Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1979

Publication Title

American Universities Field Staff Reports

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

Malawi is a land of contradictions. At independence in 1964 it was by all standards too small, too isolated, and too poor to be given any hope of prosperity. Yet today the nation bubbles with optimism. Bumper crops for the past two years, brisk trade, an infusion of capital from the West, and the stern "faith, hope, and charity" doctrine preached by the finger-wagging President Hastings Kamazu Banda have put Malawi on the map as a nation that is stable and growing. In contemporary Africa that means membership in a select group.

Original Citation

Miller, Norman. “Malawi - Central African Paradox.” American Universities Field Staff Reports 2 (1979): 1–12.

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