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Operation Mandala 1915

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During the intervening 100 years since the fugitive, John Chilembwe was first wounded by rifle shots fired by Private Nasulo and Sergeant Useni and then killed by a shot to the head fired by Garnet Kaduya at or near the Magoi stream, Mulanje, on the 3rd February 1915, speculation on the circumstances of his death – indeed whether he died at all or escaped into Portuguese East Africa – has been rife and a colorful mythology has emerged as his story has been told, re-told and embellished by subsequent generations