The Soldier himself

What we thought was a Lucius Banda concert turned out to be a rather extravagant fundraising dinner for the Malawi Congress Party. I think my friend Joanna and I were the only attendees not having the word 'honorable' before our names. Not being able to afford to compete in the bidding for the honor of sitting next to president John Tembo (the seats ended up selling for 2000 dollar a pop) we were, for a change, probably the least wealthy people in the room.

Life on Malawian Time

September 16th 2008
Life on Malawian Time I would call it African time (as a lot of people do) but that’s quite a generalization so I’ll call it Malawian Time, as even the Malawians call it this. I have been experiencing more of this than usual recently so thought I’d write a little bit about it. I have so far spent one evening and two days in Lilongwe working on picking up my Temporary Employment Permit (co ... read more

Africa » Malawi » Central

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

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