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    Hastings Kamuzu Banda (c. 1898 – 25 November 1997) was the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to...
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    as a Commonwealth realm under Prime Minister Hastings Banda, and was renamed Malawi. Two years later, Banda became president by converting the country into...
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    when, after an unresolved confrontation between the Prime Minister, Hastings Banda (later Malawi's first President) and the cabinet ministers present on...
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  • Hastings Banda, the first President of Malawi, died on 25 November 1997 in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa. Thousands of Malawians gathered...
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  • country, then known as Nyasaland, was under British rule. The MCP, under Hastings Banda, presided over Malawian independence in 1964, and from 1966 to 1993...
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    official hostess of Malawi during the reign of president Hastings Banda. Whilst she and Banda were not officially married, she served as the first lady...
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  • 1964. After independence, Malawi was ruled as a one-party state under Hastings Banda until 1994. In 1991, a hominid jawbone was discovered near Uraha village...
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    decisively beaten by the United Democratic Front (UDF). MCP leader Hastings Banda, who had become president upon Malawi being proclaimed a republic in...
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    and taken to Zomba prison. Her fellow freedom fighters, including Hastings Banda were arrested earlier, on the morning of 3 March when governor Robert...
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  • party. In July 1958, Hastings Banda did return. TDT had been forced to resign on charges of misappropriating funds, and Hastings Banda was elected President...
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    constitutions, the president is executive head of state. The first president, Hastings Banda, was elected by the National Assembly and subsequently had himself declared...
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    younger and more militant generation revived the NAC. They invited Hastings Banda to return to the country and lead it to independence as Malawi in 1964...
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    constitution in 1966, Malawi became a republic with prime minister Hastings Banda becoming its first president. Under the country's 1966, 1994 and 1995...
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    achieved independence in 1964. Led by the then named president for Life Hastings Banda, Malawi was the only African ruled country to maintain close relations...
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    secretary and became a well-known figure during the rule of dictator Hastings Banda. She earned a Cambridge School Certificate, a Bachelor of Arts Degree...
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    overseas in 1961. Theroux helped a political opponent of Prime Minister Hastings Banda escape to Uganda. For this, Theroux was expelled from Malawi and thrown...
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  • years. He is the author of several books, among them the biographies of Hastings Banda, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, François Mitterrand, and Vladimir Putin. He presented...
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    Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009. He succeeded Hastings Kamuzu Banda as Malawi's president. He also served in Banda's cabinet as minister without portfolio, before...
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    1964 and was governed as a one-party personalist dictatorship under Hastings Banda and his Malawi Congress Party from 1964 to 1994. In the early 1990s...
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    of a state with the title of "president" (subsequently surpassed by Hastings Banda). Tôn Đức Thắng was born to Tôn Văn Đề and Nguyễn Thị Di on Ông Hô Island...
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    of Zambia 1989 President Mobutu Sese Seko of DR Congo 1990 President Hastings Banda of Malawi 1991 President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo 1992 President Suharto...
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  • L-Tido (Rapper) Josiah De Disciple (Record producer & DJ) Obed Bapela Hastings Banda (former president of Malawi) Mr JazziQ (record producer & DJ) "Main...
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    fly-whisk, a mark of authority in Maasai society, as did Malawian leader Hastings Banda, while South African jazz musician Jabu Khanyile also used a Maasai...
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  • May (alternate 2 or 3 May) International Workers' Day President Kamuzu Banda's Birthday 14 May Malawi's first president Eid al-Fitr 1 Shawwal (subject...
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    important politician in Malawi, and he was a key figure in the regime of Hastings Banda (1964–1994). He has been variously described as "physically slight,...
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  • relations and security policy at George Washington University in 2003 Hastings Banda  Malawi 1961–1994 Central State University, Indiana University, University...
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  • Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician Chimunthu Banda, Malawian politician Etta Banda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malawi Hastings Banda...
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    conference attended by many future Ghanaians politicians as well as Hastings Banda, Jomo Kenyatta and W. E. B. Du Bois. Though they both favoured independence...
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  • movement. In July 1958, Hastings Banda did return. TDT had been forced to resign on charges of misappropriating funds, and Hastings Banda was elected President...
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    independent home country because of the violent repressions ordered by Hastings Banda following the Cabinet Crisis of 1964. After the dispute with Chipembere...
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