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 African Congress in August 1950 in Mzimba, James Chinyama was elected President, with Sangala Vice-President. Until the early 1950s, Sangala and other leaders such as Doctor Hastings Banda assumed that Nyasaland should evolve towards self-government while remaining under the authority of the British Colonial Office. However, in 1953 the Colonial Office established the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in which Europeans would retain a position of leadership, abandoning the earlier principles of partnership between the races. The NAC leaders saw this as a betrayal. In January 1954 Sangala was elected President of the Congress. Although he continued to advocate civil disobedience, he