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Desmond Dudwa Phiri
1931 – 2019
Seventeen books, and a place among Africa's leading authors
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Author, economist, historian and playwright, with seventeen books to his name and a place on the Pan-African Writers' Association's list of the continent's top authors.
Desmond Dudwa Phiri was a Malawian author, economist, historian and playwright.
He published seventeen books across history, sociology and economics, and in 2011 the Pan-African Writers' Association named him among the top twenty-three authors in Africa.
He published seventeen books across history, sociology and economics, and in 2011 the Pan-African Writers' Association named him among the top twenty-three authors in Africa.
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