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          Malawi had three first novelists: David Rubadiri, Aubrey Kachingwe, and Legson Kayira, who has died this week in London aged!

          Legson Kayira

          Malawian writer

          Legson Didimu Kayira (c.&#;[nb 1][1] – 14 October [2][3]) was a Malawian novelist.

          An ethnic Tumbuka, he received an education at Skagit Valley College, University of Washington and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

          Legson Kayira was a large infant.

        1. Legson Kayira was a large infant.
        2. Legson Kayira was just years old when he set out on his epic journey from a small rural Malawian village to the United States of America.
        3. Malawi had three first novelists: David Rubadiri, Aubrey Kachingwe, and Legson Kayira, who has died this week in London aged
        4. Legson Kayira, the first Malawian novelist, has died, he recently passed away at the age of But being a famous novelist isn't the best part of his story.
        5. Legson Kayira, a writer, age 74, passed away unexpectedly on October 14, after suffering a brain hemorrhage while walking near his home in London, England.

          6. His early works focused on Malawi's rural life, while his later writings satirised the Hastings Banda regime.

          Biography

          Kayira was born in Mpale, a village in northern Nyasaland (now Malawi); the precise date was not recorded.[1] Soon after his birth, his mother threw him into the Didimu River as she could not afford to feed him.

          He was rescued and acquired the name "Didimu". He himself added the English-sounding name "Legson" when he was in primary school. From primary school, Kayira was awarded a place at Livingstonia Secondary School, whose school motto was "I Will Try" (a phrase he used as the title of his most famous book).[4] On graduating from this school in at ab