VOTER REGISTRATION FOR THE AUGUST 1961 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OPENS ON 13TH FEBRUARY 1961
The first multi-party elections in Malawi were conducted on 15 August 1961 for the legislative council of Nyasaland. This was way before Nyasaland became independent on 6th July 1964. The voter registration period of five weeks for the elections opened on the 13th of February 1961 and closed on the 18th of March 1961. A […]
3RD FEBRUARY IN THE HISTORY OF MALAWI.
The official narrative indicates that Nyasaland’s freedom fighter John Chilembwe was shot dead on 3rd February 1915 in Mulanje as he fled to Mozambique. In October 2023, a digitised archival material was posted on social media by a historian at Lane College in Tennessee (USA) called Dr. Azaria Mbughuni. This archival material is a marriage […]
Chilembwe: The Man, Myth and Legend
Watch this video documentary by the Lost History Foundation on John Chilembwe:
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.
A MAN CALLED JAMES SANGALA THE FIRST
He was a renowned freedom fighter in Nyasaland and co-founder of the first political party in 1944 called the Nyasaland African Congress. The MK 100 note bears his face. His name was James Sangala the first . He was also a prominent figure in football administration. In 1938, together with the District Commissioner for Blantyre […]