A MAN CALLED JAMES SANGALA THE FIRST
He was a renowned freedom fighter in Nyasaland and co-founder of the first political party in 1944 called the Nyasaland African Congress. The MK 100 note bears his face. His name was James Sangala the first . He was also a prominent figure in football administration. In 1938, together with the District Commissioner for Blantyre […]
1992 LUSAKA CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD EXACTLY 30 YEARS AGO– A PERSONAL REFLECTION
It was on the 23rd March 1983 when Dr. Attati Mpakati was assassinated in cold blood in Harare, Zimbabwe by Dr. Kamuzu Banda’s hitmen. As a leader of the Socialist League of Malawi – LESOMA, the sad news of his gruesome murder was not only born chilling to his followers, but to many Malawian exiles […]
30 YEAR ANNIVESSARY OF THE FAMOUS LUSAKA CONFERENCE
The famous Lusaka conference was a three-day event that commenced on 20th March 1992 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia. The Lusaka conference was organized by a coalition of political formations of Malawians then living in exile. The aim of the Lusaka conference was mainly to strategise on how to intensify the pressure against […]
SOVIET SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE DELEGATION MEETING WITH CHISANO IN MOZAMBIQUE IN APRIL 1975.
Chileka airport Blantyre. On 30 April 1975: we traveled to Lourenco Marques from Dar es Salaam by an East African Airways plane, which had to land at the Malawian airport of Blantyre. All transit passengers were requested to proceed to the air terminal and there a young police or immigration officer almost jumped in excitement […]