Women Gathering to Sing Spirituals

Day of Mourning in the Village

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June 30th 2016
When we arrived on site we did not see the group of women who greeted us each morning with song. We quickly learned that an older woman from the village died during the night, a relative of one of the families whose home we built. Normally following a death, the entire village spends the time in mourning until the following day when the village buries the individual. Despite the tradition of every ... read more

Africa » Malawi

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Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional... ... read more