About Joshua
Joshua Chienda was born and raised in Malawi. Although he was a Science major in the University, he likes to explore stories that can potentially positively impact societies. Such stories may be technological, historical or cultural.
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African brilliance has not received the recognition it deserves
Reading Time: 3 minutesTime and again, I have heard or read the sweeping claim that black Africa has contributed nothing of significance to world civilisation. For some non-Africans, this conviction appears so deeply entrenched that whenever historical evidence emerges pointing to African ingenuity or achievement, it is instinctively dismissed as fabrication or, if reluctantly acknowledged, attributed to some…
Understanding cultural sensitivities
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2014, a Belgian gentleman in his late fifties made a determined search for me in Blantyre. Unfortunately, his efforts proved fruitless because I was then based in Lilongwe, serving a three-year contract with the Government. Time and again, he called at the Polytechnic, where he had been assured he would find me. Eventually, a…
Building something from first principles
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few years ago, I built a prototype electric bell based on the principle of electromagnetic induction. I wound a length of fine wire many times around two steel nails, turning them into simple electromagnets that would attract a metal strip, fixed at one end, whenever current from a battery was applied. As the strip…
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