Review
"...the book is readable, informative, and a must for all students of government and politics in Africa. "--History: Reviews of New Books
Review
"...the book is readable, informative, and a must for all students of government and politics in Africa. "--History: Reviews of New Books
Book Description
Dr. Hastings Banda, a highly respected medical doctor based for many years in London, was invited back to Nyasaland to lead the movement to independent Malawi and the Malawi National Congress. Here was, or so it seemed, a loyal and progressive Government with pro-Western leadership--a final success in the story of British decolonization. Yet within three months all but one of the cabinet ministers had resigned or were dismissed, former ministers fled the country including distinguished members of the independence movement. Even the pro-Congress Europeans feared for their lives. Colin Baker unravels this potentially disastrous episode in Malawi’s history and in the story of decolonization. He illuminates not only the immediate post-independence problems of Malawi, a newly independent African state, but charts the growth of Banda’s autocracy.
About the Author
Colin Baker is Research Professor in the University of Glamorgan and specializes in the political and governmental history of Nyasaland and Malawi.
Revolt of the Ministers: The Malawi Cabinet Crisis 1964-1965 FROM THE PUBLISHER
Dr. Hastings Banda, a highly respected medical doctor based for many years in London, was invited back to Nyasaland to lead the movement to independent Malawi and the Malawi National Congress. Here was, or so it seemed, a loyal and progressive Government with pro-Western leadership--a final success in the story of British decolonization. Yet within three months all but one of the cabinet ministers had resigned or were dismissed, former ministers fled the country including distinguished members of the independence movement. Even the pro-Congress Europeans feared for their lives. Colin Baker unravels this potentially disastrous episode in Malawi's history and in the story of decolonization. He illuminates not only the immediate post-independence problems of Malawi, a newly independent African state, but charts the growth of Banda's autocracy.
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Booknews
Dr. Hasings Kamuzu Banda returned to his native Nyasaland in 1958 after 43 years absence, vowing to withdraw from the Central African Federation and secure independence from Britain. Six years later he became prime minister of the independent state of Malawi. Having written widely about 20th-century African politics, Baker here traces the growing political violence of Banda's rule, and how it led all but one of his cabinet ministers to resign or be dismissed, many of them fleeing the country in fear for their lives. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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