Nyau is a secret society whose membership is usually open only to the Chewas in central Malawi. The tribe is mainly known for Gule wankulu, or Nyau -- literally its “big dance,” performed by ...

THE organiser of the Gule Wamkulu Season Shutdown concert Notice Tineyi Mazura — popularly known as Boss Bingu — has dismissed claims that Nyau/Gule cultural norms and values have been eroded ...

An Nyau dancer, after dressing in costume - including large masks and gloves that are roped over their palms - becomes Gule Wankulo, an authoritative species of the Nyau dance.

Society Unmasking one of Africa's secret societies Silja Fröhlich 04/18/2017 Members of the Nyau brotherhood, who dance the famous "Gule Wamkulu," know how to keep their identities hidden.

Members of the Nyau brotherhood, who dance the famous "Gule Wamkulu," know how to keep their identities hidden. Now the group of initiated Chewa men in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique is ...

Through the elaborate pantheon of Nyau masks, zoomorphic animal constructions, song and dance, the rules and traditions ( mwambo) entrusted to the guardianship of the ancestor spirits are ...

POLICE in Goromonzi have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly stabbed two Nyau dancers while trying to rescue a woman who had intruded into the dance-ring at a farm in Bromley. The suspect ...

Gule Wamkulu was a secret cult, involving a ritual dance, practiced among the Chewa in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It was performed by members of the Nyau brotherhood, a secret society of ...

Hendrina Kachapila, The Revival of "Nyau" and Changing Gender Relations in Early Colonial Central Malawi, Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 36, Fasc. 3/4 (2006), pp. 319-345 ...