User:Child of the kingdom/Shadreck Chikoti

Born in 1979, Shadreck Chikoti is one of the over talented Africans. He is a writer of notable reputation internationally, with five published books to his credit. He is a professional journalist, a painter, a radio producer, a play wright, an up coming musician and a preacher.

Shadreck was educated at Robert Blake Secondary School, the Polytechnic College of Malawi, and African Bible College. He holds a bachelors Degree in Theorogy and Communication.

In 2001 he was speakers at the Zibwabwe book Fair where he presented his paper, "Anglophone Literature, does it have a future?" in 2008 he presented another paper in Sweden, "The place of African Literature, the freedom writing theory." This paper talks about the theory of African writing that Chikoti advocates.

He is the first Malawian to have written a book at 19 years of age. Shadreck has also travelled to USA, Denmark,(where he was a writer in residence), Sweden, Holland, South Africa, Zambia and Senegal. His works include,