Francis Moto

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Professor Francis P. B. Moto (born 1952) is a Malawian writer, academic, and diplomat. He was the Principal of Chancellor College and then the ambassador to the UK and then Brazil. His home is Golomoti in the Dedza District of Malawi.

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Life

Moto was born in 1952 and he attended secondary school in Chichiri in Blantyre before he was admitted to the University of Malawi in 1972, obtaining a degree in linguistics in 1977. [1]

From 1978-1980 Francis Moto studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, obtaining an MA in linguistics. [1] He was awarded a PhD from University College London in 1989. From 1990-93, he served as Education Attaché of Malawi in London, [2] Later he worked as lecturer in Chichewa and linguistics at Chancellor College (part of the University of Malawi). From 1998-2005 he was Principal of Chancellor College. [2]

In 2005, following disturbances at the university, Moto was removed as Principal by the then President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika. [3] He was subsequently appointed High Commissioner of Malawi in London from 2005–10, and later served as the first Ambassador of Malawi in Brazil from 2011–15.

Moto's book Trends in Malawi Literature (2001) has been the subject of a detailed critique by Professor Harri Englund of the University of Cambridge. [4]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Nzeru Umati Zako Nzokuuza, author information.
  2. 1 2 Malawi Update, published by the Scottish Malawi Network, July 2006.
  3. Nation Online, 2 Sep 2005.
  4. Englund, Harri (2004). "Gender Relations in African-Language Literature: Interpretative Politics and Possibilities". African Sociological Review 8.1. (Available on the Internet).