History and Heritage Studies

Department of

History and Heritage Studies

About the Department

The department comprises of 8 members of staff, out of which 7 are males and 1 female. 6 members have PhDs and two are on PhD training at various stages.

We have one Professor, two senior lecturers and five lecturers

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BA History and Heritage

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Research and Publications

Our department and research teams actively publish in peer-reviewed journals, contributing valuable insights to the fields of History and Heritage arts. These publications reflect our commitment to academic excellence and our drive to address pressing global challenges.

Research Publications

Mwayi Lusaka and Henry Chiwaura (2024) From History Department to Department of History and Heritage in G Boadu and C Oppong (eds) History Education in Africa, MacMillan, Switzerland
Mwayi L. (2023) ‘Kamuzu Banda’s Memory and Negotiation of Power in Malawi’, Cogent Arts and Humanities, vol. 10.
Mwayi L. ‘David Livingston and Heritage Diplomacy in Malawi-Scotland Relations’, Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 49, pp265-284.
Nyagondwe F. and Mphande C (2024) (eds) Gender Based Violence in Malawi: Critiquing Beliefs and Practices that Impede Gender Equality, Mzuni Press
Nkhoma B (2023) Bettering their Food: Peasant Production, Nutrition and the State in Malawi, 1859-2005, African Humanities Association, Makhanda, South Africa.
Nkhoma B (2020) ‘We are What we Eat: Nutrition, African Diets and the State in Colonial Malawi, 1920s-1960, Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol 46, pp1219-1235.
Nkhoma B. (2019) Walking in the Footprints of the Colonial Masters: Agricultural Development and Peasant Food Production in Malawi, 1961-1994, Southern Journal for Contemporary History, 44(2), pp114-134.
Nkhoma B. (2023) ‘No Maize, No Life: Conservation, Maize Production and African Responses’ African Historical Review, 54(1), pp 61-84.
Nkhoma B (2023) The Political Economy of Irrigation Development and Peasant Food Production in Colonial Malawi, 1945-1961’, African Historical Review, 53(1-2), pp 43-64.
Nkhoma B (2021) World War II, Global Food Crisis and the Grow-more Food Campaign in Malawi, 1939-1959, The Journal of Imperial Commonwealth History, 49:5, pp 940-966.
Nkhoma B and Kayira G (2016) Gender and Power Contestations over water use in irrigation Schemes: Lessons from Lake Chirwa Basin, Physics and Chemestry of the Erath, vol 93, pp 79-84.
Chazema, T, Tembo M., Mphande C., Nundwe V, Keer, R. (2024) Balancing Civil-Military Relations for Democratic Development in Malawi: Rhombus Diamond Framework (Book chapter) Published with my PhD students
Manda M., Wanda, E., Kushe, J., Mphande, C., Kamlomo, D., Msiska, O and Kaunda, J (2016), Karonga Profile, Urban ARK working paper.
Wanda, E., Manda, M., Kushe, J., Msiska, O., Mphande C., Kamlomo, D and Kaunda, J (2017), Using Citizens Science Approach to Monitor Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Related Risks in Karonga Town, African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 11(6), pp 304-323.
Wanda E., Manda, M., Kamlomo, D., Kushe, J. Mphande C., Kaunda, J and Msiska, O. (2017) ‘Governing WASH for Disaster Risk Reduction in Karonga Town, Malawi’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, pp. 1-9

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