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PROJECTS

Ongoing Projects

  • The establishment of Tisunge! Lower Shire Heritage Centre. Details...

  • Developing the informative and educational website malawiheritage.info.

  • Publication of Prof. dr. J.M. Schoffeleers' Oxford University dissertation of 1968, with the new title: Mang'anja Traditional Religion. Spirit Beliefs and Practices in Malawi's Lower Shire Valley.

  • Reprint and distribution of J.M. Schoffeleers and A.A. Roscoe, 1985, Land of Fire. Oral Literature from Malawi, for educational purposes. Content

  • Manufacture of protective cases for the centuries-old royal stools of Chiefs Chulu and TA Kanyenda.

Future Projects

  • Documenting and publishing traditional music from southern Malawi recorded in the late 1960s and early 70s by Dr. Wim van Zanten.

  • Restauration of the Fathers' House of the Montfort Mission at Nguludi. It is one of the oldest standing structures in Malawi and an icon in Catholic Church history. Attempts are on the way to have it declared a National Monument. If sufficient funds can be procured it could house a small museum for local archaeology, church history, and the 1915 Chilembwe Rising. 

Nguludi Fathers' House

 


 
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