African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc. Mission. After Chilembwe was killed on February 4, 1915, while leading an uprising against British authority, the government banned the "Providence Mission". Today the nation of Malawi regards and honors Chilembwe as a martyr. His face appears on the 200 Kwacha (Malawian currency). In 1926, the British government allowed the "Providence Industrial Mission" to be reopened under Daniel S. Malekbu (ca.1890-1978). Malekbu had been trained in medical and Bible school in the United States. In 1945 he led Baptists to form the National Baptist Assembly of Africa, Nyasaland, which is now known as the African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc..
Nyasaland Emergency 1959 Whatever inflammatory rhetoric may have been used by Congress leaders, there is no evidence that they planned to match their words with actions. However, Banda and his colleagues refused to condemn the violent actions of Congress members, which were increasingly directed toward Africans who failed to support Congress, who the party denounced as "stooges". There is uncertainty about what the Nyasaland and British governments considered was the true extent of the murder plot. The Commissioner of Police reported to the Governor on 18 February that: This report also claimed that African “quislings” would be murdered, and attached a more detailed