A distinguished scholar's magnum opus and the first full account of
Malawi's colonial history. This is the first comprehensive history
of Malawi during the colonial period. Using a wide range of primary
and secondary sources, John McCracken places the history of Malawi
within the context of its pre-colonial past. The book examines the
way in which British people, starting with David Livingstone,
followed by the pioneer Scottish Presbyterian missionaries and
including soldiers, speculators, colonial officials and
politicians, played an influential part in shaping Malawi. But even
more important is the story of how Malawian people responded to the
intrusion of colonialism and imperialism and the role they played
in the dissolution of the colonial state. There is muchhere on
resistance to colonial occupation, including religious-inspired
revolt, on the shaping of the colonial economy, on the influence of
Christian missions and on the growth of a powerful popular
nationalism that contained within it the seeds of a new
authoritarianism. But space is also given to less mainstream
activities: the creation of dance societies, the eruption of
witchcraft eradication movements and the emergence of football as a
popular national sport. In particular, the book seeks to
demonstrate the interrelationship between environmental and
economic change and the impact these forces had on a
poverty-stricken yet resilient Malawian peasantry. John McCracken
is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Stirling University. He has
taught at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, University
College of Dar es Salaam and was Professor and Head of the
Department of History at Chancellor College, University of Malawi
from 1980-83 and returned as Visiting Professor in 2009. John
McCracken was awarded ASAUK's Distinguished Africanist Award in
2008.
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Unique perspective
Tue, 3 Jan 2017 | Review
by: StuM.
Gives a unique perspective of Malawi's colonial history. A definite must read for those wishing to get in depth with Malawi's colonial history.
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