There are two daily newspapers - The Daily Times and The Nation - and five or six weekly newspapers of which most are produced by the independent press. Foreign weekly newspapers are received by airmail from Europe and other African countries daily, but they have to be specially ordered either at a local bookshop or with the publisher or distributor in the country of origin. There are public libraries and reading rooms operated by the National Library Service in the main towns.
Recommended Reading
- Briggs, Philip - Guide to Malawi, (Bradt Publications, 1996)
- Briggs, Philip - Malawi, 5th ed (Bradt Publications, 2010)
- Crosby, Cynthia A. - Historical Dictionary of Malawi, (The Scarecrow Press Inc., 2nd ed. 1993
- Economist Intelligence Unit - Malawi: Country Profile 1995-96, (EIU, 1996)
- Else, D. - Trekking in East Africa, (Lonely Planet, 1993)
- Lwanda, John Lloyd - Kamuzu Banda of Malawi: A study in promise, power and paralysis, (Dudu Nsomba Publications, Glasgow, 1993)
- Lwanda, John Lloyd - Democratic Transition in Malawi 1961-1999, (Dudu Nsomba Publications, Glasgow, 1996)
- Maurel, Martine - Visitors' Guide to Malawi, (Southern Book Publishers, 2nd ed. 1995)
- Mhone, G. (editor) - Malawi at the Crossroads, (Sapes Books, Sapes Trust, 1992)
- Pachai, B. (editor) - Early History of Malawi, (Longman, 1972)
- Pike, J.G. - Malawi: A Political and Economic History, (Pall Mall Press, 1968)
- Ransfield, Oliver - Livingstone's Lake, (Camelot Press, 1966)
- Williams, T.D. - Malawi: the politics of despair, (Cornell University Press, 1978
- Johnston, Frank and Garland, Vera - Malawi - Lake of Stars, (Central Africa, Blantyre, 1993)
- Ng'ombe, James - Sugarcane with Salt, (Longman, 1989)
- Ng'ombe, James - Madala's Children, (Jhango Publishing House, 1996)
- Mpasu, Sam - Political Prisoner 3/75, (African Publishing Group, 1995)
- Mogg, Stuart - A guide to Malawi, (Central Africana, Blantyre, 1994)
- Roscoe, A.A. and Schoffeleurs, J.M. - Land of Fire - Oral Literature from Malawi, (Popular Publication, Limbe, 1985)
Radio & Television
Radio is in both Chichewa and English. Radio broadcasts in English are the following :
FM98.00 BBC World Service
FM 91.5 and FM 94 6pm and 8pm English Bulletins
FM88.3 ABC Radio Christian programming and music
FM 102.5 Capital Radio One of the many privately owned Commercial Radios
FM 91.5 and FM 94 6pm and 8pm English Bulletins
FM88.3 ABC Radio Christian programming and music
FM 102.5 Capital Radio One of the many privately owned Commercial Radios
A powerful short-wave receiver should be imported for international news programmes. Record players and cassette decks should be brought along for home entertainment.
There is one commercial television station free to the public, which includes DOS WorldNet. There are a number of companies, which install satellite dishes (DSTV) capable of receiving programmes from South Africa, CNN, BBC World Service and several other stations. If you are planning to subscribe to DSTV you need a PAL 1 TV set. The satellite kit is available locally. You can suspend your subscription when you are away. Moreover, there are several video/DVD shops at which a wide range of video / DVD films are available for rent.
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