Prof. Ibbo Mandaza writes about Prof. Thandika Mkandawire.
Thandika Mkandawire : An Intellectual Giant, an Incorrigible PanAfricanist An Obituary by Ibbo Mandaza Thandika Mkandawire who passed...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20214 min read
Once upon a time in 1967: University of Malawi in a crisis.
By Dr. Louis Nthenda. Most readers may not be familiar with the events of the 1960s which led to Thandika losing his passport and...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20211 min read
THE 4TH MEMORIAL EVENT FOR DR ATTATI MPAKATI ON SUNDAY 22ND MARCH 2020 AT BLANTYRE CULTURAL CENTRE.
1. Standing left is Paliani Chinguwo based in Gaborone , he was the Master of Ceremony for the event. 2. Right behind him is Frank Jiya...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20213 min read
DID MALAWI UNDER DR KAMUZU BANDA EVER SUPPORT ANC IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID?
Part 3_ . And again, if you search (or Google) *Battle of Quito Cuanavale* of 1988. This was a fierce battle that was fought in Angola...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20212 min read
AS WE CONTINUE TO COMMEMORATE THE STRUGGLE OF WORKERS IN THIS MONTH OF MAY
As we commemorate the historic struggles of workers world wide in this month of May in which labour (workers’) day falls, there are...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20214 min read
UNTOLD STORIES OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF WORKING CLASS WOMEN TOWARDS THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUM
As we commemorate the historic struggles of workers worldwide in this month of May in which labour (workers’) day falls, there are...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20212 min read
Some African graduates from Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow in the 1980s.
Lindiwe Zulu Lindiwe Zulu is currently South Africa’s Minister of Social Development. In 1989, she was in Lusaka, Zambia where she held...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20213 min read
The Tragedy for the Flames in December 1987 in Eritrea.
For many soccer fans in Malawi if asked to mention any tragedy that ever occurred in the history of international soccer in Africa, they...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20214 min read
Dr Robert Laws and the First Surgical Operation in Nyasaland
Article written by Inno Chanza Dr Laws performed the first known successful operation in Nyasaland on 2nd March 1876 using chloroform to...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20213 min read
The Flames encounters mayhem in Madagascar in August 1983 and qualifies to AFCON for the first time
The Flames in Antananarivo on 14 August 1983: Back row- Stock Dandize, Peterkins Kayira, Rueben Malola, Jack Chamangwana, Donnex Gondwe,...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20214 min read
The Flames squad encounters mayhem and miraculously escapes deaths in Ethiopia in March 1989.
The Malawi National Soccer Team (Flames) as the then reigning champions of the 1988 Council for East and Central Africa Football...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20213 min read
KEY LESSONS FROM HISTORY ON CRITICAL MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHEN CHANGING FROM ONE ADMINISTRATION TO THE
HIDING AND DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS The Malawi National Archives (Headquarters) in Zomba At the Eve of Independence in 1964....
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20213 min read
Three CECAFA tournaments that the Flames were geared to win in the 1980s, but didn’t.
Flames on 19 November 1978 at Kamuzu Stadium Despite being crowned the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20211 min read
A VETERAN LESOMA CADRE WHO WAS ALSO A DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR CHITIPA LAID TO REST IN KARONGA
Humprey Gondwe during a LESOMA (students meeting) in Dar-es-salaam in 1992. HUMPHREY GONDWE left Malawi with his twin brother Maxwell...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20212 min read
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME FOR MALAWI TO CONDUCT FRESH NATIONAL ELECTIONS UPON NULLIFICATION.
Hon. Loius Chimango Malawi held the presidential elections on 20th May 2019 which were nullified by the Constitutional Court on 3rd...
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20211 min read
IN THE WAKE OF FRESH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS HELD ON 29 JUNE 1978, LIFE PRESIDENT DR. KAMUZU BANDA A
Cable sent from US Embassy in Lilongwe to Department of State in Washington DC on 6 July 1978. Hon. Louis Chimango FOLLOWING MINISTERS...
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Nov 15, 20210 min read
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palianic2011
Nov 15, 20211 min read
From the Archives:
THE PRESS CUP FINAL MATCH: UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB (UFC) VS. MDC UNITED AT CIVO STADIUM IN LILONGWE, 7TH MAY 1989. MDC United Clifton...
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palianic2011
Nov 13, 20212 min read
James Chuma and Abdallah Susi.
At Ujiji Henry Molton Stanley was welcomed by a native who spoke fine English… “Sir May I help you”. Henry was looking for Dr David...
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palianic2011
Nov 13, 20211 min read
THE 1966 POPULATION CENSUS IN MALAWI.
This was the first population census to be conducted in Malawi after independence. It is revealed that large numbers of immigrant *Lomwe*...
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