Malawi

Permanent Representative of Malawi to the UN

NAME                                           Prof. David Rubadiri

NATIONALITY                   Malawian

NEW YORK ADDRESS
AND TELEPHONE                    Malawi Mission to the UN 600 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
                                                        Telephone: (212) 949-9847

PERMANENT HOME
ADDRESS
AND TELEPHONE               Two Old Road, Elmsfordt, New York, NY 10532.
                                                        Telephone:  (914) 345-9847

DATES OF SERVICE AS
PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE TO U.N    Since November 1997

OTHER POSTINGS                    UN Ambassador 1964 - 1965

MAIN INTERESTS                      Literature, Drama, Music, Cricket, and Golf
(INTELLECTUALl, CULTURAL
SOCIAL AND OTHER)

CURRICULUM VITAE AND DIPLOMATIC CAREER

NAME                                          James David Rubadiri

DATE AND
PLACE OF BIRTH                   Liuli, Malawi 19th July, 1930

MARITAL STATUS                Married with nine children.

EDUCATION

King:s College, Budo, Kampala, Uganda 1941-1950

PRIZES

English Literature Prize
Fine Art Prize
Poetry Prize
Captain of Cricket

UNIVERSITY

Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda 1952 -1956
B.A. (London), English Literature/History

PRIZES

Governor's Prize for best B.A. finals student in Faculty of Arts
Play Writers Prize
Margaret Graham Poetry Prize
Chairman, Debating Society
President, Student's Guild
Captain of Cricket

BRISTOL UNIVERSITY
ENGLAND 1956 - 1975

Post-graduate Diploma in Education
Recipient of: Poetry Prize

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
KING'S COLLEGE
1960 -1962

M.A. English Literature (English Tripos)

ACTIVITIES

Cambridge Union Society Executive Committee Member for 2 years
Editorial Board, GRANTA and PAWN
Winner of the Stephen Bahrain Prize to travel in France and Greece for literary work
done at King's College, Cambridge
Acted Othello as lead in Cambridge and London for the murmmurs.

NON-UNIVERSITY
PROFESSIONAL
WORK 1957 1960

Dedza Secondary School. Head of the English Department
Ag. Provincial Education Officer. (Southern Province, Malawi)
Principal - Soche Hill College-, now part of the University of Malawi 1962-1963
Malawi Ambassador to the United Nations and Washington 1963-1965

HONOURS

Malawi Independence Medal
Chairman Board of Trustees - Malawi Museum

UNIVERSITY
APPOINTMENTS
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
UGNADA 1965-1975

Senior Resident Tutor - Extra-mural Department
Deputy Registrar
Appointed Lecturer, Dept. of Literature 1967
promoted to'Senior Lecturer 1968
Visiting Professor of English Literature - Northwestern University, U.S.A. 1972

HONOURS

Chairman, Uganda Education Executive Committee 1971-1972
Chairman, Executive Committe - National Theatre and Cultural Centre of
Uganda 1972-1974
Patron, Uganda Writers Association 1968-1975
Executive Committee Member, The Nommo Gallery
Executive Committee Member, The Uganda Society
Executive Committee Member, The Uganda Museum
Executive Committee Member, Makerere Academic Association 1973-1975
Chairman, The Association of Commonwealth Languages and Literature Studies. Elected at Kingston, Jamaica1971-1974
Chief Examiner.- Literature, East African Examinations Council
Chief Adjudicator, Kenya and Uganda Schools Drama Festivals

UNIVERSITY OF
NAIROBI 1976-1984

Following the exodus of Makerere staff after the rise of Idi Amin: Taken on by the University of Nairobi as Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Literature;
Visiting Professor; Dept. of English University of Ife, Nigeria 1978;
Special Task - to start and launch the M.A. Course in Creative Writing and East African Literature;
Chairman; Departmental Post-graduate Committee 1979-1984

HONOURS

Executive Committee Member, Kenya National Theatre 1975-1980
Patron,, Nairobi University Players
Patron; University Writers Association
Patron; Nairobi University Poetry Group.

UNIVERSITY OF
BOTSWANA 1984

Professor and Head of Department of Laguages arid Social Science Education

PUBLICATIONS

Mr. Rubadiri has published numerous African poetries, and many articles covering vast canvas of social sciences

OTHERS

Mr. Rubadiri has read out large number of important papers at various conferences. He has also held membership of numerous Boards