Kamuzu Academy - Malawi - 'The Eton of Africa' (1987)

[jonathanbryans]

Thank you for sharing was an English teacher there from 1988 for 9 years.

[chelseajackson]

Just watched this documentary today and seen the school that was opened in my era but never did I step foot on the grounds. Excellent documentary and proud of the visionary of the then...just wished there were more schools of this kind throughout Malawi.

[taukiranalemani]

Thank you for sharing home sweet home! I was a born free myself. RIP H.E. Dr. Kamuzu Banda the great man who made Malawi.

[jamesmhango]

Thanks for this post. I am a Malawian and i know very little about the progress of this rather well intended project. By that time Malawians needed education as i feel they still do. My personal feeling is that this model should have been extended throughout the country. It was not enough. Maybe lets wait for the returning students to indeed this is a transplant. like all transplants it may wither.

[tecumsehtoccoa]

No different from a typical school in most former English commonwealth public and private schools with strict rules, prefect system, dress code...gutters for socks. ..tie to a certain length
The difference with my Zimbabwe school was that girls and boys had separate schools...we had compulsory sports and everyone had to play rugby.
Most schools have kept up these traditions
My school even produced conscripts to help the allies in both world wars.
The difference here is that Banda created this Academy perhaps because he himself was a product of the system annd having lived in the UK all.those years and that he subsidized the fees...but importantly there is a mix of students from different backgrounds...ministers kids and rural kids...this is excellent

[kenmaritim]

It is all about taking good care of environment when you look at the compound of the school and the compounds outside school too different places in the same neighbourhood.

[macgmac]

These type of schools were and still are standard practice in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia and South Africa.

[andrearodigari]

Just fast forward in 2022 education sistem...., .manyazi..,

[aaronnyirenda]

Where are these guys it's been 33years this this was taken

[MercyyMkandawire]

Beautiful documentary, where are these young men and women now?.... would love to see how far they've gone. At this time 1987 I wasn't yet born

[jeanpetersen]

The ideas Kamuzu had were good only that he should have included others in-sted of just making a project for his home district.

[geraldjones]

This school produced alot of good educated malawians in society, yes the project was alittle weird but it did serve it's purpose, 13th of May is Kamuzus day, be built the foundation of the country alot of malawians think of him as a misunderstood disciplinarian and not a dictator

[jeanpetersen]

I really understand the feelings the teacher is expressing about giving everyday without getting response.

[silvershsadow]

Banda himself had grown up abroad for too long . What would one expect from a leader who studied in colonial S.A, then USA and England before working in Scotland, all his life from primary to university and after . A pure colonialist himself . He didn't even know his language and could no longer learn it . Rather he favored, Greek, Latin, Julius Ceaser and even dressed like a Scottish gentleman complete with a hat . He despised his people in favor of apartheid whites . Its no surprise that he would come up with this elitist kind of project right in his village because like the colonialists of the time they hoped to transform there countries into something more European .

[brendahchikugeoffrey]

Is this school still operating like this nowadays??? In terms of the food and education?? I love their dinning room so unique

[leomwase]

Im going to that school this year aka 2024

[michaelroebuck]

Why put down something built with the intent to improve the younger generation of Malawians. Having lived and worked in Malawi for more then 10 years I know how much education means to all the people. They are hard working, willing to work and learn, want to see their children have a better life than they had. Support and encourage don't put down something that will help these students grow and become the future leaders of this beautiful Country.

[lapkenchiumia]

its all in having a visionary leader who is others-centered and having the desire to make Malawi a prospered country in its doings. lets go back to our roots of doing things. Vision 2020 was strategized for a purpose yet the one handling the documents and have the upper hand in making decision have not sit to it to serve its intended purpose. Lets embark on that vision 2020 plan and just make it fit with our current situation.

[chesterphiri]

This was what is meant for visionary leadership

[bongsmasuku]

No matter how good the food is, if it is brought with a dish that used to feed dogs, no one will welcome it and enjoy it.