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The True Story Behind Viola Davis' Character in'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Kayla Keegan On December 18, Netflix released the new film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, a drama adapted from a play of the same name, written by late Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson. Produced by Viola Davis, the movie centers around real-life blues pioneer Gertrude"Ma" Rainey, on the day that she and her band record a song called"Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom." Watching Viola depict Ma, it's clear the Oscar-winning actress did a lot of preparation to portray the powerful, bawdy, and charismatic s...

February 21, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 6 Comments “What we continue to lack is transformational leadership that is not defined by region, tribe or age. Leadership is not measured by education. We have a lot of educated fools in the country’s political leadership. We need to know who we are, where we are and where we want to be. Not mediocrity and politics of appeasement,” -powerful stuff from the then Leader of Opposition and incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera. This was in August 2017. Chakwera was among other speakers who addressed the Transformation Alliance (TA) convention. In ...

Lest I be ranked with Nero who was busy fiddling when Rome was burning, I will go straight to the point.To set the context, a factual timeline is necessary: 31 Dec 2019: China reported the emergence of a new virus. 20 Jan 2020: WHO declared Covid19 a global pandemic. 20 Mar 2020: A State of […]

“Then I witnessed the torture of Sisyphus, as he wrestled with a huge rock with both hands. Bracing himself and thrusting with hands and feet, he pushed the boulder uphill to the top. But just when he was about to topple it over the crest, its sheer weight turned it back, and he had to […]

Shire Highlands 289 students. Among the critiques is that the Northern Region was robbed despite performing better. This was echoed and amplified by Leader of Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa who argued that the regional allocation of SR, 929; CR, 749 and NR, 182; proportion-wise: SR, 40%, CR, 50% and NR 10% is unfair because “while the Central Region has the lowest pass rate, it has the lion’s share in national secondary schools,” Nankhumwa said. Put differently, the Central Region – Malawi Congress Party (MCP)’s base – has been favoured. Secretary for Education Chikon...