Nation (Blantyre, Malawi)

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Description & Rationale

A major daily newspaper based in Blantyre, Malawi, the capital of the country's southern region, as well as Blantyre district. It is owned by Nation Publications Limited (NPL) which was established by the veteran politician the late Dr. Aleke Banda back in 1993. The Nation began distribution in July 1993, became a daily in 1994 and an important voice against multi-party rule and the MCP party during the transition to multi-party rule. Over the years its circulation has increased from the initial 5,000 copies to many thousands of copies.

Reasons for consideration:

CAMP has already filmed several years of this newspaper up to December 2016.

Although the Library of Congress through its Nairobi Office continues to collect a substantial number of African newspaper titles, it lacks the capacity to preserve or microfilm all that is acquired. Most of these papers are stockpiled in the office and any continued funding support is essential.

Author(s):

n/a

Publisher(s):

Nation Publications Ltd.

Source Format:

Paper

Target Format:

Microfilm

Program:

CAMP

Resource Types:

Newspapers

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries of Origin:

Malawi

Proposal Contributors:

Edward Miner, Library of Congress Nairobi Field Office

Posted:

Nov 6, 2018 10:27am

Updated:

Dec 18, 2020 10:55am

Source Details

Major Languages:

English

Holding Institutions:

Library of Congress

Source and Holdings:


Location	Format	Holdings/Range	Notes
Library of Congress, Nairobi Office	newsprint	January-December 2017	This newspaper is of low quality newsprint with older issues turning yellow.

Physical Details:

LOC Nairobi office has issues for January - December 2017, approximately 16,000 pages (8,000 exposures).

Existing Reformatted Materials:

Earlier issues up through December 2016 have been microfilmed through CAMP project at CRL.

No microfilmed holdings for 2017 issues found.

Intellectual Property Considerations:

Reformatting for preservation purposes.

Activity

Status	Current	Description
Flagged	no	The proposal is flagged for further research.
Vetted	no	The proposal has been examined and vetted.
Ballotted	no	The proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
Approved	no	The proposal has been selected for reformatting. Reformatting efforts are pending.
Reformatted	yes	The proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration for reformatting.