The Chewa Heritage Foundation in Malawi has this Friday evening organised a dinner and dance at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe to raise funds for this year’s Kulamba cultural ceremony. Chewa Heritage ...

Chewa dance welcomes ancestral spirits Link Copied! Franciwell Phiri from the Chewa Heritage Foundation talks about the secrecy of how children become adults.

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 ...

ZAMBIA is endowed with a variety of ethnic groupings that aptly depict its unique, indigenous and rich cultural diversity vested in its people. The annual Kulamba traditional ceremony of the Chewa ...

Lilongwe — Chewa Heritage Foundation (Chefo) has debunked the longtime belief that Gule wa mkulu, a top Chewa dance, is a religion saying it is a traditional dance. In a recent interview with Malawi ...

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.

Gule Wamkulu was a secret cult, involving a ritual dance, practiced among the Chewa in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It was performed by members of the Nyau brotherhood, a secret society of ...

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 ...

A row has erupted in Kasungu between the CCAP Church and Traditional leaders with Senior Chief Lukwa and Chief Mwase accusing churches in Kasungu of trying to suppress the premier Chewa dance ...