Brittle Paper’s Anticipated African Books of 2023 lists Logos Open Culture’s forthcoming book ‘Madonna is our mother’: Notes from Malawi’
Brittle Paper lists Logos Open Culture’s forthcoming book publication ‘Madonna is our mother’: Notes from Malawi as one of the most anticipated African books in 2023.
‘Madonna is our mother’: Notes from Malawi, by author and academic Muti Michael Phoya, will be launched next month in Lilongwe.
In this collection of essays, Muti reflects on the shifting character of postcolonial Malawi. It focuses mainly on the land and memory, the book paints a nuanced picture of a modern African country through its fascinating history.
Being added to the list by Brittle Paper for ‘Madonna is our mother’: Notes from Malawi is a great acknowledgement of one of the most exciting books to be published in Malawi this year.
Brittle Paper is Africa’s premier online literary magazine for readers of African Literature.
About the author
Muti, the author, has engaged with Malawi’s story since 2000. He has authored several books of fiction and non-fiction, including the best-selling ‘Malawi, Lake of Stars’. He has also contributed to the Society of Malawi Journal, and the influential pan-African blog, Africa is a Country. He won the Peer Gynt literary award in 2005 and was the Goethe-Institut Moving Africa scholar in 2011.
About Logos Open Culture
Logos Open Culture is a Malawian start-up and independent book publisher. With a dedicated small team and network of associates, Logos Open Culture creates high quality content and carries out work to celebrate Malawi’s history, culture, arts, and people.
Publications include Making Music in Malawi (John Lwanda, 2021), ground-breaking Lomathinda: Rose Chibambo Speaks (Timwa Lipenga, 2019), and best-selling Malawi – A Place Apart (Asbjorn Eidhammer, 2017).
Logos Open Culture also works to enhance access to Malawi’s history/heritage and to facilitate digitalisation of memory institutions to preserve and provide future access to knowledge and records. The bookshop Chambo Market at Old Town Mall in Lilongwe is the main outlet for Logos Open Culture’s publications.
