Socialist League of Malawi

Defunct

The opposition movement of Malawian exiles against the dictatorship of Hastings Banda, officially founded in Dar es Salaam in 1974 and led by Attati Mpakati, who embraced communism and pan-Africanism. From 1975 to 1978 the German Democratic Republic trained its journalists and printed its propaganda; it published the political journal Kuchanso for the Frontline States and Malawi. Mpakati was maimed by a letter bomb from Banda's agents in Mozambique in 1979 and assassinated in Zimbabwe in 1983.

Years: 1974–?
Country: Malawi
Also known as: LESOMA
Affiliation: Communist and pan-Africanist; supported by the German Democratic Republic
Sources: Wikipedia — Socialist League of Malawi; Wikipedia — Attati Mpakati

Works published abroad

The movement's own publications, wherever they were printed. Each keeps its real publisher; titles in this catalogue link to their page. Works credited to Socialist League of Malawi, LESOMA, Attati Mpakati & Socialist League of Malawi are included automatically.

Year	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Language
1977	Problems and prospects in economic and social development of Tanzania society Mpakati's study of Tanzania's socialist development, written in exile in West Germany. Open Library edition OL50289833M	Attati Mpakati	[s.n.], Bremen	English
1980	Struggling against the 'Bandastan' — an interview with Attati Mpakati Interview in the journal Race & Class. Wikipedia — Attati Mpakati	Attati Mpakati & Chris Searle	Institute of Race Relations (Race & Class), London	English
late 1970s	Kuchanso Its political journal, circulated in the Frontline States and smuggled into Malawi; no library copy has been found. Wikipedia — Socialist League of Malawi	—	Socialist League of Malawi	English