Malawi, Road to Democracy

Malawi, Road to Democracy. A Book on MALAW. Ross, C. A. (2009), points out that recognisable modern political parties and politics in Malawi can be identified as early as 1912 when the first North Nyasa Native Association‘ was formed in Karonga District by A. Simon Muhango and Levi Mumba. The second was at Bandawe in 1914 that was followed by Mombera of the Ngonis in Mzimba sanctioned by the paramount Chief Nkosi Mbelwa. The rest, followed in the South and Central regions respectively. The history of pre-independent Malawi will be incomplete without the mention of the John Chilembwe uprising in 1915 who according to Norbert C. B., (1994) instructed his followers to strike a blow and die" against cruel British colonialists. The Native associations amalgamated later in 1944 to form a political party called the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC). There were some political elites such as Orton Chirwa, H.B.M. Chipembere and Kanyama Chiume who were instrumental in propelling Dr. Banda to prominence following his return from America, United Kingdom and Ghana in 1958