Tidziwane Ndi Olemba Athu
I do constantly study and question the process of development of nations in light of their social and political fabrics. Development and political economics including law caught my interest long ago when, as a child, my kinsmen and people in our neighbourhood introduced me to the thought that Malawi was relatively poor and under-developed relative to other nations. Frequently, these people bragged and talked about the Republic of South Africa (RSA) as being a marvel of Africa, with advanced infrastructure and social life. As a young boy, not only did I long to get to RSA to see for myself, I boggled my mind with questions whose answers turned out to be more complex every day I advanced to an older boyhood and every time I tried to delve more into my quest for answers. The dominant questions that characterised my childhood were hence of the following kind; why did our country choose to build fewer and unattractive infrastructure? Why did our leaders, mafumu (chiefs) choose to preside ov