Attati Mpakati

Who was Attati Mpakati?

Attati Mpakati was a Malawian dissident and leader of the Socialist League of Malawi from 1975 until his death. He was killed by a letter bomb while in exile in Zimbabwe. It is widely suspected that the parcel was sent by agents of President Hastings Banda of Malawi. Mpakati had survived a similar attack in 1979, which President Banda admitted ordering. After this first attack which destroyed both of his hands, together with his wife and children Mkapati first flew to London for medical treatment and then tried, without success, to fly to East Berlin to meet there with the exiled LESOMA representative for Eastern Europe Mahoma M. Mwaungulu.