{"id":2731,"date":"2011-06-23T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2011-06-23T12:30:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T12:30:24","slug":"malewezi-publishes-poetry-anthology-the-road-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/23\/malewezi-publishes-poetry-anthology-the-road-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"Malewezi publishes poetry anthology \u2018The Road Taken\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the country\u2019s acclaimed poets, Qabaniso \u2018Q\u2019 Malewezi, has finally published his highly anticipated poetry anthology titled \u2018The Road Taken\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Road Taken\u2019 is a collection of Malewezi\u2019s poems reflecting on the artistic journey and experiences encountered following his decision to pursue his passion for spoken word poetry.<\/p>\n

Son to the country\u2019s former Vice President Justin Malewezi, the spoken word poet was best known in the music circles as producer during the days of disbanded hip-hop crew \u2018Real Elements\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Q Malewezi: To launch<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt is about the series of little moments experienced throughout my life with and in art through theatre, music, writing and performing, as well as the support that my loved ones have rendered to me.\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Malewezi says he was further motivated to explore the ins and outs of publishing and give voice to his written pieces in 2010 after reading Kenyan poet Ngwatilo Mawiyo\u2019s anthology \u2018Blue Mother Tongue\u2019.<\/p>\n

Professionally edited by Linguistics Professor Kishindo from the Chancellor College and offering a true depiction of Malewezi\u2019s artistic finesse of fusing various forms of art, the compilation merges the written word with inspiring photographic images from the poet himself, Justin Malewezi Jnr and graphic designer Fred Coelho.<\/p>\n

As a result, it portrays the artist\u2019s more reflective poetry pieces in contrast to his usual theatrical performance pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope is that \u2018The Road Taken\u2019 will not only be enjoyed by poetry enthusiasts, but that it will also help create a platform for the form of expressive arts to be taken seriously and encouraged more especially amongst the youth,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Road Taken\u2019 is to be officially launched this Saturday, June 25, at Crossroads Hotel in the capital city Lilongwe where published copies will be sold at K3,500.<\/p>\n

Supported by the U.S. Embassy Cultural Affairs section, the launch is expected to start at 7:30pm and apart from unveiling the anthology, a youth poetry competition by the US Embassy will be introduced.<\/p>\n

The competition is aimed at promoting the art of poetry among the youth in Malawi through a published poetry anthology.\u2014(Reporting by Kimpho Loka, Nyasa Times)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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