3 From “Tribe” to Nation The Nyasaland African Congress

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Proper Names, Spelling, and Geography xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Power and Authority in Early Colonial Malawi 8
9. 2 From “Tribe” to Nation Defending Indirect Rule 29
10. 3 From “Tribe” to Nation The Nyasaland African Congress 44
11. 4 The Federal Challenge Noncooperation and the Crisis of Confi dence in Elite Politics 55
12. 5 Building Urban Populism 75
13. 6 Planting Populism in the Countryside 94
14. 7 Bringing Back Banda 123
15. 8 Prelude to Crisis Inventing a Malawian Political Culture 136
16. 9 Du’s Challenge Car Accident as Metaphor for Political Violence 156
17. 10 Crisis and Kuthana Politics 177
18. Legacies 203
19. Notes 207
20. Selected Bibliography 293
21. Index 313