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Voices from the Chilembwe rising : witness testimonies made to the Nyasaland Rising Commission of Inquiry, 1915

Title
Voices from the Chilembwe rising : witness testimonies made to the Nyasaland Rising Commission of Inquiry, 1915 / edited by John McCracken.
Publication
  • Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
McCracken, John, 1938-
Description
xxvi, 623 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
The Chilembwe (or Nyasaland) Rising of January 1915 is one of the most fascinating episodes in the history of resistance in southern Africa. A small-scale event, suppressed within a matter of days, the Rising has been described as the only significant rebellion in the whole of Africa prior to the First World War to be inspired by Christianity. Its leader, John Chilembwe, a Baptist minister trained in the United States, is now lauded in official circles as Malawi's first nationalist, and his image is depicted on the country's banknotes. This book contains a comprehensive selection of verbatim and written evidence presented to the Commission of Inquiry set up to examine the causes of the Rising. Witnesses included colonial officials, missionaries and settlers but also a substantial number of Malawians, among them Presbyterian ministers and teachers, government clerks, businessmen, chiefs and headmen. Five European women, dramatically caught up in the Rising, add their own accounts of events. The Commission's final report is published in full.
Series Statement
Fontes historiae Africanae = Sources of African history ; new series 14
Uniform Title
Fontes historiae Africanae. New ser. 14.
Subject
  • Chilembwe Rebellion (Malawi : 1915)
  • 1915
  • Malawi > History > Chilembwe Rebellion, 1915 > Sources
  • Malawi
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Sources.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-617) and index.
Contents
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Maps -- Introduction. The witness statements : Rumours of revolt -- Malawian testimonies -- W.J. Livingstone, Magomero and the Bruce Estates -- "The effects of mission teaching on the native mind" -- Revolts on the periphery: Zomba, Mlanje, Ncheu and Midima -- Female witness statements -- Nyasaland Rising Commission Report. Dramatis personae -- Bibliography -- Index.
Call Number
Sc E 16-1518
ISBN
  • 9780197265925
  • 0197265928
OCLC
935682255
Title
Voices from the Chilembwe rising : witness testimonies made to the Nyasaland Rising Commission of Inquiry, 1915 / edited by John McCracken.
Publisher
Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Fontes historiae Africanae = Sources of African history ; new series 14
Fontes historiae Africanae. New ser. 14.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-617) and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Chronological Term
1915
Added Author
McCracken, John, 1938- editor.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-1518
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