African Arguments looks forward to forthcoming Logos Open Culture book

Next month, Logos Open Culture will launch ‘Madonna is our Mother’: Notes from Malawi by Muti Michael Phoya.

The latest book from Malawian publishing house is a collection of essays. Phoya explores Malawi’s shifting postcolonial character. Focusing mainly on the land and memory, the book paints a nuanced picture of a modern African country through its fascinating history.

This week the pan-African platform African Arguments mentioned Phoya’s new book among the books they are “most looking forward to reading in 2023”.

About the author

Muti, the author, has engaged with Malawi’s story since 2000. He has authored several books of fiction and non-fiction, including the best-selling ‘Malawi, Lake of Stars’. He has also contributed to the Society of Malawi Journal, and the influential pan-African blog, Africa is a Country. He won the Peer Gynt literary award in 2005 and was the Goethe-Institut Moving Africa scholar in 2011.

About Logos Open Culture

Logos Open Culture is a Malawian start-up and independent book publisher. With a dedicated small team and network of associates, Logos Open Culture creates high quality content and carries out work to make sure discussions on Malawi have appropriate depth.

Publications include Making Music in Malawi (John Lwanda, 2021), ground-breaking Lomathinda: Rose Chibambo Speaks (Timwa Lipenga, 2019), and best-selling Malawi – A Place Apart (Asbjorn Eidhammer, 2017).

We also work to enhance access to Malawi’s history/heritage and to facilitate digitalisation of memory institutions to preserve and provide future access to knowledge and  records. The bookshop Chambo Market at Old Town Mall in Lilongwe is the main outlet for Logos Open Culture’s publications. A smaller outlet serves Lilongwe North at FoodLovers Market Kanengo.