Members of the Nyau brotherhood, who dance the famous "Gule Wamkulu," know how to keep their identities hidden. Now the group of initiated Chewa men in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique is getting a ...

This article attempts to place Nyau, a dance form, a men's association, and a ritual system among the Chewa of central Malawi, in the context of contemporary (1983-86) rural Malawi. Deriving from ...

Many Christians in Malawi are criticizing the inclusion of a controversial tradition in Christmas celebrations -- a dance of the Chewa, called Gule wankulu. Some Christians call the practice wicked.

Harare — In early colonial times and especially in the 1950s when a federation allowed free movement of people between Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe, tens of thousands of migrant workers came here, and ...

It seems no museum collection is complete without a few token African masks. Many of us have glimpsed them walking between exhibits, but few of us know what role they actually play to the many ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, photography proved to be a very useful tool for colonialism. So much so that it's hard, now, to separate the camera's colonizing function from its contemporary address ...

Nyau is a secret society associated with masked initiation rites among the Chipeta and Mang'anja in southern Malawi. Its most distinctive masquerade is the anthropomorphic kapoli, but there are others ...

Malawi music superstar Tay Grin, also popularly known as Nyau King this past weekend linked up with South Africa’s music heavyweights Uhuru in the capital Lilongwe. Tay Grin with his signature Kanda ...

Members of the Nyau brotherhood, who dance the famous "Gule Wamkulu," know how to keep their identities hidden. Now the group of initiated Chewa men in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique is getting a ...