Kamuzu Academy is a private boarding school in Kasungu, Malawi that was founded by, and named after, the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the former President of Malawi.
[2] In 1987, it was the subject of a BBC documentary entitled "The Eton of Africa" made by John Rae.
[3] An idiosyncratic feature of the school is that Latin was made a compulsory subject for all students from the beginning and is still taught today as a core subject up to IGCSE.
Kamuzu Banda is recorded as saying: "This place is for classical education, Greek, Latin, particularly Latin.
"[4] The 40th-anniversary Founder's Day service in November 2021 was attended by President Lazarus Chakwera.