“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 […]
VOLUME 79 NO. 1 (MAY 2026) OF THE SOCIETY OF MALAWI JOURNAL IS OUT.
We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 79 No. 1 (May 2026) of the Society of Malawi Journal. Among the highlights in this edition is an article on Prof. Emily Maliwa, based on research conducted by the Lost History Foundation. Prof. Emily Maliwa occupies a remarkable place in Malawi’s history as the first […]
HOW MALAWIAN MUSICIAN LUCIUS BANDA HONOURED THE MWANZA FOUR WITH A REGGAE TUNE.
As Malawi commemorates the memory of the Mwanza Four today, it is important to remember how music also became a powerful medium for preserving the history of political struggle and resistance during and after the authoritarian one-party state era in Malawi. In 1993, Lucius Banda travelled to Johannesburg (South Africa) to study music. While there, […]
ANCIENT FAITH ARRIVES IN MALAWI: ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX DELEGATION SEEKS TO ESTABLISH HISTORIC CHURCH PRESENCE.
Malawi is this week hosting an important ecclesiastical visit from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC), one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world, as a delegation of the EOTC is in the country from 10–15 March 2026 to lay the spiritual and institutional foundations for the establishment of the EOTC in Malawi. The […]
The Month of March in the History of Malawi.
A TREBLE, FIVE GOALS AND THE VIOLENCE: REMEMBERING MDC UNITED’S CHIBUKU CUP TRIUMPH IN 2001. March 2001 occupies a memorable place in Malawi’s soccer history. On Saturday, 31 March 2001, a packed Chichiri Stadium in Blantyre witnessed one of the most dramatic cup finals in the country’s domestic football when MDC United defeated Total Big […]