Power and authority in early colonial Malawi -- From "tribe" to nation : defending indirect rule -- From "tribe" to nation : the Nyasaland African Congress -- The federal challenge : noncooperation and the crisis of confidence in elite politics -- Building urban populism -- Planting populism in the countryside -- Bringing back Banda -- Prelude to crisis : inventing a Malawian political culture -- Du's challenge : car accident as metaphor for political violence -- Crisis and Kuthana politics -- Legacies.