John Lwanda

John Lloyd Chipembere Lwanda (born 1949) is a Malawian medical doctor, writer, poet, researcher, publisher and music producer.[1][2] He is a published author and also a publisher of books and music.[3] He was an honorary senior lecturer at the University Glasgow University Department of Primary Care until 2005. Lwanda did his history and social science PhD at the University of Edinburgh's Centre of African Studies.[4]

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Education

Lwanda was educated in Zimbabwe (1956–1958), Malawi (1958–1969) and Scotland at Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian schools and colleges. He spent a politically and musically influential elective in the USA in 1974. Though he had intended to pursue the arts, his father advised him to take up medicine. Graduating in medicine in 1976, he specialised in paediatrics before turning to adult general medicine.

Career

He has worked as a Census Enumerator for the Malawi National Census 1966 and as a clerk in the Ministry of Education between 1967 and 1968 under Brian McLaughlin.[5] At the University of Malawi (1969–1970) he was a Senior Laboratory Assistant working under Professors Peter Mwanza and Margaret Kalk. He has studied and worked in Scotland since 1970 and, briefly, Malawi as a government doctor and lecturer at the College of Medicine. He has also worked in various medical fields since. He is currently a general medical practitioner in Lanarkshire.[6] Although his first article was published in Moni magazine in 1965, he began working as a Freelance writer and journalist from 1981. He, by default, became a Music and Book Researcher and Publisher in 1988.[7] Between 1991 and 1994 he was involved in the activism that led to a multiparty dispensation in Malawi[8] Lwanda describes music as his first love[9]

Publishing career

Pamtondo

Pamtondo was set up in 1988 by John Lwanda and George Claver with the aim of recording and disseminating Malawi music.[10] It recorded and issued a number of releases of Malawi music.

Pamvision

Since 1994 Pamvision has been making Malawian music video recordings and films. The first recording was of Chief Chipoka Band (1994).[11] Over twenty five different acts, ranging from gospel through popular music to traditional, have been video recorded, mostly for academic research.

Dudu Nsomba Publications

Established in 1993,Dudu Nsomba Publications publishes books on Malawi and Africa. The first book, Kamuzu Banda of Malawi (1993).[12]

Books Edited and Published by Dudu Nsomba

Published Works

Books

Book Chapters

Essays

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References

  1. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/jhon-lwanda.php
  2. ^ http://www.kachereseries.org/pages/culture/culture.htm
  3. ^ http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Contributor,a=L/view-Contact-Page,id=16795/
  4. ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1167090
  5. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/jhon-lwanda.php
  6. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/jhon-lwanda.php
  7. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/jhon-lwanda.php
  8. ^ http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/324.html
  9. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910106/
  10. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/about-us.php
  11. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/about-us.php
  12. ^ http://www.pamtondo.com/about-us.php