Few weeks ago there has been a heated debate about which language should be used as Malawi's official language. What triggered the debate was a video clip that went viral of one of Machinga South East ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gregory Gondwe argues the Malawian president talk better in English than Chichewa, a Bantu language widely spoken in Malawi: “Whether it is a piece of fortune or a curse it is not for me to say. I ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.