Malawi at Sixty

<p>On 6 July 2024 Malawi clocked sixty vears as an independent nation. This interdisciplinary book attempts to provide an objective account of Malawi's successes and failures strengths and weaknesses achievements and challenges in such areas as national identity constitutional developments governance and state affairs political life economic achievements and challenges public finance the judicial system civil society ethnic and regional identities cultural change natural resources development ethics gender justice religion and public life language issues technological change as well as literature and the arts.</p><p>In a quest for answers on why Malawi seems not to be changing in the desired direction Malawi at Sixty makes a highly valuable attempt to explain the complex interplay of enduring continuities and unmet expectations. Professor Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu Deputy Vice-Chancellor Miuzu University</p><p></p><p>Divided into sections on identity governance economics and culture this volume will interest scholars of the continent with an interest in African histories and futures. Joey Power Professor Emerita Toronto Metropolitan University</p><p></p><p>... a powerful engaging and captivating collection of intellectually inspiring essays that unpack distil and demystify Malawi's development paradox... Professor Blessings Chinsinga University of Malawi</p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Note: This is a co-publication with Kachere Series Malawi</span></p>