Archival Significance
Part of the Pall Mall Library of African Affairs series, this history covers Malawi shortly after its 1964 independence, part of a wave of country-specific political histories produced for a general Western readership as African states gained independence through the 1960s.
Institutional Context
Published by Pall Mall Press, London.
Content Summary
Surveys Malawi’s political and economic history through and following its transition to independence.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of Malawian post-independence historiography and of the wider Pall Mall Library series’ role in introducing newly independent African states to a general Western readership.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.