Hastings Kamuzu Banda (c. 1898 – 25 November 1997) was the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to...

as a Commonwealth realm under Prime Minister Hastings Banda, and was renamed Malawi. Two years later, Banda became president by converting the country into...

Hastings Banda, the first President of Malawi, died on 25 November 1997 in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa. Thousands of Malawians gathered...

country, then known as Nyasaland, was under British rule. The MCP, under Hastings Banda, presided over Malawian independence in 1964, and from 1966 to 1993...

official hostess of Malawi during the reign of president Hastings Banda. Whilst she and Banda were not officially married, she served as the first lady...

and taken to Zomba prison. Her fellow freedom fighters, including Hastings Banda were arrested earlier, on the morning of 3 March when governor Robert...

1964. After independence, Malawi was ruled as a one-party state under Hastings Banda until 1994. In 1991, a hominid jawbone was discovered near Uraha village...

younger and more militant generation revived the NAC. They invited Hastings Banda to return to the country and lead it to independence as Malawi in 1964...

decisively beaten by the United Democratic Front (UDF). MCP leader Hastings Banda, who had become president upon Malawi being proclaimed a republic in...

constitutions, the president is executive head of state. The first president, Hastings Banda, was elected by the National Assembly and subsequently had himself declared...