Okomaatani Malunga hails Malawi radios for promoting poetry

Malunga: Poets are given the platform
Malunga: Poets are given the platform
Samuel Joseph
Samuel Joseph
Chiwamba
Chiwamba

Malawi’s celebrated poet Benedicto Okomaatani Malunga has hailed radio stations in the country for promoting poetry in 2014, saying this has also helped many upcoming poets to expose their talents.

Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times,  Malunga said in the past years the industry has had no outlets compared to the current status where booming broadcasting houses are opening up for poets.

“In the couple of years when most of us were beginning to write, we never had outlets and I must commend media houses, most especially radio stations for creating poetry programmes. This is very encouraging to writers,” said Malunga.

He, however, asked radio stations to go through the poems before airing them, saying this will help in giving out quality.

“Beyond creating outlets they should also have producers that understand what creativity is, what craftsmanship is, so that even as they choose what to air they should be guided by quality.”

He continued: “The more we listen to quality poetry the more we will have more examples that others can emulate and start writing quality poems.”

One of the renowned poets, Robert Chiwamba observed that poetry is losing quality as people are writing without following principles of poetry.

Chiwamba also thanked the public for supporting the industry last year.

Some of the radio stations which adopted poetry programmes are Channel for All Nations (CAN), JOY Radio, Galaxy FM, Matindi FM, Ufulu FM, Maziko Radio, and Nkhoma FM among others.

The poetry industry has rapidly grown with new faces like Samuel Joseph, Patwel Phiri, Humble C, Mlakatuli Nankhoma, Luckier Chikopa, Padiwa Kasho and Raphael Sitima.

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Phillip Munthu
Phillip Munthu
9 years ago

Beautiful story wathuwathu Loka the DJ

Frackson Maotcha
Frackson Maotcha
9 years ago

Ndakuonani achimwene…Mumakwana.

opportunist
opportunist
9 years ago

Chiwamba ndi deal

Chechule
Chechule
9 years ago

Quality should be followed at all cost. When you listen to many of these said poems, with a sober mind, they are not poems at all but just story telling and others very dufficult to describe. All in all, any verse put into paper is not a poem.

James
James
9 years ago

I am equally impressed with the level of competitiveness in this industry.

I would like to see most of these poems podcasted on You Tube and the like. That is the only way to avoid copyright and plagiarism.

That poem: Dziko lili manja mwa agalu remains one of the top.

owen
9 years ago

robert chiwamba nd deal. big up

Mirella K
Mirella K
9 years ago

Za ziii!

By the way, is this guy still Wokomaatani? I thought thanks to his silly decisions at the UNIMA Council we renamed him as Malbenedicto Woipaatani Malunga some 3 or so years ago! Inu a Nyasatimes muzipanga kaye verify maina a zitsiruzi aya kunyasa!

mwanamwanalume
mwanamwanalume
9 years ago

Tiwasiye anthu achite chioneselo mwamutendere komaso mwaufulu.akube mumuseu andandaule .ndawizina ukakalandibanja umati zibwino pomwe sizili bwino akayambakulila Ana ndipamene umazindikila

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