Desmond Dudwa Phiri

Desmond Dudwa Phiri, commonly known as D. D. Phiri, is a Malawian author, economist, historian, and playwright.^[1] He was born in Mzimba, Malawi, and is the Principal and proprietor of the Aggrey Memorial School in Blantyre.^[1] He has published 17 books in the fields of history, sociology and economics and was recognized by the Pan-African Writers' Association (PAWA) as one of the top 23 authors in Africa in 2011.^[2] He is a regular colomnist in The Nation newspaper.

Personal life

Phiri was born in Mzimba, Malawi. He went to Blantyre Secondary School and Livingstonia and London. He later moved to England and studied Economics, History, and Sociology at the London School of Economics (part of the University of London). He has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Malawi.

Career

He worked as a diplomat in the foreign service and retired from the civil service in 1976. He is the Principal and Proprietor of Aggrey Memorial School. He is a columnist for the widely read The Nation newspaper.

Published works

Books

Biography

Let Us Die for Africa: An African Perspective on the Life and Death of John Chilembwe of Nyasaland - 1999
Charles Chidongo Chinula - 1975
Dunduzu K. Chisiza - 1974
James Frederick Sangala: Founder of the Nyasaland African Congress and Bridge between Patriot John Chilembwe and Ngwazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda - 1974
Inkosi Gomani II: Maseko-Ngoni Paramount Chief Who Suffered Martyrdom for His People and Country - 1973

History

From Nguni to Ngoni:A History of the Ngoni Exodus from Zululand and Swaziland to Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia - 1982
History of Malawi: From Earliest Times to the Year 1915 - January 2004
History of the Tumbuka People - 2000
Democracy with a Price: The History of Malawi since 1900 (co-authors Bakili Muluzi, Yusuf Juwayeyi, Mercy Makhambera - 1999

Novels (in Tumbuka language)

Mankhwala a Ntchito
Kanakazi Kayaya
Ku Msika wa Vyawaka
Ulanda wa Mavunika

Self-help

Hints to Private Students
What the Achievers Teach about Success

Essays

Malawi Our Future Our Choice: The Selected Essays of D. D. Phiri (co-authors John Williams, Judy Williams) - 2006

Plays

The Chief's Bride

References

1 2 Phiri, D. D., Malawi: Our Future Our Choice, Society of Malawi Publishing (Historic and Scientific), 2006.
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