Current research projects:

Finishing the book: Making Music In Malawi: historical, cultural, economic and political aspects.

Halfway through my autobiography.

Researching the book: Medicine, music and messages: Malawi medical history in song.

Researching the book: Politics of cyclical retribution: the history of nyekhwe in Malawi. 

Books Published:

Lwanda, John.  2019. Malawi: the state we are in? Balaka: Montfort Media.
Lwanda, J 2009. Kamuzu Banda of Malawi: a study in Promise, Power and Legacy. Zomba:Kachere.
Lwanda, J. 2008. Music, Culture and Orature: Reading the Malawi public sphere, 1949 - 2006. Zomba: Kachere. 
Lwanda, J. 2005. Politics, Culture and Medicine in Malawi: Historical continuities and ruptures with special reference to HIV/AIDS. Zomba: Kachere.
Lwanda, J. 2008. The Rhino’s Lament (Poetry, Dudu Nsomba); Lwanda, J 1996 Promises, Power Politics and Poverty: Democratic Transition in Malawi, 1961-1999 (Dudu Nsomba, 1996).
Lwanda, JLC. 1996: Promises, Power Politics and Poverty: Democratic Transition in Malawi, 1961-1999.  Glasgow: Dudu Nsomba Publications.
Lwanda, JLC. 1993: Kamuzu Banda of Malawi: a study in promise, power and paralysis, 1993. Glasgow: Dudu Nsomba Publications
Lwanda, JL. 1994: The second harvest, Dudu Nsomba Publications, Glasgow, 1993 here