Members of the Nyau brotherhood, who dance the famous "Gule Wamkulu," know how to keep their identities hidden. Now the group of initiated Chewa men in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique is getting a ...

It seems no museum collection is complete without a few token African masks. Many of us have glimpsed them walking between exhibits, but few of us know what role they actually play to the many ...

The Journal of the Society of Malawi (formerly known as the Nyasaland Society) has been published twice a year without fail since 1948, a record of which the Society is justifiably proud. The articles ...

This article attempts to place Nyau, a dance form, a men's association, and a ritual system among the Chewa of central Malawi, in the context of contemporary (1983-86) rural Malawi. Deriving from ...

Irate Nyau dancers, locally known as gulewamkulu, on Monday morning disrupted classes and beat up teachers at Tangatanga Primary School in the area of Inkosi Mabilabo in Mzimba. The head teacher at ...

Many Christians in Malawi are criticizing the inclusion of a controversial tradition in Christmas celebrations -- a dance of the Chewa, called Gule wankulu. Some Christians call the practice wicked.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, photography proved to be a very useful tool for colonialism. So much so that it's hard, now, to separate the camera's colonizing function from its contemporary address ...

Nyau is a secret society associated with masked initiation rites among the Chipeta and Mang'anja in southern Malawi. Its most distinctive masquerade is the anthropomorphic kapoli, but there are others ...

A masked-up traditional dancer in Gule Wamkulu regalia is in police custody in the border district of Mchinji after repeatedly raping a woman in her garden. Gulewamkulu According to the Police in ...

Malawi music superstar Tay Grin, also popularly known as Nyau King this past weekend linked up with South Africa’s music heavyweights Uhuru in the capital Lilongwe. Tay Grin with his signature Kanda ...

Members of the Nyau brotherhood, who dance the famous "Gule Wamkulu," know how to keep their identities hidden. Now the group of initiated Chewa men in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique is getting a ...