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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
- ©2015
- Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- McCracken, John, 1938-
- Description
- xxvi, 623 pages : illustrations (black and white), 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
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780197265925
- 0197265928
- OCLC
- ocn935682255
- 935682255
- SCSB-1842550
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library