How an ancient rainmaker inspired a quest to nurture female writers in Malawi

I was struck by how few authors I could name who are women. With Makewana, the mother' responsible for rain, as our namesake, my group set out to end the literary drought

I have often tried to imagine what Makewana, the original female rainmaker of ancient Malawi, must have looked like.

There is a statue of her with long hair at Mua Mission in Dedza, since to cut her hair would have signified drought.