Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka on Tuesday launched the first ever Yao book on religion, culture and moral values entitled Misyungu Jakwiganya Lunda ni Ndamo Syambone. The 112-page book is a result of a three-year task that involved Yao chiefs in the eastern region and western Mozambique and Director of New Hope […]
People of Makanjira in Mangochi are expressing concern in the manner chief Makanjira was installed at a ceremony disguised as a Ndamo sya Ayao cultural event to beat a rival family which was fighting for the chieftaincy. Ajibu Ali was installed last Sunday by minister of Local Government Kondwani Nankhumwa at a brief ceremony the […]
The Yao tribesmen have clashed with the formation of two heritage groups all claiming to be preserving their culture, similar to what former Malawi president the late Bingu wa Mutharika, formed – Mulhako wa Alhomwe . Recently, a group calling itself ‘Chiwanja cha Ayao’ literary meaning an Association/organisation for the Yao, was announced but another group Ndamo Sya […]
President Joyce Banda has advised all Yao Chiefs spread around Malawi to hold a consultative meeting to harmonise their history regarding their origins and spread. Banda who is on record as calling on her Yao tribesmen to consider setting up their own heritage grouping as a way of preserving their culture., noted on Sunday that […]
Leaders of a Yao tribal group, Ndamo sya Yao, say they feel betrayed by President Joyce Banda for giving them a cold shoulder since the formation of their grouping. President Banda, a Yao herself, initiated the creation of the group through her continued calls to her traditional leaders after observing that it was the only […]