Zowie its Malawi! Traditional Cache
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A celebration of Malawian Independence Day
Tikukulandirani ndi manja awiri ku cachi yathu! Zikomo kwambiri! Tili wosangalala kwambiri kuti mwabwera kuno kukumbukira Malawi.
Ndinakhala zaka ziwiri m’ Malawi. Ndina pita ku Malawi ndi Pisi Corps wa America 1987-1989. Ndina gwira ntchito ndi Lilongwe A.D.D. kuprogramma macomputera. Ndikusangalatsa kwambiri kukumbukira nthawi yanga m’Malawi. Mwina mungapitenso!
July 6 is Malawian Independence Day. Instead of merely getting funny looks from people when I tell them that, this year I thought I would put out a cache to remember my time in Malawi. What does this cache have to do with Malawi? Not so much, but if even one cacher is inspired to learn a bit more, I’ve done a little more to further Peace Corps’ Third Goal. Of course if anyone who actually reads Chichewa wants to correct the paragraphs above, please be gentle.
Congratulations to SebastiansCrew on First to Find!!
The Malawian flag in the cache is the one I knew from my time there, but last year, over strong opposition, Malawi changed its flag. The President of Malawi addressed the opposition as follows:
“Malawians, you are difficult. You don’t want to change even when something is good. Flags depict developments in a nation. Even the United States’ and the British Union Jack have changed and evolved to what they are today,” said Mutharika at Kamuzu International Airport on arrival from African Union summit in Uganda.
“The world over, flags and national anthems change. There is no half sun on any flag anywhere in the world.”
He explained: “The half sun was inherited from the British, which was part of their claim that they had brought light in darkness. We cannot continue to be at dawn in 2010 as we were in 1964. Unless you have serious objections you can bring forward, why don’t you keep quiet and we move on with development.” (Nyasa Times, July 29, 2010.
He also said as follows:
"If you are against the changing of the Malawi national flag and your argument is that you were not consulted, you may have been out consuming alcohol at the time, so do not cry foul now.” (Nyasa Times, July 28, 2010.)
UPDATE: With the demise of the previous President and the succession of one of Africa's first women presidents, Malawi has decided to return to their original flag, the one from independence with the red rising sun instead of the white full sun.
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