Frank Chipasula

AKA: Mkalawile

Born 1949 Luanshya (NORTHERN RHODESIA)

Places Lived

Luanshye, NORTHERN RHODESIA
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
Taipei, TAIWAN
Providence, RI
New Haven, CT
Washington, D.C.
Northfield, MN
Omaha, NE
Carbondale, IL

Author Of

Fiction
Poetry

Keywords

Poetry; Black Studies

Education

Undergraduate Studies, Chancellor College, University of Malawi
Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1976, University of Zambia, ZAMBIA
Master of Arts Degree, 1980, Brown University, Providence, RI
Master of Arts Degree, 1982, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ph.D., 1982, Brown University, Providence, RI

Occupation

Writer
Free-lance Broadcaster
English Editor
Professor
Professor of Black Literature in the Black Studies Department at the University of Nebraska-Omaha

Places Worked

Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
National Educational Company of Zambia
University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Tamkang University, Taipei, TAIWAN
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Brown University, Providence, RI
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Honors

Fulbright Travel Grant, 1978-80
NOMA Award, Honorable Mention, from the African Book Publishing Record for O Earth, Wait For Me, 1985
BBC Poetry Prize, 1989

Bibliography

Visions and Reflections. 1972.
O Earth, Wait for Me. 1984.
When My Brothers Come Home: Poems from Central and Southern Africa. 1985.
Nightwatcher, Nightsong. 1986.
Whispers in the Wings: Poems. 1991. (African Writers Series.)
A Decade in Poetry. 1991.
The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry. 1995. (ed. with Stella Chipasula)
On the Shoulders of the Mountain: A Selection of Poems. 2007.
Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry. 2009.

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