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Pupils with dreadlocks can now attend public schools in Malawi. The High Court in the eastern city of Zomba ordered that these pupils be admitted into school after a petition was brought by two Rastafarian children, who were refused admission to public schools in 2016 and 2010. Members of the Rastafarian community in Malawi have welcomed the court鈥檚 decision. However, they now want reparation for members who were denied the right to get an education. Ezaius Mkandawire is a Rastafarian elder of the Nayabingi Order in Lilongwe. He told 麻豆社's Peter Jegwa why schools didn't allow children with dreadlocks in school.

(Picture: Ezaius Mkandawire, a Rastafarian elder of the Nayabingi Order in Lilongwe. Credit: 麻豆社)