DISSECTING THE INQUIRY REPORTS ON THE DEATH OF EVISON MATAFALE.
EPISODE 3 (2026): THE COMPOSITION OF THE INQUIRY TEAMS. One of the critical issues that deserves examination when revisiting the two inquiries into the death of Evison Matafale is the composition of the respective investigative teams. The credibility and perceived independence of an inquiry are not determined solely by its mandate or the authority that […]
REMEMBERING MALAWI’S REGGAE KING, EVISON MATAFALE: 25 YEARS ON!
November 2026 marks exactly 25 years since the death of Malawi’s reggae king, Evison Matafale, who died on 27 November 2001 at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe while in police custody. In the aftermath of his passing, two parallel inquiries were instituted to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death. Unprecedentedly, and rather surprisingly, both inquiries […]
WHEN MALAWI’S LANGUAGES ENTERED PARLIAMENT
By Ali Gunde. Lilongwe, 29 September 2026 — The Lost History Foundation (LHF) on Tuesday appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs to present its position on the use of Malawi’s indigenous languages in parliamentary proceedings. At the heart of LHF’s submission was a simple question: Why should Malawi conduct its highest public business […]
THE BANDA COINCIDENCE: WHEN BRIAN BANDA’S FINAL CHAPTER ECHOED THE STORY OF JUMANI.
The death of renowned Malawian journalist Brian Banda on 8 August 2026 has left the country in shock. Brian, whose voice and incisive questioning became familiar to many Malawians in the country and abroad, was laid to rest in Blantyre on 10 August. His death came suddenly, following a short illness that, to many people, […]
“WE HAVE FRIENDS, WE ARE NOT ALONE!”: THE SECRET FOREIGN MILITARY SUPPORT TO MALAWI GOVERNMENT DURING THE MWANZA WAR.
One of the most intriguing questions surrounding the Mwanza War of October 1967 is whether foreign countries indeed intervened to militarily support the Malawi Government. Addressing Parliament on 12 December 1967, President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr Kamuzu Banda made a remarkable revelation: > “When the news of Yatuta’s invasion of this country reached […]
“ARREST THEIR FAMILIES AND BURN THEIR HOUSES”: KAMUZU’S SHOCKING PARLIAMENTARY RESPONSE TO THE INVASION OF OCTOBER 1967 IN MWANZA.
On 4 October 1967, as Parliament was in session in the then Malawi’s capital city of Zomba, President Dr Kamuzu Banda announced that an armed group of Malawians had invaded the country through Mwanza. In his address, he informed the Members of Parliament that the armed invaders were disguised in Police Mobile Force uniforms, heavily […]
FROM BOOK TO STAGE: THE MWANZA WAR STORY COMES ALIVE THROUGH THEATRE
By Ali Gunde. The story of the Mwanza War of October 1967 is set to move from the pages of history into the theatre stage. Following the release of The Mwanza War of October 1967: Cold War Shadows in Malawi, published by the Lost History Foundation (LHF) in collaboration with Wissen Books, YDC Theatre has […]
NEW BOOK REVEALS THE UNTOLD STORIES OF CASUALTIES AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN THE MWANZA WAR OF OCTOBER 1967.
By Ali Gunde The Lost History Foundation (LHF), in collaboration with Wissen Books, has released ‘The Mwanza War of October 1967: Cold War Shadows in Malawi’, written by Paliani Chinguwo (PhD). The book re-examines the events surrounding the 17 armed fighters led by Yatuta Chisiza and places the Mwanza War within the broader regional and […]
BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: THREE POWERFUL LEGACIES OF THE MWANZA WAR OF OCTOBER 1967
By Ali Gunde The Lost History Foundation (LHF), in collaboration with Wissen Books, has released The Mwanza War of October 1967: Cold War Shadows in Malawi, written by Paliani Chinguwo (PhD). The book revisits the events surrounding the 17 armed fighters led by Yatuta Chisiza and places the Mwanza War within the wider regional and […]
BEYOND MALAWI: NEW BOOK REVEALS THE UNTOLD COLD WAR STORY BEHIND THE MWANZA WAR OF OCTOBER 1967 IN MALAWI.
By Ali Gunde For decades, the armed uprising led by Malawi’s former Minister of Home Affairs, Yatuta Chisiza, in October 1967 has largely been remembered as a small internal rebellion confined to Malawi’s south-western district of Mwanza. However, a newly released book argues that the event was far bigger than a domestic confrontation — it […]