Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Fro!ll the li111e of the attainment of independmce jro111 Britain in 1964 11p to 1994, Malawi 111as under President Hastings Ka11m~!' Banda's one-party dictatorship.a/ion-building 111as fol(nded Otl tbe principle of 0111' nation, one par!J (the MalaJvi Congress Par!J), one leader (Life Prmdent Banda) atld orJe national language (Cbii!JOI!}a/ ChicheJva).Despite tbe joel /bat Malmvi is multilingual and 111ullielbnic, /be Banda regi111e created an oppressive political atmosphere Hnder 111bich non-Cbe111a ethnic and lingui.rticidentities 111ere suppressed.In response to the del!lise of the Banda regime in 1994 (through the ballot bo:x.), tbere has been a revival of linguistic/ etbnic identi(y-seeking behavior ai!Jongst some ethnolill gl(istic gro"ps.Such groups_ for exa111ple, 110111 seek official recognition of their langHages.This paper discusses this trend of tbe politics of recognition 111ith special riference to the Nortbem region of NfalaJJii.
Author: Gregory Kamwendo
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2135504555