Tanaposi john chilembwe biography

Independence leader in Malawi (–)

John Chilembwe (June – 3 February ) was a Baptist pastor, educator and revolutionary who trained as a minister in the United States, returning to Nyasaland in He was an early figure in the resistance to colonialism in Nyasaland (Malawi), opposing both the treatment of Africans working in agriculture on European-owned plantations and the colonial government's failure to promote the social and political advancement of Africans.

Soon after the outbreak of the First World War, Chilembwe organised an unsuccessful armed uprising against colonial rule.

Tanaposi john chilembwe biography

Today, Chilembwe is celebrated as a hero of independence in some African countries, and John Chilembwe Day is observed annually on 15 January in Malawi.

Early life

There is limited information about John Chilembwe's parentage and birth.

An American pamphlet of claimed that John Chilembwe was born in Sangano, Chiradzulu District, in the south of what became Nyasaland, in June Joseph