Human rights activist, Mavuto Bamusi, visits Scotland
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Debating Scotland's relationship with Malawi
On Thursday, Mavuto debated the nature of Scotland's relationship with Malawi at Augustine church, Edinburgh. A great turnout led to a lively debate. Mavuto introduced the debate with a short talk about Malawi, development and Scottish relations. Hear the talk by clicking on the following link: mavuto_talk_1-2.mp3 The picture above shows Mavuto speaking with one of the directors of the Scotland/Malawi Partnership.
Mavuto Bamusi is one of Malawi’s most prolific human rights activists. Mavuto began his career campaigning against President Banda’s regime as a student of Malawi University.
He went on to promote good governance at grass roots and national levels, first with the German NGO GTZ, and then with the Malawi Economic Justice Network. With MEJN, Mavuto lobbied for debt relief and raised awareness among ordinary Malwians about the wider trade architecture which Malawi was implicated in.
Today, Mavuto is the National Coordinator with the Human Rights Consultative Committee, and is currently working on issues around trade, privatisation and good governance.
Mavuto is married to Gloria, who works for the Malawian foreign office, and with whom he has a two and half year son called Chipatso. When he’s not out talking to Malawian farmers and government officials, Mavuto is busy supporting Arsenal football club and singing in an acapella gospel quartet.
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