A secretive 5am coronation in Salima has exploded into a full-blown cultural and political crisis, laying bare deep cracks within the Chewa people and raising questions about legitimacy, power and the ...

Paramount Chief Kalonga Gawa Undi of the Chewa people of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique has called for the revival of the popular growth triangle for the benefit of the three neighbouring countries.

Thousands of people from Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique gathered at Mkaika Chewa headquarters in Katete, Zambia on Saturday, to pay homage to Chewa Chief, Kalonga Gawa Undi at the annual Kulamba ...

The Chewa are the largest ethnic group in Malawi, representing a third of the population of approximately 19 million, and their language - Chichewa - is Malawi's national language. Yet the last book ...

This article attempts to place Nyau, a dance form, a men's association, and a ritual system among the Chewa of central Malawi, in the context of contemporary (1983-86) rural Malawi. Deriving from ...

Gule Wamkulu was a secret cult, involving a ritual dance, practiced among the Chewa in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It was performed by members of the Nyau brotherhood, a secret society of ...

The Journal of the Society of Malawi (formerly known as the Nyasaland Society) has been published twice a year without fail since 1948, a record of which the Society is justifiably proud. The articles ...

Many Christians in Malawi are criticizing the inclusion of a controversial tradition in Christmas celebrations -- a dance of the Chewa, called Gule wankulu. Some Christians call the practice wicked.

Besides, Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe now has many high flying musicians who are well known and played throughout Southern Africa. Nicholas Zakaria is arguably the humblest and the quietest of them all.