Two Previously Unknown Letters from Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Written from Edinburgh, 1938, Archived at the University of Cape Town

This article introduces, reproduces, and contextualizes two letters written in 1938 from Edinburgh by Hastings Kamuzu Banda to Samuel C. Banda (Chief Mwase of Kasungu) and Ernest C. Matako. At the time Banda was studying in Edinburgh. The letters, from a period when sources on Banda are scarce, illuminate his political and educational thinking and his personal life and attitudes at the time. The article also discusses the archival context of the letters, which were found in the papers of Godfrey Wilson, the Director of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute from 1938 to 1941. The copies were found in the course of research into the lives of the anthropologists Monica Wilson, nee Hunter, and Godfrey Wilson. Cet article introduit, reproduit, et contextualise deux lettres ecrites en 1938 a Edimbourg par Hastings Kamuzu Banda a Samuel C. Banda (Chef Mwase du Kasungu) et Ernest C. Matako. A l’epoque, Banda etudiait a Edimbourg. Les lettres, datant d’une periode ou les sources sur Banda sont rares, mettent en lumiere ses idees politiques et educatives, ainsi que ses attitudes et sa vie personnelle a ce moment-la. Cet article examine egalement le contexte d’archivage de ces lettres, qui furent trouvees dans les papiers de Godfrey Wilson, directeur de l’Institut Rhodes-Livingstone entre 1938 et 1941. Les copies furent trouvee au cours d’une recherche sur la vie des anthropologues Monica Wilson, nee Hunter, et de Godfrey Wilson.