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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When conversations arise about the creative economy in Malawi, one name consistently towers above the noise — Limbani Kalilani, better known as Tay Grin, the “Nyau King.” For two decades, he has not ...