Walije Gondwe (born 1936) is a writer who was the first Malawian woman novelist to have her work published.
[1] Some years after leaving school she started secretarial training and won a scholarship to complete her studies in the UK.
[1] Her book called Will the African Flowers Bloom, due to be published in London in the 1970s, was abandoned when a branch of Oxford University Press ran into difficulty.
[2] Her first published book, Love's Dilemma, appeared in 1985 in Macmillan's Pacesetters series.
The charity collects books and other educational supplies donated in the UK and distributes them in Malawi, especially in remoter areas.