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He was educated at Zomba Catholic Secondary School, then at the University of Malawi where he earned a Bachelor of Arts At the University of Wales, he took a teaching diploma in English as a Second Language. And Doctor of Philosophy in teaching.
At Columbia University in the United States, he was awarded his Master of Arts After studying at Leeds, England, Chimombo returned to Malawi to edit the literary bulletin Outlook-lookout. He was a professor of English at Chancellor College in Malawi and was considered one of the nation"s leading writers. The poet Stanley Onjezani Kenani wrote the following appreciation of Chimombo: "Except for J.W. Gwengwe, Doctor of Divinity Phiri, Jack Mapanje, and Francis Chipasula, I cannot think of any Malawian who has contributed more to Malawian literature than Professor
Chimombo." He died at the age of 70 on 11 December 2015 in Blantyre.