Steve Chimombo

Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo (4 September 1945 – 11 December 2015) was a Malawian writer, poet, editor and teacher. He was born in Zomba.

Life He was educated at Zomba Catholic Secondary School, then at the University of Malawi where he earned a B.A and helped establish the Malawi Writers Group.

Works

Poetry Napolo Poems, Manchichi Publishers, 1987 Python! Python! An Epic Poem, Wasi Publications, 1992 Napolo and the Python, Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1994,

Plays The Rainmaker (1975) Wachiona Ndani? (1983)

Novels The Basket Girl, Popular Publications, 1990 The Wrath of Napolo, Wasi Publications, 2000,

Children's literature The Bird Boy's Song, Wasi Publications, 2002,

Short stories The Hyena Wears Darkness (2006)

Nonfiction Malawian Oral Literature: The Aesthetics of Indigenous Arts (1988)