Tumbuka Folktales

Lester Brian Shaŵa lectures in the Department of Education and Teaching Studies at Mzuzu University in Malaŵi. He received an M.Ed. in education policy studies with distinction from Stellenbosch University, South Africa in 2007. In the same year, he received an NRF research award and a year later, he was awarded the Victoria University of Wellington PhD Scholarship in New Zealand where he is pursuing Doctoral Studies in Philosophy and Education Policy. His interest in African Oral Literature developed from childhood through his mother who narrated and performed folktales with passion. Lester comes from Euthini in Mzimba, northern Malaŵi.

Professor is at Mzuzu University where he is Professor of French. Professor Soko has been very active in research in African Literatures, teaching the African novel of French expression, negritude poetry, and oral literature.