The Aids Pandemic, the Prophet Billy Chisupe, and the Democratization Process in Malawi

Schoffeleers, Matthew

doi:10.1163/157006699x00025

Cited by 31 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In the recent past (the 1930s and 1940s), Malawi and other parts of East, Central, and Southern Africa, mchape (literally translated "cleanse him" or "cleansing concoction") became famous for the cleansing of the community not only of illness but also of witches (Bonhomme 2013;Ranger 1968Ranger , 1972. Whole villages were asked to drink the mchape concoction (Schoffeleers 1999;De Gabriele 1998;Chakanza 1995;Doran 2007).…”

Section: Traditional Religion Health and Wholenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Zimitsani Moto: Understanding the Malawi COVID-19 Response

Tengatenga

Duley²,

Tengatenga

2021

Laws

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has unsettled societies and economies of people and countries all over the world. Malawi is no exception. As such, the COVID-19 pandemic is more than just a health crisis. Countries have responded by instituting lockdowns and other restrictive measures among the populace. These have, in turn, elicited negative responses and legal challenges; most of which are rights-based. The main challenge has been that of the restriction of individual and religious freedoms. It is, thus, no surprise that reactions against government decrees restricting religious gatherings in the wake of the pandemic have been challenged in the courts. We will explore the Malawian traditional religious concept of healing and wholeness, give a chronological outline of government decrees and the responses to the pandemic, and conclude with an analysis using some reflections on Ferdinand Tönnies concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft and recollection of traditional religion and critique of the new evangelicalism leading to an understanding of the Malawian response to the pandemic.

show abstract