One of Malawi’s private radio stations Star FM has lined up a Family Poetry Festival dubbed ‘Chiphwando cha Ndatakatulo’ at Summit Cultural Center in Lilongwe on November 30. With Bicco International and Super Sapuwa as main sponsors, the festival, according to Star FM’s Marketing Manager Brian Chamgomo is aimed at giving an early Christmas to the...
Star FM brings family poetry festival to Lilongwe
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Zambia’s Cleo Ice Queen to rock Malawi: Gwamba, Lulu to curtain raise
Zambia’s rising hip-hop queen, Cleo Ice Queen arrives in the country Thursday, ready for City to City “Summer Returns” Tour. Cleo who once represented Zambia in the annual series of Big Brother Africa (BBA) confirmed of her visit to Malawi as she embarks on city to city performance this weekend. Cleo is expected to share...
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Malawi music Spare Dog Records label launched -BBC
A new record label has launched that will be recording and promoting artists from Malawi. Spare Dog Records was set up by Swede Mattias Stalnacke, who is a guitar and music teacher by profession. In 2011 he visited Malawi and was struck by the music he came across there. One year later he returned with...
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Madonna sings with Malawi rapper Tay Grin at party
The world-famous diva Madonna posed for a photograph with Malawian hip hop star Tay Grin at a party to celebrate the singer’s first visit to Malawi for 18 months and the photograph hit the headlines in the UK’s news which covers celebrities , Daily Mail. According to the Daily Mail, Madonna met the rapper, real...
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Malawi Awards UK 2015 event dates, venue announced
The second edition of the Malawi Achievers’ Awards, to honour Malawians who have excelled in their respective fields of endeavour, will be hosted by Malawi Association UK (MAUK) at the giant Athena conference hall, Leicester on 28th March, 2015. Malawi Association UK is an umbrella body of UK based Malawi Associations, a registered charity that promotes...
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Malawi Development Network-London holds AGM and Xmas bash
The Malawi Development Network-London (MDNL), will this Saturday, December 6, 2014 hold its annual general meeting (AGM) followed by an Xmas bash at Kwacha House, 70 Winnington Road, London, NW1 0TX. According to Rhodrick Junaid Kalumpha, MDN-L’s Secretary General, the AGM will commence at 1pm followed by Xmas Party at 5.30pm. Attendance to the AGM...
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Madonna bares boobs: Malawi goodwill ambassador ‘living for love’
Malawi’s Goodwill Ambassador for Child Welfare Madonna has sparked a sensation after baring her boobs at the age of 56 in a magazine interview after her visit from Malawi . Pop queen posed, topless, for a spread in the December issue of Interview magazine. Wearing a bustier and leather glove, she reclines on a satin cushion, her hand...
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Davido show in Malawi not taking place
Nigerian musician Davido is not coming for the launch of the Go Green Campaign in Malawi as earlier publicised, his manager has confirmed. His manager Kamal Ajiboye, said the artist will not perform this weekend in Malawi as they had planned because the organisers needed more planning to do to hold such a concert. Davido...
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Dan Lu launches Sorry album
Gig-goers in the commercial capital Blantyre should brace for a mind blowing performance by afro-pop musician Dan Lu who launches his album Sorry this weekend at Robins Park, his manager Shadreck Chikoti has said. The It’s Part of Life composer, Chikoti said, has ably tried to bundle together issues in tandem with the current socio-eco-political goings-on in a...
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Malawi’s one-man artistic force du jour – Elson Kambalu
Elson Kambalu doesn’t like to be shoehorned as an artist. Even in his early days, he refused to paint the usual “traditional” watercolors of African horizons and indigenous animal kingdom that attract tourists. Instead, he followed his own artistic path and today is one of Malawi’s most revered abstract artists. The 40-year-old dreamer has become...
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Malawi’s Sipe misses Big Brother Africa grand prize: Idris wins $300,000
Malawian housemate in the Big Brother Africa season nine, tagged Hotshots, Sipe who reached the finals which ended on Sunday, December 7, was evicted after 63 days hours before Idris from Tanzania emerged winner of the $300,000 jackpot . It’s the second time Tanzania is winning the Big Brother prize. Richard Bezuidenhout from Tanzania won the...
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Youth Alert music bash: PSI to offer free family planning service
Population Services International (PSI), through their Youth Alert Initiative, will on Saturday provide free family planning services to women of reproductive age at Blantyre Youth Centre where they will hold a free Youth Alert End of Year Music Bash. The show will be spiced with live performances from Piksy, Skeffa Chimoto, Lulu, born Lawrence Kwisa and Diktator,...
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Miss Malawi S.A – Violet Mwendera: To promote tourism
Beauty queen Violet Mwendera who was last Saturday crowned the first ever Miss Malawi SA at a glamorous pageant that took place at Southern Sun OR Tambo International Hotel in South Africa has said she will use her crown to promote Malawi – the Warm Heart of Africa – as a top a tourist destination....
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Hotshot Sipe says ‘half Malawian, half Zambian’
Malawi’s finalist at the just ended Big Brother Africa (BBA) Hotshots, Sipe, has been caught in a topsy-turvy trace of citizenship, having confirmed that she is not fully Malawian. There were strong rumours making rounds on social media while Sipe was in the BBA house that Malawi was being represented by one Malawian Masuzgo Msiska...
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Funny Katoleza porn, activist Seodi advises Malawi women to be careful
Lawyer and gender activist Seodi White has advised women in Malawi to be careful when submitting themselves to their men to avoid embarrassing developments such as a video clip of a Funny Katoleza of Blantyre seen playing with her private which has gone viral on social media. Katoleza who resides in Bangwe Township in Malawi’s commercial...
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Ex-Malawi BBA rep Natasha Tonthola launches music career
Natasha Tonthola is generally viewed as Malawi’s former representative at the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality TV show, however now she can add musician to her list of talents. The 27-year-old has officially launched her music career with the release of her debut song titled #TIA (This Is Africa), which she has collaborated with Lilongwe-based...
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Malawi’s Don Zagah to record with Lucky Dube’s daughter
South Africa-based Malawian dancehall artist Don Zagah is set to record with Nkulee Dube, daughter to fallen reggae heavyweight Lucky Dube. The 25 year old, born Chikumbutso Misinde, said he was happy that he was featuring Dube in his forthcoming album My Life. “Serious discussions are currently underway,” he said. He added: “Nkulee is an...
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Sipe too late, I got Miss Right already – Macky2
During their stay in the Big Brother house, Sipe approached Macky2 a couple of weeks into the game and struck up a friendship with the Zambian rapper. Charmed by his tall, dark and intense posture she could often be seen snuggled under a blanket next to him or nestled in his embrace as they slept. For all intents...
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MBC TV bans Blackface music video: `Msika Wapsanso`
They say music is power, yes and as proved, state owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Television (MBC TV) has purportedly banned playing ‘Msika Wapsyanso’ music video due to the nature of its message. Performed by Blackface Family, Poztv Yut, Emperor K and Thiggo Amplifier, the song tackles the controversial infernos razing markets in Malawi and how...
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Children grateful to first couple for Christmass treat
Children who were hosted by Malawi President Peter Mutharika and the First Lady Gertrude Mutharika to a Christmas Party at Kamuzu Palace, in the capital, Lilongwe on Wednesday thanked the First Couple for making them smile from ear-to-ear. The First Couple hosted 1,300 children from Lilongwe to a Christmas party. Speaking on behalf of her fellow children, Princess Nyamali...
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