MALAWI—On a cool morning, Moses Sitima sits on a wooden chair on the veranda of his two-bedroom house listening to the radio. He turns the dial until he reaches his favorite station—the country’s public broadcaster. In no time, the station plays an advert for a rally for the ruling party’s election candidate before ending with a song.
“Lozani zanu,” the song goes, which literally translates as “point at yours.” Sitima nods in agreement; he lives in Mulanje, a district neighboring the incumbent president’s home district of Thyolo and a darling of the ruling party.
