Career Born in
Luanshya,
Northern Rhodesia, Frank Chipasula attended St. Peter's Primary School on
Likoma Island, Soche Hill Day Secondary School, Malosa Secondary School, Chancellor College,
University of Malawi, In 1978, Chipasula went into exile in the
United States as a result of the
Hastings Banda government, studying for his
M.A. in Creative Writing at
Brown University, a second
M.A. in
African American Studies at
Yale University and gaining a
Ph.D. in
English literature from Brown University in 1987. Previously a professor of
Black Studies at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha and
Howard University, Chipasula has also worked as the education
attaché at the Malawian embassy in
Washington, D.C.. His first book,
Visions and Reflections (1972), is also the first published poetry volume in English by a Malawian writer. As well as poetry, which has been widely anthologised, he has written radio plays and fiction. In 2018, Chipasula organized the Women's Poetry Festival in Malawi. They have two grown children, James Masauko Mgeni Akuzike and Helen Chipo. ==Distinctions==