Chilembwe was angered by Livingstone's refusal to accept the worth of African people, and also frustrated by the refusal of the settlers and government to provide suitable opportunities or a political voice to the African "new men", who had been educated by the Presbyterian and other missions in Nyasaland or in some cases had received a higher education abroad. A number of such men became Chilembwe's lieutenants in the rising
Chilembwe anakwiya ndi kukana kwa Livingstone kuvomereza kufunika kwa anthu a mu Afirika, komanso anakhumudwa ndi kukana kwa atsamunda ndi boma kupereka mwai woyenera kapena mawu andale kwa 'amuna atsopano' a ku Africa, omwe adaphunzitsidwa ndi Presbyterian ndi ena. mishoni ku Nyasaland kapena nthawi zina adalandira maphunziro apamwamba kunja. Anthu angapo otere adakhala azembe a Chilembwe pakudzuka