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Mr. Smith Likongwe

LECTURER
Drama and Theatre Studies

Research Areas

Theatre, Creative Writing, Comedy,

Profile

SMITH LIKONGWE e-mail: slikongwe@unima.ac.mw and likongwesmith@yahoo.co.uk cell: +265 9 94 779 782/+265 8 88 846 485 LECTURER IN DRAMA Department of Fine and Performing Arts PERSONAL GOAL To play a role in national and global development and scholarship through research and writing high quality stage, radio and TV plays that influence change and contribute to existing research in creative writing and theatre arts. EDUCATION Master of Arts (Theatre and Media Communication in Development) – 2009, University of Malawi Bachelor of Education (Humanities – Drama major) – 1993, University of Malawi Certificate in Social and Behaviour Change Communication Approaches -2019, Wits University, South Africa Certificate in Training of Trainers in Community Theatre in HIV/AIDS (organised by Health Communication Partnership – Lusaka, Zambia), 2005 WORK HISTORY Jan 2011 – present: Lecturer in Drama and Head of Drama, Fine and Performing Arts Dept., University of Malawi, Chancellor College 2002-2010: Story Workshop: Director of Programmes 1993-2002: Ministry of Education: Teacher of English/Head of Languages/Acting Deputy Headteacher, Likuni Boys’ Secondary School ABILITY TO ATTRACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS Wrote proposal and got funding amounting to $6,500.00 from HIVOS for a project titled ‘Living Playscripts’ to be used by the Travelling Theatre for research in traditional Malawian culture, political situation and publication of two books. Two books were published as a final product of this project. These are LIVING PLAYSCRIPTS- A TRILOGY and THE CHIEF’S BLANKET AND OTHER PLAYS. 2017 Contract No. HUB SA Projects 1014796. Stage Playwriting, Directing and Acting Written over 60 stage plays; Directed over 30 plays; Acted in over 100 plays locally and internationally Radio playwriting Written weekly radio drama on Early Childhood Development titled Panazale for MBC’s Development Broadcasting Unit funded by UNICEF airing on MBC Radio 1 from November 2021 to May 2022 Written over 80 plays aired on the national radio’s most popular radio drama programmes in English, Theatre of the Air and Stories in Action Written weekly 30-minute radio serial drama for The Story Workshop from 2002 to 2003

Publications

  • Book
    Southern African Plays II, (2021), Pan African Publishers Ltd, Lilongwe, ISBN 978-99908-0-872-8 (2021)
  • Book
    Giant in Junior Certificate English-Learner’s Book (2020)-ISBN 9789996099823 Blantyre: Horace Publications (evaluated by Malawi Institute of Education and recommended for the teaching of English Literature in English in Junior Secondary Section in Malawi Schools) (2020)
  • Book
    Giant in Junior Certificate English-Teacher’s Guide (2020)-ISBN 9789996099816 Blantyre: Horace Publications (evaluated by MIE and recommended for the teaching of English Literature in English in Junior Secondary Section in Malawi Schools) (2020)
  • Book
    Kamuzu Banda and other plays, (2019) -ISBN 9789990806878 Zomba: Chancellor College Travelling Theatre (2019)
  • Book
    Southern African Plays Collection (2018) – ISBN 9789996097102 (ed. & contributor), (2018) Lilongwe: Pan African Publishers (2018)
  • Book
    Living Playscripts: A Trilogy (Bakili’s Wit, The Tragedy of Bingu, Amai’s Turn) (2018) – ISBN 9789990806427 Zomba: Chancellor College Travelling Theatre (2018)
  • Book
    The Chief’s Blanket and other plays (ed. & contributor), (2018) – ISBN 9789990806410 Zomba: Chancellor College Travelling Theatre (2018)
  • Book
    Chamdothe ndi zisudzo zina (Chamdothe and other plays) with Wisdom Nkhoma (2018)–ISBN 9789996043376 (being used for the teaching of Literature in Chichewa Language in Senior Secondary Schools in Malawi) Zomba: Chancellor College Publications (2018)
  • Conference Papers
    ‘Participatory Approaches to Communication for Development’ at the Communication for Development /Social and Behaviour Change Communication National Conference organised by UNICEF and Malawi Government at Bingu International Conference Centre from 17-18 October, 2018 (2018)
  • Book Chapters
    ‘Aesthetics of Anganga Afiki’s Video Joke-Performance in Malawi’ in Chukwumah, I. (ed.) (2018) Joke-Performance in Africa: Mode, Media and Meaning, Abingdon & New York: Routledge ISBN: 978-1- 138-06064-7 (hbk), 978-1-315-16266-9 (ebk) p. 88-101 (2018)
  • Book
    Performing Arts Book 3 (2016) - ISBN 9789996096242 (co-authored with Lackson Chazima for the teaching of Drama, Music & Dance in Senior Secondary Schools in Malawi) Blantyre: Horace Publications (2016)
  • Book
    Performing Arts Book 4 (2016) - ISBN 9789996096211 (co-authored with Lackson Chazima for the teaching of Drama, Music & Dance in Senior Secondary Schools in Malawi) Blantyre: Horace Publications (2016)
  • Book Chapters
    ‘Deprived African Theatre-Making Theatre without public funding’, in Keller. N, Nix. C & Spiekermann (eds), (2013) Theatre in Africa – stories of a German-Malawian Collaboration, Berlin: Theater der Zeit (2013)
  • Book Chapters
    ‘Deprived African Theatre-Making Theatre without public funding’, in Keller. N, Nix. C & Spiekermann (eds), (2013) Theatre in Africa – stories of a German-Malawian Collaboration, Berlin: Theater der Zeit ()