{"id":55199,"date":"2017-10-19T07:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T05:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=55199"},"modified":"2017-10-19T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T05:55:57","slug":"lawrence-kadzitche-publishes-third-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/lawrence-kadzitche-publishes-third-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Kadzitche publishes third book"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/strong>riter Lawrence Kadzitche, creator of Katakwe which appears in The Weekend Nation, <\/em>has published a third book titled Katakwe Kumudzi. <\/em><\/p>\n

Kadzitche said it has taken him close to three years to work on the book which is one long story.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a long journey working on this book. Actually, the idea to write this book came in 2009,\u201d Kadzitche said.<\/p>\n

He said, in contrast to different stories he writes in The Weekend Nation<\/em>, this is one long story that would entertain people while educating them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an interesting story that talks about Katakwe and his lover Betina Shuga. There are several issues that the book is tackling; ranging from day to day issues and culture,\u201d Kadzitche said.<\/p>\n

The writer has restricted himself to writing his Katakwe stories in Chichewa and it is all the same with the book \u2013 Katakwe Kumudzi. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWriting in Chichewa is all about promoting and preserving our languages. We have to be proud of our languages. Actually, the book has been written in a simple way so that everyone can read,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kadzitche\u2019s previous books are Katakwe Zaka 10 <\/em>and Katakwe Kutauni. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe book is already on the market and can be accessed in all bookshops. As I said earlier, the aim of the book is to entertain people but also explain what happens in the village,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kadzitche, through his Katakwe Kutauni <\/em>book, also produced a film titled Tauni Siyisunga Kape <\/em>which he said is currently out of stock.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the copies of the movie were sold and I am happy with the response I received from the people and now I am even planning a second movie. I am hoping to do the same with this third book,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kadzitche said that the book was also part of documenting his work.<\/p>\n

He said the story is set against the background of ignorance, envy, greed and jealousy\u2014the sins that hold progress in villages hostage and a rich background of traditional dances and customs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writer Lawrence Kadzitche, creator of Katakwe which appears in The Weekend Nation, has published a third book titled Katakwe Kumudzi. Kadzitche said it has taken him close to three years to work on the book which is one long story. \u201cIt has been a long journey working on this book. Actually, the idea to write […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55206,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55199\/revisions\/55206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}