The Kachere Series
is an initiative of the Department of Theology and Religious
Studies at the University of Malawi. It aims to promote the
emergence of a body of literature which will enable students and
others to engage critically with religion, culture and society
in Malawi. As important resources for study related to these
fields, the editors are confident that the books of the Kachere
Series will come to be prized not only within Malawi, but in
every academic centre concerned with religion and society in
Africa. An important starting point lies with the publication of
essays and theses which until now have been inaccessible to all
but the most dedicated specialist. It is also hoped, however,
that the development of scholarship in Malawi will stimulate the
writing of many new books.
There are four
categories of publishing that the Kachere Series produces:
Kachere Books,
Kachere Texts,
Kachere Monographs, and
Kachere Studies. In addition, it publishes two academic
journals and the "Sources for the Study of Religion in Malawi".
The Kachere Series also looks after the interest of the Mvunguti
Series, a sister to the Kachere Series, which publishes books
"in the many languages of Malawi".
