By Winston Kawale, Senior Lecturer, Mzuzu Univeristy. Email: wrkawale@gmail.com The “Project Malawi” website describes Lilongwe as a place that “was a simple trading centre in the late 50s, having spawned no famous leader, recorded no historic event, and having no entries in the book of facts that would highlight its background.” This, at best, is…
Month: December 2018
Lost history
The Significance of 25th November
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Dr. Kamuzu Banda was a medical practitioner and politician who was allegedly born in 1898 in Nyasaland (Kasungu district). He left Nyasaland in 1915 as young man for Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, USA, Britain and Ghana where he worked and studied for over 40 years. He returned to Nyasaland on 6 July 1958 to lead…
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The Origin of Title ‘Moses’ (Mose Wa Lero) in Malawi’s Politics.
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It is well known that Prof. Bingu Mutharika during his tenure of office as a Head of State of the Republic of Malawi, was given a title ‘Moses’ (Mose) drawn from the Biblical Moses. Renowned musician Joseph Nkasa also composed a song with a title track ‘Mose wa lero’ to support the view that Prof.…
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POSTPONEMENT OF THE LAUNCH AND FIRST SCREENING OF OCTOBER 1967 MWANZA WAR VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
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The general public is hereby informed that the official launch and first screening of the October 1967 *Mwanza War Video* Documentary, has been postponed from 22 December 2018 to *2nd February 2019.* This is due to a number of concerns received pertaining to logistical bottlenecks in light of the festive season that has commenced that…