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The State of Emergency declared on 3 March 1959 was a turning point in the struggle for liberation in Malawi. In this book, historians from Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Britain and North America come together with key participants in the Emergency to throw new light on the events of 1959-60 and on their continuing legacy. By focusing on local case studies, several contributors extend their analysis beyond broad generalities related to the activities of elite politicians to demonstrate the involvement of more marginal groups including peasant farmers, civil servants and women. Other contributors situate Nyasaland’s State of Emergency within a wider regional and imperial context. Just as colonial officials in Nyasaland drew on counter-insurgency strategies pursued elsewhere, so Malawian nationalists were linked in a variety of ways with nationalists in Southern and Northern Rhodesia. Malawi in Crisis also examines the theme of violence which relates both to colonial and nationalist violence and to the various allegations and counter-allegations made by contemporary politicians and observers. Another set of chapters explore the contrasting legacies of the Emergency both at a national level, as experienced in the annual celebration of Martyr’s Day and, more informally, at the level of the village and in song. The final theme concerns the long-term significance of the Emergency for the evolution of Malawi’s political culture. This is a book which should be of interest to all who seek a historical and political understanding of the way contemporary Malawi is evolving, and the influence it is having on its neighbours in Central Africa. It is a scholarly generated work that is likely to be of interest to teachers, students, political and civil leaders, and friends of Malawi at home and abroad.
Contents
Preface iv
Abbreviation ix
Introduction 1
Part 1: Local Studies 15
1. Owen J.M. Kalinga, Understanding the
Nyasaland State of Emergency in the
Karonga District 16
2. Hendrina Kachapila Mazizwa, ‘Operation Jambo’:
Chiwaliwali Village and the 1959 State of
Emergency 56
3. Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu, ‘Malimidwe’ and the
Agrarian Origins of the Nyasaland State of
Emergency 75
4. Kings M. Phiri, The Nyasaland State of
Emergency as Remembered in Zomba District 93
5. Annie F. Chiponda, The Role of Women in the
Nyasaland State of Emergency, 1959-1960 111
6. Jack T. Thompson, Breaking Down the Barriers:
Unity and Tension at Livingstonia in 1959 129
Part 2: Colonial Violence and African Responses 137
7. Phillip Murphy, A Police State? The Nyasaland
Emergency and Colonial Intelligence 138
8. John McCracken, In the Shadow of Mau Mau:
Detainees and Detention Camps during Nyasaland’s
State of Emergency 166
9. Joey Power, The 1959 “Massacre Plot’:
Testimony and Testimonials Then and Now 193
10. Megan Vaughan, The 1961 Trial of Henry Masauko
Chipembere and the Colonial Laws of Sedition 215
Part 3: Central African Interconnections 239
11. Zoe, Groves, ‘We Must Think in Terms of a Central
African Nation’: Collaboration between
African Nationalisms, 1944-1963 240
12. Ackson M. Kanduza, Nationalism in Zambia and the
Nyasaland State of Emergency: An Assessment 270
13. Tim Stapleton, ‘The War of the Federation’:
African Security Force Personnel from Southern
Rhodesia and the 1959 Nyasaland Emergency 292
Part 4: Memories and Memorials 315
14. Rose Lomathinda Chibambo, Reminiscences of the
Nyasaland State of Emergency, 1959 316
15. Vera Mlangazua Chirwa, The Nyasaland State of
Emergency of 1959/60: A Personal Account 323
16. Terence Ranger, Memories of an Emergency 339
17. John Lwanda, Memory and Music: Memorialising
the Malawi Martyrs 352
18. Bryson G. Nkhoma, The Politics of the 1959 State
of Emergency Commemorations, 1960-2009 381
Bibliography 399
Index 410 | |
