Below is a curated selection of my published and forthcoming work across academic, public, and community‑engaged scholarship.
List of Publications
For a more comprehensive record of my academic, public, and community‑engaged scholarship, view my list of publications page.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Kachipande, S. (2023). “Sun, Sand, Sex, and Safari: The Interplay of Sex Tourism and Global Inequalities in Africa’s Tourism Industry.” Journal of Global South Studies.
Explores the relationship between sex tourism, globalization, and structural inequalities within Africa’s tourism industry, highlighting how global economic disparities shape mobility, labor, and intimate encounters.
Polanah, P. S., & Kachipande, S. (2023). “Mapping Reverse Colonialism: Notes on the Many Lives of a Post-Colonial Trope.” Alizés: Revue Angliciste de La Réunion. DOI:10.61736/alizes.123/43/02
Examines the concept of reverse colonialism as a postcolonial trope and traces its multiple meanings across historical, political, and cultural contexts.
Kachipande, S. (2023). “Partying with a Purpose: Tourism and the Global Political Economy of Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival.” Journal of Festive Studies. DOI:10.33823/jfs.2023.5.1.156
Investigates the intersections of tourism, development, culture, and globalization through an analysis of Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival and its role in the global political economy.
Book Chapters
Kachipande, S. (2024). “Borders, Biopolitics, and Travel Bans: Surveying Southern Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” In M. E. Korstanje & V. G. B. Gowreesunkar (Eds.), Anthropology of Tourism: Exploring the Social and Cultural Intersection. Apple Academic Press (Taylor & Francis).
Analyzes the impact of COVID-19 travel restrictions in Southern Africa, highlighting how borders, mobility, and raced, classed, and gendered state responses shaped tourism, citizenship, and everyday life during the pandemic.
Kachipande, S. (2023). “Citizenship, Belonging, and the ‘Stupid Federation’: The Colonial Roots of Contemporary Xenophobia and Nativism in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.” In S. O. Abidde, M. R. Hall, & J. de Arimatéia da Cruz (Eds.), Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Routledge.
Explores the colonial origins of contemporary xenophobia and nativism in Southern Africa, examining how historical political arrangements and migration withing the region continue to shape debates about citizenship, belonging, and national identity.
Encyclopedia Entries and Reference Works
Wilson, A., & Kachipande, S. (2020). “Women in Malawi.” In D. Hodgson (Ed.), The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.694
Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of women in Malawi, exploring gender relations, political participation, economic life, and social change across different historical periods.
Kachipande, S. (2022). “Marijuana in Africa” and “Bob Marley.” In J. Hawdon, B. Miller, & M. Costello (Eds.), Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies. ABC-CLIO.
Explores the cultural, political, historical, and social dimensions of marijuana in Africa, as well as the influence of Bob Marley on global cannabis culture and popular understandings of marijuana.
Public Scholarship and Commentary
Newspapers, magazines, Essays
Kachipande, S. (2022, April 19). “BRICS.” Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South.
Provides an overview of the BRICS coalition (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), examining its significance within global political economy, South-South cooperation, and shifting global power relations.
Kachipande, S. (2020, October–December). “How Diaspora Remittances Are Disrupting the Investment and Development Story in Africa.” Kisima Magazine, 11–13.
Examines the role of diaspora remittances in shaping economic development across Africa, challenging conventional narratives that prioritize foreign aid and investment while highlighting the growing importance of transnational financial flows and migrant contributions.
Kachipande, S. (2016, March 21). “Selling Poverty to the West Through Music: The Story of Ian Brennan and Malawi’s Zomba Prison Band. ” Pambazuka News. Reprinted in AllAfrica.com.
Critically examines the representation of poverty, development, and Africa in global music and media through the case of Malawi’s Zomba Prison Project. Drawing on postcolonial perspectives, the essay explores the politics of storytelling, representation, and the ways African experiences are framed for Western audiences.
Kachipande, S. (2015, October 7). “Why Malawi’s New Visa Fees Alienate Malawians Abroad.” Maravi Post.
Examines the impact of Malawi’s visa policies on diaspora communities, exploring questions of citizenship, belonging, migration, and the relationship between African states and their citizens living abroad.
Kachipande, S. (August 17, 2015). “Botswanan or Batswana? It’s Complicated.” Voices of Africa (Mail & Guardian South Africa).
Explores questions of national identity, citizenship, ethnicity, and belonging in Botswana, examining how language and identity shape conceptions of nationhood and the place of marginalized ethnic groups within states often imagined as culturally homogeneous.
Kachipande, S. (2015, July 27). “Madonna, Malawi and the Problem with Celebrity Adoptions.” Voices of Africa (Mail & Guardian).
Examines the intersections of celebrity humanitarianism, international adoption, race, and global inequality through the case of Madonna’s adoptions from Malawi. The essay critically explores how power, representation, and development shape relationships between Western celebrities and Malawian communities.
Kachipande, S. (2014, March 19). “The Butchering of African Names.” Voices of Africa (Mail & Guardian South Africa).
Explores the cultural significance of African names and the social consequences of their mispronunciation, alteration, and erasure. The essay examines how naming practices reflect broader questions of identity, power, language, and cultural recognition in a globalized world.
Kachipande, S. (August 26, 2013). “Medical Tourism in Africa: Sun, Sea, Scalpel and Safari.” Consultancy Africa Intelligence / In On Africa, republished by Polity.org.za.
Explores the growth of medical tourism in Africa and its implications for healthcare systems, economic development, globalization, and inequality. The essay examines how the movement of patients, capital, and medical services reflects broader patterns within the global political economy.
Kachipande, S. (2012, December 5). “Africa Stands With Palestine at the UN.” Think Africa Press. Republished by AllAfrica.
Examines African countries’ support for Palestine’s bid for non-member observer state status at the United Nations, exploring how histories of anti-colonial struggle, self-determination, Pan-African solidarity, diplomatic interests, and international political alliances shaped African voting patterns.
Kachipande, S. (2012, October 12). “Bring Down the African Big Wigs.” The Guardian (UK). Originally published in Africa on the Blog.
Critiques the continued use of colonial legal traditions in African judicial systems, focusing on the symbolic and material significance of judges’ wigs. The essay argues that these practices reflect enduring colonial influences that often fail to serve contemporary African societies, while imposing unnecessary financial costs through the importation of European legal attire. It advocates for the decolonization of legal aesthetics and proposes culturally grounded alternatives that draw on local traditions and materials.
Kachipande, S. (2012, June). “Why Malawi Can’t Just Legalise Homosexuality.” Pambazuka News.
Examines the social, political, religious, and historical factors shaping debates about LGBTQ+ rights in Malawi. The essay explores the complexities of legal reform, cultural change, and human rights within postcolonial African contexts. Drawing on the influence of liberation theology and the legacy of John Chilembwe, it argues for approaches to social change that are grounded in local histories, values, and traditions of justice and liberation.
Book Reviews
Kachipande, S. (2021). Review of African Roots of Marijuana. Journal of Global South Studies.
Reviews the historical and cultural significance of cannabis in Africa, assessing the book’s contribution to scholarship on agriculture, trade, colonialism, and social life on the continent.
Professional Reports
Kachipande, S. (2015). Rapporteur, African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) Global Africa Diaspora Convention, Baltimore, MD, November 19–22, 2015.
Contributed to the preparation of the convention report and proceedings, documenting discussions and policy recommendations on African diaspora engagement, development, and relations with the African continent.
Kachipande, S. (2013). Expert witness report on Malawian politics for an asylum case. Prepared for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
The report provided expert analysis of Malawi’s political environment and country conditions in support of an asylum proceeding.
