Aaron Eliot Gadama was a former Malawian cabinet Minister and one of the 'Mwanza Four'.MALAWI NEWS ONLINE #34In The Malawi Supreme Court Of Appeal He was born in Kasungu District and is thought to be a relative of President Kamuzu Banda.Chibale Sakumbira, Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art
He was a Minister for the Central Region, and a Leader of the House.Richard Carver, Where Silence Rules: Dissent- Malawi He was one of the original trustees of Press Trust.
He died mysteriously on 18 May 1983 together with Ministers Dick Matenje, and Twaibu Sangala as well as Member of parliament, David Chiwanga. Their bodies were found in Mozambique.Daniel N. Posner - Malawi's New Dawn - Journal of Democracy 6:1 The Banda government reported his death as a 'traffic accident.Confronting the Past: Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Malawi, Robert F Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, 1994 In 1995, seven people were accused of his death including Kamuzu Banda, but were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Film and drama
The Mwanza Accident (Documentary) - 1995 The dramatic character Chibale Sakumbira is a political reference to Gadama and the Mwanza Incident.
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