Ndongolera Mwangupili
Ndongolera C. Mwangupili (born 1977) is a poet, fiction writer, academic and essayist from Malawi.
Many of Mwangupili's poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in different local newspapers and anthologies. His stories are published in Modern Stories from Malawi (2003) and The Bachelor of Chikanda and Other Stories (2009). His poem "The Genesis" was anthologized in The Time Traveller of Maravi: New Poetry from Malawi (2011)and it was translated into French and published in Florilege No 177/Decembre 2019. Another popular poem of his is Letters to a Comrade.[1] His poem 'Songs of a Peasant' is published in The Criterion: An International journal in English, ISSN (0976-8165) Vol. 5 and Issue. VI (December 2014). 'For the Unmarked Tomb' is published in a chapbook by Praxis Magazine Online (2017). His three poems are anthologized in Free Fall, an International Anthology (2017). 'The Mushunguti Tree' is translated into Spanish as El Mushunguti and published in Arbolarium Antologia Poetica Delos Cinco Continentes (2019). He edited two books, namely, 'Poetry for Malawian Senior Secondary Schools' (2014) and 'Call it Fate and Other Short Stories' (2014). His book 'English Language for MSCE: Comprehension, Summary, Note-making and Composition' (2014) is used in Malawi Secondary school curriculum as a reference book. One of Mwangupili's poems ("My Love, My Woman") was published in 2014 in Belgium in a collection titled The Aquillrelle Wall of Poetry of Passion and Romance, Members’ Anthology.[2] Mwangupili has also published articles on theological subjects.[3]
Mwangupili works as a senior inspector of schools in Malawi. He is a founding member of Malawi Union of Academic and Non-fiction Authors (MUANA) and is its current Vice President. His paper 'Strategic Alliance through Writers’ Union: Challenges and Lessons from MUANA' is published in a book 'Building Capacity for Sustainable Academic and Nonfiction Authorship in Africa' (2018). 'A Gift to the People: Sr. Beatrice Chipeta’s Legacy' (2020) is a short biography he recently authored.