Decorum or Deterrence?
The Politics of Execution in Malawi, 1915-66

Author: Hynd, Stacey¹

Source: Cultural and Social History, Volume 5, Number 4, December 2008 , pp. 437-448(12)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

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Abstract:

Capital punishment - specifically public execution - is here investigated not simply as a judicial punishment, but as a lens through which to view the civil and socio-political development of Malawi from the colonial to early independence eras. Public executions were an exceptional measure, employed at times of marked social and political unrest, being ordered by the colonial government in response to the Chilembwe Uprising in 1915 and by Prime Minister Banda in 1965 in the aftermath of the Cabinet crisis and Chipembere Uprising. This article looks at the continuities and changes in the practice and signification of these judicial killings.

Keywords: MALAWI; DEATH PENALTY; EXECUTION; COLONIAL

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.2752/147800408X341640

Affiliations: 1: Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9EF;, Email: sh562@cam.ac.uk

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