The people used the phrase ‘We want to work with you people’. This is the language used in Malawi. Fraudsters come like messengers and they milk the people, taking away what they treasured most, thinking they have a partner.

The beating of the chief at the presidential rally shows how freedom of expression is compromised. In Malawi, there is freedom of expression, but there is no freedom after expression. The state has powerful ears and eyes everywhere, and anytime you try to talk sense to it, they know how to handle you. The chief spoke to the government, something normal in a well-devolved democracy, and one might be forced to think that Malawi’s democracy is still in its infancy.

The beating of the chief shows that some people will do anything to save the face of someone. This explains how the state uses the police to silence its critics, and this is happening in Malawi 50years after independence. The chief’s statements are contrary to what chiefs of today say.

They always praise the president without giving him or her a true reflection of what the masses are saying, no wonder the chief in the movie is given tough lessons after doing the opposite. This is why presidents, MPs and other leaders, seem to be living in a world away from the reality because they are fed lies by boot-leakers who care about nothing but their pockets.

The drought and the clip at the Agricultural Trade Centre shows that in Malawi, people are still struggling with hunger. It tints a pathetic picture that Malawi, 50 years after independence, is still struggling to feed its people and its agriculture depends on rain. It mocks the rain, thinking that the rain will solve all problems. No wonder when the clouds cry loudly there is little harvest because of floods and siltation.

The movie even shows how pathetic it is in Malawi when hunger strikes. The people eat jungle plants to survive, while those with food reduce their meals from three to one or two a day. When the clouds cry silently, the harvest is minimal because of drought. The movie mocks the thinking of moving with the wind. By inference, the movie exposes third world thinking of Malawians. It mocks the thinking of waiting for the rains which always has unpredicted results.

However, Malawi is a country full of rivers and lakes, but little irrigation has been done by the government. It only promotes primitive irrigation styles which can feed a family or two while the nation will be crying because of hunger. In black and white, the movie acts as a wakeup call to Malawians to think of intensive irrigation that can save the nation, not this good for nothing rain fed agriculture that has proved to be an annual risk since independence.

Furthermore, the unity depicted in bringing the windmill speaks volumes of societies in Malawi. While the idea of coming up with the windmill is a brainchild of William, the theory behind its completion is an output of a joint movie. William’s friends helped him in assembling the needed materials and escorted him to discuss with his father about his bike, which William wanted to use in his move to come up with the windmill.

In addition, William was helped by his father and some members of the community in setting the windmill up. This unity of purpose is what drives unity in Malawi. When Malawians are having an event, they mostly help one another in tears and smiles. Unity is a vital element for communal prosperity as depicted in the movie.

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