Paul Kishindo (1952 – December 1, 2020) was a Malawian sociologist, professor of Rural Sociology and former Dean of Social Science at

University of Malawi The University of Malawi (UNIMA) is a public university established in 1965 and until 4 May 2021, when the university underwent a delinking, was composed of four constituent colleges located in Zomba, Blantyre, and Lilongwe. Of the four colleges, ...

Chancellor College Dr. Kishindo is well known in Malawi and internationally for his work on rural sociology in Malawi.

Career

He attended University of Malawi in 1970. He joined the

as an Assistant Lecturer in 1978. He became a professor in 1997. He later became the Dean of Social Science at Chancellor College,

. He is the author of several journal articles and an editor of a book on rural Malawi

Anglican Church Controversy

Kishindo was a well-known critic of the abuses of clergy in Malawi. He was ex-communicated from the Anglican church along with 20 others their open criticism over church politics and Bishop Brighton Malasa. A leaked letter was published in the media where Kishindo described Anglican Bishop Brighton Malasa as “juvenile” and “delinquent”.

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Articles

*Kishindo, Paul & Mvula, Peter. (2017). Malawi's land problem and potential for rural conflict. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 35. 1–13. 10.1080/02589001.2017.1342784. *Kishindo, Paul. (2011). Emerging Reality in Customary Land Tenure: The Case of Kachenga Village in Balaka District, Southern Malawi. African Sociological Review. 14. 10.4314/asr.v14i1.70231. *Kishindo, Paul. (2009). An Examination of the Major Assumptions in the Design of Malawi's Community Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP). Forum for Development Studies. 36. 329–340. 10.1080/08039410.2009.9666440. *Kishindo, Paul. (2004). Customary land tenure and the new land policy in Malawi. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 22. 213–225. 10.1080/cjca0258900042000230023. *Kishindo, Paul. (2000). Community Project Funding in Malawi under the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) Demand-Driven Approach: Potential for Perpetuating Imbalances in Development. Journal of Social Development in Africa. 15. 10.4314/jsda.v15i1.23850. *Kishindo, Paul. (1995). Sexual behaviour in the face of risk: The case of bar girls in Malawi's major cities. Health Transition Review. 5. 153–160. 10.2307/40652159. *Kishindo, Paul. (1988). Farmer clubs and

smallholder A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model. Definitions vary widely for what constitutes a smallholder or small-scale farm, including factors such as size, food production technique or technology ...

agricultural development in Malawi. Development Southern Africa. 5. 228–233. 10.1080/03768358808439397.

Book

*Peter Mvula, Meya Kalindekafe, Paul Kishindo, Erling Berge, Friday Njaya. Towards Defragmenting the Management System of Lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi (Defragmenting African Resource Management (DARMA)

Personal life

He was born in

Balaka District Balaka is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Balaka. The district covers an area of 2,193 km.² and has a population of over 310,000. The district's population is increasing at a rate of 2.3% per annum. Major att ...

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

in Kachenga Village. He died on December 1, 2020. He is survived by a wife and children, including High Court Judge Justus Kishindo.

References

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