CONNECTION BETWEEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. OF THE USA AND JOHN CHILEMBWE OF MALAWI OF THE NYASALAND UPRISING OF 1915
Actually, there is a striking connection between Martin Luther King Jr and John Chilembwe: 1. The President of Virginia Theological College at the time Chilembwe studied at the college was Gregory Hayes. Gregory Hayes championed the philosophy of Self-help as a tool to overcome oppression. He interacted with Chilembwe and their names appear as founding […]
THE NAMING CEREMONY ON 1ST JANUARY 2024 TO BE HELD AT THE STUDIOS OF THE LOST HISTORY FOUNDATION (LHF) IN NAMIWAWA, BLANTYRE.
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE MWANZA FOUR ON 18 MAY 1983
History of Labour Day in Malawi
Part 2 of 3 The socio-economic impacts of the IMF/World Bank-sponsored Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), which the Government of Malawi started to implement in 1980, coupled with a wind of political change across Africa upon the end of the Cold War, provided fertile ground for the rejuvenation of vibrant trade unionism in Malawi. The immediate […]
THE HISTORY OF LABOUR DAY IN MALAWI: How trade unions started
The history of organized labour in Malawi goes back as far as 1945 when the first trade union or workers’ organisation, the Transport and General Workers Union, initially called Magalimoto , was set up by two truck drivers cum politicians by the names of *Lawrence Makata* and *Lali Lubani.* A few years later, the following […]
PRESENTATION ON MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN MALAWI (1964-1994)
On 2 March 2023, the Lost History Foundation delivered a presentation on the media landscape in Malawi (1964-1994) to media students at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). The full presentation can be accessed by clicking here.