1959 Press Photo Dr. Hastings Banda Talks with Newsmen in Blantyre, Nyasaland

Dr. Hastings Banda, leader of the Nyasaland African National Congress gestures as he talks with newsmen in Blantyre, Nyasaland, recently. He has returned from self-imposed exile and now has an estimated two-and-a-half million Africans as his followers. Rioting has borken out in Lilongwe where troops of the King's African Rifles opened fire on a mob, Tuesday. Rhodesian territorial reservists are being mobilized to combat threat of revolt in Nyasaland.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.