Region: Malawi

Materials from Malawi

Chewa

This book presents the history, culture, art, and economics of the Chewa people of Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique.

Other Descriptors: Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mozambique, Nonfiction, Zimbabwe » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

City Boy

Set in contemporary Malawi, a poignant account of an orphaned boy’s transition from city life to village life. Sam’s widowed mother has died from “the Disease,” and Sam is claimed by his aunt Mercy, who lives in the small African village where Sam’s mother was born and raised. The gap between Sam’s life in the [...]

Other Descriptors: Africa, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS

In Malawi and Zambia, children who have lost family to the AIDS pandemic tell their stories. This book is about the power of the human spirits to endure and hope for a better tommorrow.

Other Descriptors: Africa, All Ages, Nonfiction, Tanzania » Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 1 Comment

The Heaven Shop

Binti and her siblings struggle to survive when they are split up and sent to different parts of Malawi after their parents die of AIDS.

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