First published in 1977 and now in its third edition, this book has been recognised as one of the most successful studies to be made of the impact of a Christian mission in Africa. Starting with a survey of the economy and society of Malawi in the mid ninetieth century, the book goes on to examine the home background to the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland and the influence of David Livingstone upon it. It then describes the failure of 'commerce and Christianity' around the south end of Lake Malawi and the subsequent positive response which the mission evoked among the...
First published in 1977 and now in its third edition, this book has been recognised as one of the most successful studies to be made of the impact of ...
Kings M. Phiri, John McCracken, Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu
With contributions from Malawian, Zambian, Zimbabwean, British and American historians this book takes a scholarly as well as eyewitness look at the 1959/60 State of Emergency in Nyasaland. A key turning point in the growth and triumph of Malawian nationalism the contributors examine the Emergency and its significance in the modern political history of Malawi and its central African neighbours.
With contributions from Malawian, Zambian, Zimbabwean, British and American historians this book takes a scholarly as well as eyewitness look at the 1...
