Culturally Challenged
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Researcher/Language consultant |
| Location | Malawi |
| Introduction | I am an Australian with Anglo-Welsh parents. I live in Malawi, South-Eastern Africa with my wife and two children where we have lived for more than 13 years. I am a perpetual student (at least that is what it feels like), although I work full time. I have recently completed my PhD, which is a study on the worldview of the Yawo of Malawi through an analysis of their rituals and traditional oral literature. In 2006 I published a book of Yawo traditional proverbs and stories, Wisdom of the Yawo people, Lunda lwa Ŵandu wa Ciyawo. I am currently co-writing a language book on the Yawo language, which my colleague and I hope to publish this year. |
| Interests | People, culture, God, languages, traditional literature, current affairs, skiing, running, walking, traveling, coffee, eating and holidaying with friends. |
| Favorite movies | Casablanca, Three Colours, Jean de Florette, Manon de Source, Mr. Johnston |
| Favorite music | Cold Play, Simply Red, U2, Bob Dylan, Crowded House, INXS, Nora Jones, Carla Bruni |
| Favorite books | Les Miserables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Tipping Points, Dark Star Safari, The Innocent Anthropologist, The Bible |