Kanyama Chiume

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Kanyama Chiume (born 1929). Full name: Murray William Kanyama Chiume. African statesman, Malawi freedom and independence fighter, one of the founders of Malawi nation.

Makerere Africa independent movement student member, Publicity Secretary of Nyasaland African Congress, former Member of Parliament for Rumphi, Northern Region of Nyasaland, former cabinet minister of in caretaker government (Right Honorable Minister) and under Prime Minister Dr. Kamuzu Banda (portfolios included among others Education, Social Services, Independence Celebration and Foreign Affairs), Pan Africanist (country delegate to All Africa Peoples Congress - Accra, Ghana, PAFMECA and PAFMESCA conferences), one of the key ring leaders in the 1964 Malawi Cabinet Crisis, exiled "rebel" leader (declared Dr. Banda's Public Enemy Number One), exiled in Tanzania from 1964 to 1994, democracy and multi-party activist, correspondent with Tanzania's "The Nationalist", "Daily News and Sunday News" and "Uhuru" newspapers, author and publisher of numerous books, leader of opposition Congress for the Second Republic (CSR). Returned to Malawi in 1994 after internal and international pressure on Dr. Banda. Briefly served as Chaiman of Malawi National Library Service and Malawi Book Service. Retired from active politics.

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