Malawi got independence in July 1964 and was governed as a one-party personalist dictatorship under Hastings Banda and his Malawi Congress Party from 1964 to 1994
Dziko la Malawi lidalandira ufulu wodzilamulira mu July 1964 ndipo lidalamulidwa ndi chipani chimodzi motsogozedwa ndi Hastings Banda ndi chipani cha Malawi Congress kuyambira chaka cha1964 mpaka chaka cha1994