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The Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) was an organisation that evolved into a political party in Nyasaland during the colonial period. The NAC was suppressed in 1959, but was succeeded in 1960 by the Malawi Congress Party, which went to on decisively win the first universal suffrage elections in 1961, and to lead the country to independence as Malawi in 1964.

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Nyasaland African Congress

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The Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) was an organisation that evolved into a political party in Nyasaland during the colonial period. The NAC was suppressed...

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Nyasaland

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established associations and, after 1944, the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC).[citation needed] When Nyasaland became part of a federation with Southern...

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Malawi Congress Party

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The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is a political party in Malawi. It was formed as a successor party to the banned Nyasaland African Congress when the country...

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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories:...

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Nyasaland emergency of 1959

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during the Emergency, over 1,300 members or supporters of the Nyasaland African Congress (Congress) were detained without trial, and most of the party's leaders...

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Devlin Commission

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rule promoted by the Nyasaland African Congress under its leader Dr Hastings Banda led to widespread disturbances in Nyasaland and some deaths. A state...

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James Frederick Sangala

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James Frederick Sangala was a founding member of the Nyasaland African Congress during the period of British colonial rule. Sangala was given the nickname...

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Nyasaland in World War II

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European settlers. Nyasaland became heavily involved in the First World War – some 19,000 Nyasaland Africans served in the King's African Rifles, and up to...

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Hastings Banda

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represented the Nyasaland African Congress at the Fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester. This conference was attended by other future African leaders, Jomo...

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1964 Malawi cabinet crisis

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the formation of the Nyasaland African Congress, did one organisation represent the whole of Nyasaland. From 1944, various African local associations united...

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Rose Chibambo

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became aware of Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) politics during the controversy over the colonial government's plan to make Nyasaland part of the Federation...

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Levi Zililo Mumba

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and the first President of the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) during the period of British colonial rule in Nyasaland, which became the independent state...

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Dunduzu Chisiza

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as Gladstone Chisiza, was an African nationalist who was active in the independence movements in Rhodesia and Nyasaland, respectively present-day Zimbabwe...

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George Simeon Mwase

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1943 became a constituent part of the Nyasaland African Congress. Mwase joined the Nyasaland African Congress in 1944, and was a member of its executive...

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Thamar Dillon Thomas Banda

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("TDT") was a politician in Nyasaland in the years prior to independence. He was President-General of the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) from 1957 to 1958...

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Charles Matinga

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politician in Nyasaland before the colony obtained independence from the British. He was elected President-General of the Nyasaland African Congress in 1945...

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NAC

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Atlantic Council, the most senior political governing body of NATO Nyasaland African Congress, a political party in Malawi Native American Church, the most...

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Armitage Report

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Rhodesian rule channeled African political demands into the Nyasaland African Congress. From 1946, the Nyasaland African Congress received financial and...

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Flax Katoba Musopole

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north of the country. Musopole promoted mass membership of the Nyasaland African Congress throughout the Northern Province and organised boycotts of the...

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Augustine Bwanausi

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Malawi, then called Nyasaland, in 1930 and trained as a science teacher, but was also politically active in the Nyasaland African Congress, campaigning for...

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Yatuta Chisiza

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Blantyre market, but this venture soon failed. After the historic Nyasaland African Congress convention in January 1959, he was appointed as bodyguard to Hastings...

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Henry Masauko Blasius Chipembere

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the Nyasaland African Congress and the deportation 72 of them to Southern Rhodesia, to the banning of the Congress party and to at least 51 African civilian...

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Kanyama Chiume

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in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also one of the leaders of the Nyasaland African Congress and served as the Minister of Education and the Minister for Foreign...

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History of Malawi

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Nyasaland African Congress (NAC), inspired by the African National Congress' Peace Charter of 1914, emerged. NAC soon spread across Southern African with...

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Tumbuka people

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region of Africa. Levi Mumba, Charles Chinula and many of the leading figures in organisations that later became part of Nyasaland African Congress, or of...

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Willie Chokani

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to Nyasaland in 1957 to become the first African headmaster in the protectorate, and was also politically active in the Nyasaland African Congress, campaigning...

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1956 Nyasaland general election

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14 May. "African Congress Successes", The Times, 17 March 1956 "Nyasaland Ordinance", The Times, 7 September 1955 "Advancement Of Nyasaland", The Times...

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Native Authority

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which had become popular in British African dependencies in the second quarter of the 20th century, although Nyasaland's Native Authorities had fewer powers...

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