Uprising in Malawi
UPRISING IN MALAWI The Church of Christ of Namiwawa, Zomba and the 1915 Nyasaland Uprising.🔥 Mary Bannister, George Hubert Hollis, Henry and Etta Philpott; the white Missionaries arrested in 1915 in Zomba by the Nyasaland govt allegedly to have planned the 1915 Uprising with John Chilembwe. George Hollis was Joseph Booth's friend. Soon after the Chilembwe revolt... He and others were arrested at Zomba. Their arrest and confinement continued for 2 miserable months, ending in Hollis being deported. The authorities thought Hollis knew of the revolt, maybe even helped plan it, and had refused to inform them. Monday, 15 March 1915, Mary Bannister wrote that George Masangano their native church elder was sentenced to 7 years; Ronald and Jackson, 2 years...' On the Thursday, 'two more were flogged for being friends with John Chilembwe. But George Masangano, Ronald Kaundo and Jackson Khonde were actually all sentenced to 7 years in pr...