The Rainbow Bridge Language Translation Team

Chichewa Translator

Winfred Mkochi

Born on 7 November 1977 at Mpamba in Nkhata-Bay, a lakeshore district in the northern part of Malawi ('The Warm Heart of Africa'), I am the eldest in a christian family of six. I attended my primary education at Mpamba Full Primary School. I received my secondary education at Nyambadwe Distance Education Centre before joining Chancellor College, the main campus of the University of Malawi, where I obtained my first degree in education, linguistics and literature. Meanwhile, I am studying towards an MA in Linguistics at the University of Malawi. I taught English at Kasungu and Ndirande Hill Secondary Schools and Domasi College of Education before joining the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malawi. My dream to publish articles in linguistics seems to be coming true very soon. Since my contact with Chancellor College in 1997, I have been a strong member of Writers Workshop Group where some of my literary items have been discussed. Some of the items in Chichewa and English have appeared in local newspapers and magazines. I have just married and, God willing, we expect to have children.