Nyasaland

Malawi, 1907–1964. Draft, not yet reviewed

The Nyasaland Protectorate was a British protectorate in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Its administration was headed by a Governor, appointed by the British Government and responsible to the Colonial Office. Between 1953 and 1963, Nyasaland was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. After the Federation was dissolved, Nyasaland became independent from Britain on 6 July 1964 and was renamed Malawi.

Seat of power: Zomba

Rulers

Culture

• In January 1915, the Reverend John Chilembwe staged an attempted rebellion to protest against colonial forced labour and discrimination against Africans, among other grievances.
• Throughout the 1930s, a growing class of educated African elite, many educated in the United Kingdom, became increasingly politically active and vocal about gaining independence.
• When Nyasaland became part of a federation with Southern and Northern Rhodesia in 1953, there was a rise in civic unrest, as this was deeply unpopular among the people of the territory.
• Banda was elected president of the NAC and worked to mobilize nationalist sentiment before being jailed by colonial authorities in 1959.

Picture

Zomba was the capital of first British Central Africa and then Nyasaland Protectorate before the establishment of Malawi in 1964.

Image: Lix from german Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, file

Sources

• Nyasaland (Wikipedia)
• Nyasaland (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

Text adapted from the Wikipedia articles listed as sources, CC BY-SA 4.0.