This is a curated selection of my publications. It is extensive but not exhaustive; for additional details on specific works, please visit my publications page.
Academic Publications
Book Chapters
Kachipande, S. (2026, forthcoming). The Material Girl’s Malawian Holiday: A Post-colonial and Black Feminist Analysis of Madonna in Malawi. In Americans in Postcolonial Africa.
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.
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. A. da Cruz (Eds.), Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Routledge.
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.
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.
Kachipande, S. (2023). “Partying with a Purpose” at Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival: Tourism and the global political economy. Journal of Festive Studies.
Edited Volumes, Book Reviews, and Encyclopedia Entries
Wilson, A., & Kachipande, S. (2025, forthcoming). Women in Malawi. In S. Yamashita (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Women’s History. Oxford University Press.
Kachipande, S. (2022). Marijuana in Africa. In Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies. ABC-CLIO.
Kachipande, S. (2022). Bob Marley. In Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies. ABC-CLIO.
Kachipande, S. (2021). Book review: African Roots of Marijuana. Journal of Global South Studies.
Wilson, A., & Kachipande, S. (2020). Women in Malawi. In D. Hodgson (Ed.), The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press.
Conference Proceedings and Essays
Kachipande, S. (2022). BRICS. Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South.
Kachipande, S. (2012). Nation branding through citizenship: Engaging African diaspora entrepreneurs. In Y. Soumaré, P. Yourougou, & P. Koveos (Eds.), Business and Entrepreneurship in Africa Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1, pp. 448–520).
Public Scholarship and Commentary
Kachipande, S. (2020). How diaspora remittances are disrupting the investment and development story in Africa. Kisima Magazine.
Kachipande, S. (2016). Black girls “throwing tantrums” over hair? Excuse me. Pambazuka News.
Kachipande, S. (2016). Selling poverty to the West through music: The story of Ian Brennan and Malawi’s Zomba Prison Band. Pambazuka News.
Kachipande, S. (2016). Why does Malawi continue oil exploration as global prices fall? Pambazuka News.
Kachipande, S. (2015). Why Malawi’s new visa fees alienate Malawians abroad. Maravi Post.
Kachipande, S. (2015). Botswanan or Batswana? It’s complicated. Voices of Africa (Mail & Guardian).
Kachipande, S. (2015). Madonna, Malawi and the problem with celebrity adoptions. Voices of Africa (Mail & Guardian).
Kachipande, S. (2014). The butchering of African names. Voices of Africa (Mail & Guardian).
Kachipande, S. (2013). Revisiting and rebranding the Malawi Young Pioneers. Pambazuka News.
Kachipande, S. (2013). Mindy’s Masai Mara adventure is an insult to us all. The Guardian.
Kachipande, S. (2013). Medical tourism in Africa: Sun, sea, scalpel and safari. Consultancy Africa Intelligence / In On Africa.
Kachipande, S. (2012). Why Malawi can’t just legalise homosexuality. Pambazuka News.
Kachipande, S. (2012). Bring down the African big wigs. The Guardian.
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 convention report and proceedings.
Kachipande, S. (2013). Expert witness, asylum case involving Malawi. Report on Malawian politics prepared for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
