{"product_id":"a-monument-more-lasting-than-bronze","title":"A Monument More Lasting than Bronze","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormed in 1964, the year of independence, the University of Malawi promised more than the distant University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland-founded 1952-ever could. A decade and a half later, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, by then Life President of the Republic of Malawi, let it be known to the University that a Department of Classics was to be established-teaching the history and languages of the ancient Mediterranean world at Zomba, on the edge of the African Rift Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Monument More Lasting than Bronze\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes President Banda's motives for this surreal intervention and the political goals it served, and also sketches out the shape the enterprise he called into being has taken-all in the context of worldwide transformations of Classics. A balanced team of authors, some Malawian, some foreign with Malawian connections, brings varied perspectives to this reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samson Kambalu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42818371682365,"sku":"9780674278509","price":39.56,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674278509_a149f302-8e05-484d-900a-a6c65037cf2d.jpg?v=1766918903","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/a-monument-more-lasting-than-bronze","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}