History of Malawi Primary School

 Primary School Std 6/7 Malawi in 1980s history had a question

Who was the first Treasurer General of Nyasaland African Congress? The answer was Issa Macdonald Lawrence.

The question was common in most schools but pupils did not know who Macdonald Lawrence was. Most pupils thought he was a European.

Lawrence McDonald was an educated Malawian of that time.

Teachers did not bother to explain much as the history at that time did not put much emphasis on anybody but Dr Banda.

Dr Banda himself adored Issa Macdonald Lawrence to an extent that when Macdonald Lawrence and Levi Mumba died in 1944, he thought that was the end of Nyasaland freedom struggle.

Infact Dr Banda was reluctant to send money to Nyasaland African Congress after the demise of Issa Macdonald Lawrence

Marcus Garvey in 1920s wrote a lot on the rise and oppression of Issa McDonald Lawrence of Central Africa. For Marcus Garvey, Issa Lawrence was the revolutionary who was continuing the Chilembwe Uprising in Central Africa.

The Trial of Nyasaland's Revolutionary Issa Macdonald Lawrence at Blantyre High Court... appeared in the Nyasaland Times of 24th September, 1926.