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.