawian, Africana and other books. We also have a selection of antiquarian works for sale. We are the main outlet for Central Africana publications in Lilongwe and of course our best-selling Malawi – A Place […]