What I am Currently Reading
- River of Blood: The Genesis of a Martyr Cult in Southern Malawi, c. A.D. 1600, J. Matthew Schoffeleers
Favourite Quotes
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world", Ludwig Wittgenstein
"The deeper you go into the desert, the closer you come to God" (Arab proverb)
"We also say of some people that they are transparent to us. It is, however, important as regards this observation that one human being can be a complete enigma to another. We learn this when we come into a strange country with entirely strange traditions; and, what is more, even given mastery of the country’s language. We do not understand the people. (And not because of not knowing what they are saying to themselves.) We cannot find our feet with them." Ludwig Wittgenstein
About Me
- Culturally Challenged
- Malawi
- 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.
2 comments:
Congratulations Dr Dicks. Something official to show for a lot of hard work. Well done.
That IS an impressive hat! :)
- love and blessings to you and Wendy and Simeon & Benjamin, from Karen, Greg, Otis,Isaac & Brie xxx
Congratulations, Ian. Sandra and I really enjoyed reading your account of the big day (the atmosphere rather reminded us of our days in PNG!). Despite the distractions, you were a picture of gravitas and dignity befitting the honour! It certainly was a worthy recognition of an important body of work.
Love Peter and Sandra Howard.
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