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Diane , Armchair Tour Guide
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Aug 19, 2011 10:28PM
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Books set in Malawi:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Napolo and the Python by Steve Chimombo
Beasts of Nalunga by Jack Mapanje
The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis
The Bird Boy's Song by Steve Chimombo
The Last Of The Sweet Bananas: New And Selected Poems by Jack Mapanje
I Live Here by Mia Kirshner
City Boy by Jan Michael
From Microsoft to Malawi: Learning on the Front Lines by Michael L. Buckler
The President's Anointed by Sangani Harawa
The Joys of Exile by Paul Zeleza
The Liquidator by Iain Parke
Across the Footsteps of Africa by Benjamin Puertas Donoso
Jive Talker by Samson Kambalu
Jungle Lovers by Paul Theroux
Gathering Seaweed: African Prison Writing: by Jack Mapanje
Smouldering Charcoal by Tiyambe Zeleza
The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison by Jack Mapanje
Of Chameleons and Gods by Jack Mapanje
To Africa with Spatula: A Peace Corps Mom in Malawi, 1965-1967 by Jane Baker Lotter
Skipping Without Ropes by Jack Mapanje
I have started a Listopia list of books set in Malawi here: Books Set in Malawi. I compiled the list from this thread plus other suggestions and recommendations found elsewhere on Good Reads and the Internet. Feel free to vote for your favorites and/or add books that I missed!
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And Crocodiles Are Hungry At Night by Jack Mapanje
Venture to the Interior by Laurens van der Post
More books set in Malawi:
African Wonderland by James Riddell
Blue Murder at Kudu: a very British murder mystery novel set in Africa 
Child of Clay by Steve Chimombo
The Civil Servant by Legson Kayira
The Detainee by Legson Kayira
A History of Malawi, 1859-1966 by John McCracken
I Will Try by Legson Kayira
Kondi's Quest by Sylvia Stewart
Laughter Lines and a Story Joke by David Mbowa Rubadiri
The Looming Shadow by Legson Kayira
Love and Lunacy at Kudu: a very British romantic comedy novel set in Africa 
no bride price by David Rubadiri
No Easy Task by Aubrey Kachingwe
Out of the Black Shadows: The Amazing Transformation of Stephen Lungu 
Poems from East Africa by David Cook
Sugarcane with Salt by James Ngombe
The Train of Salt and Sugar by Licinio de Azevedo
When Animals Sing and Spirits Dance: Gule Wamkulu: the Great Dance of the Chewa People of Malawi
More books set in Malawi:
All Things Strange and Wonderful by Dr. Reb
The Color of a Lion's Eye: Memories of Africa by Jane F. Bonin
Echo of an Angry God by Beverley Harper
Jingala: A Novel About Africa by Legson Kayira
Kondi's Joy by Sylvia Stewart
Land of Fire: Oral Literature from Malawi by J.M. Schoffeleers
Nightwatcher, Nightsong by Frank M. Chipasula
The Unsung Song. an Anthology of Malawian Writing in English 
A Vet's Ventures in the Interior by Ian McLauchlan
Water and Witchcraft - Three Years in Malawi by T. Mullen
Whispers In The Wings: Poems by Frank M. Chipasula
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