Virginia Tech and the Malawi Education and Children’s Welfare Foundation are collaborating to help Mzuzu University (“Mzuni”) rebuild its library. You can send books or money to them, or go to Amazon to buy the most needed books through their new website: https://malawiedandchildwelfare.wordpress.com/
Normally when a gang of people breaks into a building in the middle of the night it’s because they are desperate to get something for themselves. But not this time. In the early hours of 18 December 2015, a fire broke out in the Mzuzu University library. A group of people ripped through the burglar bars and braved the smoke and heat to bring out as many computers and books as they could from the main library and the adjoining children’s library…only to have them destroyed by rain before they could be taken to another building!
It’s official! I am a lecturer at Mzuzu University, a.k.a. Mzuni, in Malawi’s northern region. They considered hiring me as an Assistant Professor, but that title is pretty rare–even the head of department is only a Senior Lecturer. Continue reading “On Staff”
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