On 6 July 2017, Malawi will celebrate 53 years as an independent (sovereign) nation and 51 years as a Republic.

It has been a long ride, with numerous various difficulties, triumphs, and losses. However, one thing is certain, we are here and to our credit, have remained a peace-loving country, solid to preserve our identity.

As we prepare to pause and commemorate the day of gaining our freedom from the colonial master (Great Britain, now known as the United Kingdom), as a scholar of history, I find it is always refreshing to look back. This is “look back and take stock,” so that we may appreciate the present and better prepare for the future. What are we celebrating? How did we get here and what happened in the past?

This is a simple country-focus of this daughter of the soil of Malawi. Continue reading Nadithi’s Malawi Independence Mini Series PART 2: Malawi’s first freedom fighter – John Chilembwe →