Malawi Memories: 50 Years On
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Dennis Hawkes went to Malawi, Central Africa, as a volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas in 1965. The normal period abroad with VSO at that time was one year but he stayed for eighteen months teaching engineering in the University of Malawi Polytechnic. The country had gained its independence from Britain in 1964 and changed its name from Nyasaland to Malawi. In the following year the celebrations were held in Blantye stadium. Apart from teaching at the University Dennis was involved with Likhubula Bible Institute and briefly with Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Free time saw visits to Lake Malawi and Mulanje Mountain. This little book contains some memories of that time with VSO prompted by a reunion held in December 2015 and aided by a diary and old slides. The diary was kept during a period helping with the first Malawi Census when the author was in the north of the country. The old slides were digitised, despite some colour loss over the years, and these prompted other memories of the time in Malawi. The book was published with no charge in case it helped others looking into the early history of Malawi. Those who visited the country in those early days will no doubt also find some of the accounts of interest.
Dennis Hawkes
Emeritus Professors Dennis and Freda Hawkes live in Wales, UK and have lectured and jointly led a research team at a university until retirement. They are members of an evangelical church where Dennis was a church leader until retiring and have taught the bible for many years, mostly to students and young professionals. Their experience has led them to offer these resources to help other people to start to read and understand the bible.
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Malawi Memories - Dennis Hawkes
Malawi Memories
- 50 years on -
Published by Dennis Hawkes at Smashwords
Copyright 2015 Dennis Hawkes
ISBN 9781311040763
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Contents
Prologue
Malawi Memories
About the Author
Other Titles by Dennis Hawkes
Prologue
It was a 50-year reunion for Malawi VSOs in 2015 that caused me to recollect some of my experiences so long ago when I was a volunteer. I found a diary kept for part of the time that I spent in the north of the country and lots of old slides in the loft. I couldn't find very much about Malawi from that period on the Internet, especially few old photos. As I started to read and look at my slides it occurred to me that some others might like to see some pictures of that country taken in 1965-66. This short book is the result.
I am indebted to those friends who have read through the drafts and suggested alterations especially to my wife Freda for her repeated and patient proof reading.
Dennis Hawkes
Cardiff, Wales
Dec 2015
Malawi Memories
It was Sunday 23rd May 1965 and the group of local people were happy to be going home. Most of them had been on a trip to hear their Prime Minister address a political rally in Fort Johnson (now called Mangochi) near the southern end of Lake Malawi. Over 200 people were crowded on to the pontoon ferry that was the only crossing of the Shire River near Liwonde. The ferry was pulled across the fast flowing hippo and crocodile-infested river by a single steel hawser and the method had worked well for many years. This time something went wrong. It is believed that the pontoon hit an obstacle in the river, the cable parted and the ferry overturned. Only 57 people were saved - crocodiles ate the rest. I didn't know about that when I came to Malawi soon afterwards as a volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas.
Malawi 1966
Shire River Crossing
Crowded Pontoon