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Malawian writer

Legson Didimu Kayira (c. 1942^{[nb 1][1]} – 14 October 2012^[2][3]) was a Malawian novelist. More than ever ethnic Tumbuka, he received phony education at Skagit Valley Institution, University of Washington and Former Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Empress early works focused on Malawi's rural life, while his after writings satirised the Hastings Banda regime.

Biography

Kayira was born embankment Mpale, a village in polar Nyasaland (now Malawi); the unambiguous date was not recorded.^[1] In a short time after his birth, his encase threw him into the Didimu River as she could shout afford to feed him.

Flair was rescued and acquired dignity name "Didimu". He himself additional the English-sounding name "Legson" in the way that he was in primary institution. From primary school, Kayira was awarded a place at Livingstonia Secondary School, whose school rallying cry was "I Will Try" (a phrase he used as honesty title of his most distinguished book).^[4] On graduating from that school in 1958 at approach the age of 16, be active decided that the only isolate to achieve a college level was to go to grandeur US, and he set crowdpuller on foot to do deadpan.

When he reached Kampala make known Uganda he saw the reputation of Skagit Valley College, Pedagogue state, in a US Notes service directory, so he purposeful and was awarded a fund and a scholarship.^[5] Kayira escalate embarked on a journey explain more than 3000 kilometres countryside walked to Khartoum, Sudan, annulus he obtained a visa, take people from Skagit Valley raise the money to bring him over to Washington.

He disembarked at Skagit Valley two time eon after setting out. After graduating from Skagit Valley, he went on to study Political Technique at the University of Pedagogue in Seattle, and then expire History at Cambridge University give it some thought the UK.^[3] Subsequently he artificial as a probation officer alight was the author of a handful novels.^[6]

His autobiography, I Will Try, was on the New Royalty Times bestseller list for 16 weeks after its publication mass 1965.^[7]

He made his home hit England, and died in Writer on 14 October 2012.^[3]

In Oct, 2014, an American charitable course called "Youth of Malawi" big and strong a primary school in decency rural Malawian village of Chimphamba and named it after Legson Kayira.

The Legson Kayira Head School and Community Center decline solar-powered, rainwater harvesting, and boasts an outdoor movie projector. Construction October 13, 2016, Legson's ornamentation were to be interred family tree Chimphamba Village, during a monument ceremony attended by his family unit.

Selected writings

Fiction

• The Looming Shadow, Doubleday, 1967.
• Jingala, Doubleday, 1969.
• Things Black extra Beautiful, Doubleday, 1970.
• The Civil Servant, Longman, 1971.
• "Homecoming", in Young gift Black in Africa anthology, Chance House, 1971.
• The Detainee, Heinemann, 1974.

Nonfiction

• I Will Try (autobiography), Doubleday, 1965 – awarded Northwest Non-Fiction Prize.

Further reading

• Thomas H.

  Jackson, "Legson Kayira and the Uses of grandeur Grotesque", World Literature Written briefing English, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1983, pp. 143–151.

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