Magomero
Portrait of an African Village

Landeg White (Author)

9780521389099, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 September 1989

284 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 kg

'This is an original and outstanding book which deserves a wide readership.' SOAS Bulletin

Magomero is a vivid historical portrait of a Malawian village from 1859 to the present day. It focuses on a region which saw historically important political activity, in the founding of a colony of freed slaves and the rising of an independent church movement against white estate owners. With the dual concerns of a Southern African specialist and a poet, Landeg White offers an 'inside' view of social, political and economic change in Malawi, seen through the lives of individuals: the ordinary men and women, whose situation and poverty have hitherto prevented recognition of their vital contribution to African history.

List of figures
List of maps
Preface
Part I. The Mang'anja Village: 1. 1859–1863: one of the neatest we have ever seen
Part II. The Lomwe Village: 2. 1901–1915: this place is wonderful
3. 1915–1945: my children's market is the graveyard
4. 1945–1985: John Chilembwe will make everything shine
Sources
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], African history [HBJH]