I was struck by how few authors I could name who are women. With Makewana, the ‘mother’ responsible for rain, as our namesake, my group set out to end the literary drought
I have often tried to imagine what Makewana, the original female rainmaker of ancient Malawi, must have looked like.
There is a statue of her with long hair at Mua Mission in Dedza, since to cut her hair would have signified drought. Continue reading...
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