UID:
edocfu_9960120068802883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-283-08143-1
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9786613081438
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1-58046-755-5
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, v. 43
Content:
Inspired by the events leading up to the overthrow of Doctor Hastings Kamuzu Banda's Life Presidency, this book explores the deep logic of Malawi's political culture as it emerged in the colonial and early post-colonial periods. It draws on archival sources from three continents and oral testimonies gathered over a ten-year period provided by those who lived these events. Power narrates how anti-colonial protest was made relevant to the African majority through the painstaking engagement of politicians in local grievances and struggles, which they then linked to the fight against white settler domination in the guise of the Central African Federation. She also explores how Doctor Banda (leader of independent Malawi for thirty years), the Nyasaland African Congress, and its successor, the Malawi Congress Party, functioned within this political culture, and how the MCP became a formidable political machine. Central to this process was the deployment of women and youth to cut across parochial politics and consolidate a broad base of support. No less important was the deliberate manipulation of history and the use of rumor and innuendo, symbol and pageantry, persecution and reward. It was this mix that made people both accept and reject the MCP regime, sometimes simultaneously. Joey Power is professor of history at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Power and authority in early colonial Malawi -- From tribe to nation: defending indirect rule -- From tribe to nation: the Nyasaland African Congress -- The federal challenge: noncooperation and the crisis of confidence in elite politics -- Building urban populism -- Planting populism in the countryside -- Bringing back Banda -- Prelude to crisis: inventing a Malawian political culture -- Du's challenge: car accident as metaphor for political violence -- Crisis and Kuthana politics -- Legacies.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-58046-310-X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
DOI:
10.1515/9781580467551
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