Talk:History of Malawi

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[edit] British Protectorates

There is very little on the British Central African Protectorate, but an article of that name has five paras which would be relevant here and could perhaps be moved. Apart from the independence movement and the Federation there is very little on Nyasaland here or anwhere else and that could be moved here, and some detail ought to be added.
There were redirects for Nyasaland and Nyasaland Protectorate which went to the Malawi page but I have edited them to here, History of Malawi.Rexparry sydney 02:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Devlin and Armitage Reports

Perhaps something should be added about these - produced in 1959 regarding British police methods there. I don't know enough about it to do it myself. Malick78 11:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] diplomatic relationship with apartheid South Africa

the article says "Banda was one of the very few post-colonial African leaders to maintain diplomatic relations with apartheid South Africa" and the article on Banda says "He was also the only African ruler to establish diplomatic ties with South Africa during apartheid." If there were other African leaders to maintain relations, who were they? Or is the signifant difference between maintaining and establishing? thanks Richardson mcphillips1 (talk) 18:42, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Good question. The Foreign relations of South Africa article says:

During the apartheid era, South Africa was diplomatically shunned by the vast majority of African nations, with notable exceptions being Malawi and Ivory Coast.

I'm guessing that Ivory Coast maintained the diplomatic relations that the French had had. The Malawi case must be more significant as it is in southern as opposed to western Africa. Itsmejudith (talk) 11:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)