Written by Inno Chanza. In 1995 Lt. Col James Njoloma organized a few soldiers to topple Bakili Muluzi. He was betrayed by fellow soldiers who alerted the authorities. Lt. Col James Njoloma and his accomplices went AWOL which led to the biggest police manhunt in Nyasaland since the 1915 Uprising. Ironically, Lt. Col James Njoloma’s…
Written by Inno Chanza Chikuse.. The Ngoni King didn’t know that his impis had invaded Blantyre and the Shire Highlands.🔥 He thought they had gone to Mocambique on the other side of the Kingdom to look for cattle.🙊 The impis would take 3 to 4 months and return with cattle to the royal kraal.🔥 Meanwhile…
It is estimated that 10-15 percent of people in Southern Iran are blacks. During the Qajar dynasty in Iran, many wealthy households imported African women and children as slaves to perform domestic work. This slave labor was drawn exclusively from Bantu-speaking peoples of the Southeast Africa, in an area roughly comprising modern-day Tanzania, Mozambique and…
“…The Press conferences were memorable affairs in which Dr. Kamuzu Banda’s personal bodyguards played a major role. They wore white uniforms with red pillow box-styled caps and their job was to eject from the conference those who might persist in asking undesirable questions. We called them ice cream men. [One of the press conferences went…
By Conleith Selenje There was an Electoral Commission that managed the May 1994 elections in Malawi. Appointed by Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, It was sworn in on 17th December 1993 by Chief Justice Richard Banda at the High Court of Malawi in Blantyre. The commission was chaired by a lady judge, Justice Anastazia Msosa Prominent…
