| 词条 | Whyghtone Kamthunzi |
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Whyghtone Kamthunzi (31 July 1956 - 18 May 2000) was a leading writer in the Chichewa language of Malawi in the 1980s and 1990s. Kamthunzi was born in the village of Njolomole in Ntcheu district in Malawi. His father was a school teacher. After attending Ntcheu Secondary School from 1972 to 1976 he trained as a teacher at Lilongwe Teachers’ College. He began his teaching career in 1978 at Nkhata Bay and later moved to Malili Primary School in Likuni near Lilongwe.[1] Kamthunzi began writing plays and stories in 1976. He was also the leader of a drama group in Lilongwe.[1] Kamthunzi became well known for his radio series Tinkanena ('We Told You So'),{{efn|From the proverb Mtsinje wa Tinkanena udathira m'Siizi 'The river of "We kept saying" has ended in "Isn't it this?"'. J.C. Chakanza Wisdom of the People: 2000 Chinyanja Proverbs (CLAIM Malawi 2001), p.216.}} a series of plays on the theme of Aids about a young man called Same.[2] Among the short novels written by Kamthunzi were the following:
A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a poor boy and marries him. But the boy’s uncle is dead against the marriage and does his best to break it up. In the end, however, the good sense and diplomacy of the girl’s parents win the day.
A young boy, Sungani, brought up in a village, learns to be sympathetic to animals. He is distressed when the local chief starts a hunt to kill baboons who are stealing the village crops and tries unsuccessfully to persuade the chief to stop the hunt. In the end, however, an environmental disaster follows and Sungani is praised for his foresight.
Sautso, the young unmarried headmaster of a secondary school, forms a relationship with one of his students, a distant cousin, despite opposition from the local chief, from his own parents, and from Khumbo, an unqualified teacher whom he has been forced to dismiss. When the girl is raped and dies from a home abortion he is falsely accused of murder, but is saved at the last minute when the rapist confesses.
A plucky boy called Chifundo is excited to be selected for a secondary boarding school. But when he gets there, like other first year boys he is terrorised by one of the senior boys called Pasula. One day, however, he gets into a fight with Pasula and vanquishes him, to the delight of everyone.
A young newly appointed doctor, Chikondi, befriends a madman and tries to cure him. But the local chief and the hospital director are afraid that the madman will reveal their secrets and they plot to have Chikondi murdered. By good fortune the plot goes wrong and the criminals are punished. Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^1 Wachitatu Nkapasule, publisher’s note. {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamthunzi, Whyghtone}}2. ^Wakufa Sadziwika, publisher’s note. 4 : 1956 births|2000 deaths|Malawian novelists|Chewa-language writers |
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