THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MALAWI
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today in this Article I will show you the whole history of malawi is in the southeastern part of africa it is bordered by zambia the united republic of tanzania and mozambique it has a 750 kilometer long border with lake malawi also known as lake nyasa this african country also comprises highlands central plateaus and isolated mountains as part of its nature malawi's population is estimated at 19 million 129 952 people in the year 2020 the present day malawi was once part of the maravi empire which was brought into existence by the bantu speaking people in 1480 it is a country with several languages however chewab yao tonga senna and elonway are the major languages spoken although english is the official language adopted during the intern slave trade that occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries islam was introduced into the country and missionaries also introduced christianity which makes both religions the most common and most practiced with about 13.8 percent of islam and 77.3 of christianity as at 2019 although there are other religions which take the least on the charts malawi is one of africa's smallest countries it comprises three regions which are further subdivided into 28 districts the regions include the northern region that is in zuzu the central region that is lilongwe and the southern region known as blantire malawian kwacha is the currency in malawi it has the code mwk and symbolized by letter k malawian kwacha came about in 1971 under president hastings bandar which replaced the malawian pound 1 2 5 10 and 20 tambala were the first coins generated in 1971 the malawian quarter currency is issued by a reserve bank of malawi and produced as the british royal means in land trees and wales the traditional authorities in malawi are ranked hierarchically from the village heads to the group village heads then to the sub chiefs and then the chiefs then to the senior chiefs and paramount chiefs which is the highest rank africa which was undoubtedly the spotlight for slavery captured the attention of the europeans and malawi was not an exception but the fight and relentless effort of david livingstone who launched an anti-slavery crusade to abolish it set them free from the inhuman torture and forceful captivity the anti-slavery crusade reached lake nyasa also called lake malawi in 1858 the scottish missionaries established blantire which was named after livingstone's birthplace and presently it is the largest city in malawi blanter was established to serve as a hub for fighting slavery the maravi empire was initially ruled by the british in the colonial era which was first known as the british central africa and later nyasa land after a long battle with the colonial powers malawi became independent on the 6th of july 1964. it became a republic within the commonwealth of nations two years after independence dr hastings k banda became the first prime minister of malawi although the title was eventually changed to president malawi had her first free election in may 1994. which put an end to bandas regime after three decades of ruling as president bakuli muluzi of the united democratic front udf won the election and became the next president before 1994 however after independence in 1964 malawi had its first political party that is malawi congress party mcp which was a movement under the leadership of hastings bandar mcp was the only political party malawi experienced one party system until 1993 when a referendum was held and the nation voted to become a multi-party state because of mcp's dictatorship the two major opposition parties that were firmly against the mcp movement are the alliance for democracy that is afford based mainly in the northern region and the united democratic front that is udf based mainly in the southern region presently malawi is a multi-party nation with 40 registered parties but only few are highly recognized aside the unforgettable harsh regime of dr hastings bandar malawi locally is one of the african countries that has neither experienced a military coup nor a civil war as far as tourism is concerned malawi as an african country has its own uniqueness that is fascinating to foreigners which include lake malawi nuka takota wildlife reserve and uchisi forest reserve chinthecha beach candy horse tables and ankata bay just to mention a few as africa holds around 30 percent of the world's known mineral reserves malawi has her fair share which include limestone bauxite coal phosphate graphite tourmaline rubies sapphires granite aquamarine black granite to mention a few agriculture is predominantly the economy of malawi and accounts for 35 of gdp industry 19 and services for the remaining 46 percent over one-third of gdp and 90 of exports comes from agriculture like many african countries poverty unemployment and climate change are some of the problems in the country malawi has several festivals that are celebrated such as chilemike festival matthias day easter camus day republic day malampanga dance season blantire art festival and many more in entertainment malawi has produced international stars like wambali mukandawiri eric pagliani lucius banda say green is many others during the regime of hastings banda the pro-western foreign policy was established and has sustained good relations with principal western countries malawi is also a member of some international organizations including the commonwealth of nations the united nations world health organization african development bank that is afdb among others though malawi is a developing country it is safe to commend her intriguing creativity on art and relentless hard work on agricultural development for the growth of our economy what have we missed out of this history let's know in the comment section will it be ridiculous to subscribe to our website if no please like this Article share and subscribe to our website Goodbye.
