John Chilembwe's wife and progeny

Stuart-Mogg, David

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Title: John Chilembwe's wife and progeny

Author: Stuart-Mogg, David

Year: 2010

Periodical: The Society of Malawi Journal

Volume: 63

Issue: 2

Pages: 25-38

Language: English

Notes: biblio. refs.

Geographic terms: Malawi
Central Africa

Subjects: colonial history
biographies (form)
History, Archaeology
Malawi--History
Chilembwe, John, d. 1915

About persons: Ida Chilembwe
John Chilembwe (died in 1971)
Donald Chilembwe
John Nkologo Chilembwe (ca.1860-1915)

External link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/29783619

Abstract: Based on correspondence between mission and government officials, this paper presents information on the family of Malawi's national hero, Pastor John Nkologo Chilembwe, particularly his wife Ida and two sons John - otherwise known as 'Charlie' - and Donald. Chilembwe's daughter Emma died whilst still a child. Subsequent to their father's death by shooting on 3 February 1915 by two African policemen whilst in full flight to escape the violent aftermath of the 23 January1915 Uprising, Charlie and Donald Chilembwe were cared for by their mother, Ida, until her untimely death during the 1918 influenza epidemic. After that date they were cared for by their grandmother until her own death in 1922. From this moment on they were taken in as orphans by the Blantyre Mission and government and received their education from these institutions. In their adult lives, Charlie and Donald failed to achieve their likely potential: victims, perhaps, of a failed if well-meaning attempt at social engineering that, in hindsight, was surely doomed from the outset. Charlie's later years were spent in Blantyre, where he worked as a sweeper. He died in 1971 at 65. In the late 1930s, Donald, not having been able to find employment, largely disappears from the radar screen of history. He may have gone to America or South Africa. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]

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Title:	John Chilembwe's wife and progeny
Author:	Stuart-Mogg, David
Year:	2010
Periodical:	The Society of Malawi Journal
Volume:	63
Issue:	2
Pages:	25-38
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Malawi Central Africa
Subjects:	colonial history biographies (form) History, Archaeology Malawi--History Chilembwe, John, d. 1915
About persons:	Ida Chilembwe John Chilembwe (died in 1971) Donald Chilembwe John Nkologo Chilembwe (ca.1860-1915)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/29783619
Abstract:	Based on correspondence between mission and government officials, this paper presents information on the family of Malawi's national hero, Pastor John Nkologo Chilembwe, particularly his wife Ida and two sons John - otherwise known as 'Charlie' - and Donald. Chilembwe's daughter Emma died whilst still a child. Subsequent to their father's death by shooting on 3 February 1915 by two African policemen whilst in full flight to escape the violent aftermath of the 23 January1915 Uprising, Charlie and Donald Chilembwe were cared for by their mother, Ida, until her untimely death during the 1918 influenza epidemic. After that date they were cared for by their grandmother until her own death in 1922. From this moment on they were taken in as orphans by the Blantyre Mission and government and received their education from these institutions. In their adult lives, Charlie and Donald failed to achieve their likely potential: victims, perhaps, of a failed if well-meaning attempt at social engineering that, in hindsight, was surely doomed from the outset. Charlie's later years were spent in Blantyre, where he worked as a sweeper. He died in 1971 at 65. In the late 1930s, Donald, not having been able to find employment, largely disappears from the radar screen of history. He may have gone to America or South Africa. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]