A guide to the young people of Malawi describing how the challenge of overcoming poverty can be faced and the destiny of the country be envisioned. 101pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES, 9990876053

Results of Malawi's first National Crime and Victimization Survey, conducted in 2003. Covers methodology of survey, public experience, reporting and perceptions of crime, views of offenders, perceptions of police and courts, and public views on improving safety. Includes maps of Malawi's population density and administrative districts. Published with the National Statistical Office of Malawi. Figs, graphs, tables, xiii, 92pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

2004 1919913491 Paperback

Election campaigns, political events, and national celebration days in Malawi usually feature groups of women who dance and perform songs of praise for politicians and political parties. However, as Lisa Gilman explains, praise performing is one of the few ways that poor women are allowed to participate in a male-dominated political system in which issues of gender, economics, and politics collide in surprising ways. 268pp, USA. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A collection of essays by Malawian scholars which examines the current issues of debate in the country such as poverty and hunger, the plight of civil servants, the role of the judiciary, political intolerance and hate speech, popular music as a form of protest, clergy activism, voluntary associations and ethnic revival, responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and controversies over women's rights. Index, bib, notes, app, map, tables, 208pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

2002 9171064990 Paperback

Proceedings from a June 2003 conference in Lilongwe, reflecting on the ten year anniversary of Malawi's transition to democracy. Papers cover reflections on democratic hopes, comparative regional perspectives, economic empowerment, decentralisation, human rights and civic education. Some papers include references. B/w photographs, ix, 252pp, MALAWI. KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG.

2003 9990858268 Paperback

Official report into Malawi's recent general elections. Tables, col photos, 36pp, MALAWI. MALAWI ELECTORAL COMMISSION.

2004 NO ISBN Pamphlet

A controversial figure in Malawi's history presents his own version of his life, and of the political reign of Banda, whom he opposed. B/w ill, maps, index, 455pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Focuses on Nkhani Zam'maboma, a popular Chichewa news bulletin broadcast on Malawi's public radio. The programme often takes authorities to task and questions much of the human rights rhetoric that comes from international organizations. Highlighting obligation and mutual dependence, the program expresses, in popular idioms and local narrative forms, grievances and injustices that are closest to Malawi's impoverished public. Harri Englund reveals broadcasters' everyday struggles with state-sponsored biases and a listening public with strong views and a critical ear. This fresh look at African-language media shows how Africans effectively confront inequality, exploitation, and poverty. 280pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Traces the implementation of the good governance agenda in Malawi from the loan documents signed by the representatives of the government and the Bretton Woods institutions to the individual experi-ences of civil servants who responded in unforeseen ways to the reform measures. Ethnographic evidence gathered in government offices, neighbourhoods and the private homes of civil servants living in Malawi’s urban and peri-urban areas undermines the common perception of a disconnect between state institutions and society in Africa. Instead, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of civil servants attempts to negotiate the effects of civil service reform and economic crisis at the turn of the 21st century. 170pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

A series of detailed maps providing information and analyses of the 1998 Population and Housing Census, focusing on poverty in particular. Refs, v, 94pp, MALAWI.

First report of its kind produced by a Malawi non-governmental organisation. Abbrev, 60pp, MALAWI. CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & REHABILITATION.

2005 NO ISBN Pamphlet

A comprehensive audit of the justice sector in Malawi, assessing the country’s performance sector against African and international standards. The Malawian government has made considerable progress since the country’s decisive break with Banda’s dictatorial regime in the early 1990s. Bib, tables, 172pp, SOUTH AFRICA. OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA.

Collection of uncritical portraits of Malawi's political elite. Bib, b/w photos, 138pp, MALAWI. MONTFORT PRESS.

2005 9908586084 Paperback

The authors discuss characteristics of the Banda regime and democratic deficits. They give an assessment of democracy human rights, rule of law, political participation and competition, civil society, separation of powers and political culture. The democratic transition process is evaluated and the role of external players assessed. Bib, app, tables, x, 82pp, MALAWI. KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG.

2003 NO ISBN Paperback

Muluzi's personal account of his political career, which saw Malawi's transition from 31 years of dictatorship to democratic government and deep changes across the continent. Includes b/w photographs, and transcripts of his most important speeches. Refs, xxv, 191pp, MALAWI. SKOTAVILLE PUBLISHERS, 1919882081

Authors discuss difficulties of democratisation in conditions of great poverty. They examine political behaviour, participation, attitudes and perceptions. Democracy and Civic Education Studies Series. Appendix includes sample survey design. Bib, tables, figs, vi, 78pp, MALAWI. NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR CIVIC EDUCATION.

2004 NO ISBN Paperback

Inspired by the events leading up to the overthrow of Doctor Hastings Kamuzu Banda's Life Presidency, this book explores the deep logic of Malawi's political culture as it emerged in the colonial and early post-colonial periods. It draws on archival sources from three continents and oral testimonies gathered over a ten-year period. Power narrates how anti-colonial protest was made relevant to the African majority through the painstaking engagement of politicians in local grievances and struggles, which they then linked to the fight against white settler domination in the guise of the Central African Federation. She also explores how Banda, the Nyasaland African Congress, and its successor, the Malawi Congress Party, functioned within this political culture, and how the MCP became a formidable political machine. 352pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS.

Memoirs of two years as a political prisoner in Malawi. AFRICAN PUBLISHING GROUP.

1995 1779010893 Paperback

Critical study about politics reporting by a manager in the Malawian Broadcasting Corporation. Bib, 94pp, MALAWI. MALAMULO PUBLISHING HOUSE.

2003 NO ISBN Paperbasck

The 2004 elections in Malawi were pivotal in the democratisation process of a country, which is undergoing enormous changes in its political landscape. The elections carried a message of democratic hope, however were not free of concern for the future of a stable democracy in the country: the 2004 elections were characterised by voter apathy, registering fewer voters than in 1999. The papers in this book comprise the proceedings of a non-partisan, academic confer-ence, which took place in Malawi after the elections, in July 2004. 342pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

Trade Unionist perspective on how the State has stifled the labour movement in Malawi. Notes, 100pp, UK . DUDU NSOMBA PUBLICATIONS.