Includes bibliographical references and index.
Power and authority in early colonial Malawi -- From tribe to nation: defending indirect rule -- From tribe to nation: the Nyasaland African Congress -- The federal challenge: noncooperation and the crisis of confidence in elite politics -- Building urban populism -- Planting populism in the countryside -- Bringing back Banda -- Prelude to crisis: inventing a Malawian political culture -- Du's challenge: car accident as metaphor for political violence -- Crisis and Kuthana politics -- Legacies.
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