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Jack McBrams

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Lilongwe
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I vent in under 280 characters | bylines @AFP @PlatformMalawi @theContinent_ | founding member @FPA_Africa | mcbrams@gmail.com

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Jack McBrams’s Biography

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I am a Senior Investigative Journalist at PIJ and a correspondent for the AFP News Agency and The Continent. My story, The Elephant Invasion won the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Africa Media Award for Local Journalism 2026. My investigation into Malawi’s Shadow Fleet was also recognised as one of the Best Investigative Stories from Around the World in 2025 by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN). I tweet @mcbrams.

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Sexual Abuse Still Plagues Malawi's Tea Plantations, Women Say - More to Her Story

Sexual Abuse Still Plagues Malawi's Tea Plantations, Women Say - More to Her Story

In a More to Her Story investigation, women on Malawi's tea plantations say that years after landmark settlem…

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'I'm tired of surviving. I want to live again': Cyclone Freddy's legacy in Malawi

'I'm tired of surviving. I want to live again': Cyclone Freddy's legacy in Malawi

Two years on, the cyclone has faded from international headlines. But in Malawi's floodplains, its legacy liv…

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CORRUPTION, KILLINGS, SEXUAL ABUSE ROCK REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SCHEME

CORRUPTION, KILLINGS, SEXUAL ABUSE ROCK REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SCHEME

In a shocking revelation that sends shivers down the spine, the very essence of trust has been shattered as a…

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FATAL PRESCRIPTION

FATAL PRESCRIPTION

At 23, Kottana Chidyaonga died under mysterious circumstances. Police rejected her friends' snake bite story …

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Old bike and farm motor bring light to Malawi village

Old bike and farm motor bring light to Malawi village

Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children di…

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This African village has the world's first 3D printed school

This African village has the world's first 3D printed school

The community awoke in awe, gawking at the building that seemed to have sprouted at the end of the schoolyard…

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Remembering Legson Kayira

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From Malawi to America on Foot: Legson Kayira’s Extraordinary Quest for an Education

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By Jack McBrams
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A dream bigger than the village In October 1958, Legson Kayira announced to his village that he intended to walk to America. The destination was almost unimaginable to the people around him. According to accounts of his journey, his mother sent him off with enough flour for approximately five days, apparently unaware of just how far he intended to travel. Kayira had neither the money nor the documents required for international travel. He was barefoot and dressed in his school uniform.
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One Malawi, many ethnic festivals

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By Jack McBrams
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Malawi’s growing calendar of ethnic festivals is a welcome celebration of heritage, identity and tradition. But amid the dances, regalia and royal speeches, there is an opportunity to build something bigger: a National Cultural Day that brings every community together to celebrate not only who we are, but what unites us. Malawi may be small on the map, but its cultural calendar is becoming crowded.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Firstly as an intern at a government-owned newspaper The Weekly News in 1996 before I joined The Nation Newspaper

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

It has evolved from being a playground to being the source of big news. As such, news organisations have to keep up with the pace of news