Archival Significance
A scholarly periodical documenting Malawian history and natural science research. This issue, Volume XXXII, Number 2, July 1979, falls in the years of continued post-colonial consolidation under Hastings Banda.
Institutional Context
Published by the Society of Malawi Historical and Scientific, a learned society continuing a publishing tradition established under the colonial-era Nyasaland Society.
Content Summary
A general-interest issue of the Society’s journal covering Malawian historical and scientific topics current to 1979.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers tracing Malawian historical and scientific scholarship through the Society’s long publication run, and as a primary source for the specific articles this issue contains.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.