Barnaba M. Zingani (born 3 March 1958) is a

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novelist and teacher.Amazon.com website, author information
He is the son of the late Rev. Maxwell Zingani, a primary school teacher and

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, and is the brother of the late author and journalist

Willie Zingani Willie T. Zingani (14 March 1954 – 31 August 2024) was a Malawian novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. Life and career Zingani was the son of the late Rev. Maxwell Zingani, a primary school teacher and voluntary Anglican priest. After leav ...

. Zingani has written five books in the

Chichewa Chewa ( ; also known as Nyanja ) is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun class prefix ''chi-'' is used for languages, so the language is often called or Chinyanja. In Malawi, the name wa ...

language, as well as a technical book, ''

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and

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Mechanics'', and a number of

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in Chichewa, published in Moni magazine. Zingani has also published a children's book in English, '' Black-Skinned Scientist and Other Stories'' (2016).Zingani, Barnaba (2016) ''Black-Skinned Scientist and other stories''. The titles of his novels are: *''Ukaziputa Limba'' (1987) *''Nzeru Za Yekha'' (1990) (children's book) *''Kugwira Njakata'' (1991) *''Ufiti'' (1992) (children's book) *''Mmphawi wa Chuma'' (2000) Zingani is married, and has three daughters and a son.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zingani, Barnaba Malawian writers 1958 births Living people Chewa-language writers