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A Democracy of Chameleons - Politics and Culture in the New Malawi (Paperback)
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A Democracy of Chameleons - Politics and Culture in the New Malawi (Paperback)
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After thirty years of autocratic rule under "Life President" Kamuzu
Banda, Malawians experienced a transition to multiparty democracy
in 1994. A new constitution and several democratic institutions
promised a new dawn in a country ravaged by poverty and
injustice.This book presents original research on the economic,
social, political and cultural consequences of the new era. The
book engages with a culture of politics in order to expand the
purview of critical analysis from the elite to the populace in its
full diversity. A new generation of scholars, most of them from
Malawi, cover virtually every issue causing debate in the New
Malawi: poverty and hunger, the plight of civil servants, the role
of the judiciary, political intolerance and hate speech, popular
music as a form of protest, clergy activism, voluntary associations
and ethnic revival, responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and
controversies over women's rights. Both chameleon-like leaders and
the donors of Malawi's foreign aid come under critical scrutiny for
supporting superficial democratization.The book ends with a rare
public statement on the New Malawi by Jack Mapanje, Malawi's
internationally acclaimed writer. Dismayed at the continuation of
an "oral culture of dictatorship," Mapanje urges Malawians to
confront their past in order to have a future that is free from
fear and intolerance.Anyone interested in politics and culture in
sub-Saharan Africa will find this book an important source of
insight and detailed analysis for a comparative understanding of
Africa's democratization.
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