A Monument More Lasting than Bronze: Classics in the University of Malawi, 1982–2019 (Hellenic Studies Series) - Softcover

Paul McKechnie; Steve; Kambalu; Samson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067427850X ISBN 13: 9780674278509

Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2024

Synopsis

Formed in 1964, the year of independence, the University of Malawi promised more than the distant University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland―founded 1952―ever could. A decade and a half later, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, by then Life President of the Republic of Malawi, let it be known to the University that a Department of Classics was to be established―teaching the history and languages of the ancient Mediterranean world at Zomba, on the edge of the African Rift Valley.<br /><br />A Monument More Lasting than Bronze analyzes President Banda’s motives for this surreal intervention and the political goals it served, and also sketches out the shape the enterprise he called into being has taken―all in the context of worldwide transformations of Classics. A balanced team of authors, some Malawian, some foreign with Malawian connections, brings varied perspectives to this reflection.

About this title

About the Author

Paul McKechnie is Associate Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University.<br /><br />Steve Nyamilandu is Head of the Department of Classics, Chancellor College, University of Malawi.<br /><br />Samson Kambalu is Associate Professor of Fine Art, Ruskin School of Art, and Fellow in Fine Art at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067427850X
• ISBN 13: 9780674278509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276