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In fact, it was the other way round: I received a lot of support from men in my country, maybe sometimes more than my fellow women. If there were any statements on radio scandalising me or accusing me, it was my fellow women, so I think I would be telling a lie if I said that I faced that in Malawi.

— Joyce Banda

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In any case, you can only have one leader at a time.

Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship because they are not empowered economically, they depend on their husbands.

The legacy depends on how Malawians feel and what they say; it is not dependent on the actions of government.

That is the difference. Therefore, I shall always be proud of what I’ve done, regardless of what you journalists or anybody can say.

I don’t like affirmative action because it is like eating raw meat. Even though the numbers are good, it is a shortcut, you haven’t been cooked or grilled.

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