He was an early figure in the resistance to colonialism in Nyasaland (Malawi), opposing both the treatment of Africans working in agriculture on European-owned plantations and the colonial government's failure to promote the social and political advancement of Africans
Iyeyu anali munthu woyamba kukana ulamuliro wa atsamunda ku Nyasaland (Malawi), kutsutsana ndi nkhanza zomwe anthu aku Africa omwe amagwira ntchito zaulimi m'minda ya azungu komanso kulephera kwa boma la atsamunda kulimbikitsa chitukuko cha anthu a ku Africa 