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Nicknamed The Warm Heart of Africa, Land of the Lake, and The Land of Smiling Faces, this small, landlocked country in southeast Africa offers travelers a true African experience. Within a single day, visitors can go on safari, enjoy sprawling tea gardens, and watch the sun sets over Lake Malawi, the third-largest lake in Africa and home to many rare species of fish. The country has nine unique national parks and wildlife reserves and has been home to many diverse African cultures, from the indigenous hunter-gathers to the incoming iron-working Bantu settlers. Dress, dance, masks, language, and traditional festivals all reflect waves of migrating tribesthose fleeing Shaka Zulu in the south, Swahili Arab slave traders in the east, and Bantu from Central Africa. Other cultural influences came through the slave trade routes, contact with Portuguese and Indian traders, and English missionaries who introduced Victorian-era buildings. This historic blend has produced a people who are strong, good-humored, conservative, traditional, yet adaptable, creative, loyal, and hard-working.

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This book is available for special discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions or premiums. Special editions, including personalized covers, excerpts of existing books, and corporate imprints, can be created in large quantities for special needs.

For more information contact Kuperard publishers at the address below.

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Cover image: Fishing boats on the beach at Cape Maclear at the southern end of Lake Malawi. Shutterstock.

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About the Author

KONDWANI BELL MUNTHALI is an award-winning Malawian journalist. A graduate of the University of East Anglia, the University of London, and the University of Rwanda, he has served as a diplomat at the Malawi High Commission in London and a special assistant to the Vice President of Malawi, and is an ardent youth and public health advocate. At the age of sixteen he founded one of Malawis pioneer youth organizations. He is a Niemen Fellow at Harvard University and is one of Malawis key bloggers. Kondwani has worked for the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation and Nation Publications Limited, and has researched and worked on topics ranging from tobacco control in Africa to raising awareness of HIV/Aids, cancer, and child labor exploitation across the world.

The Culture Smart! series is continuing to expand. All Culture Smart! guides are available as e-books, and many as audio books.
For latest titles visit
www.culturesmart.co.uk

The publishers would like to thank CultureSmart!Consulting for its help in researching and developing the concept for this series.

CultureSmart!Consulting creates tailor-made seminars and consultancy programs to meet a wide range of corporate, public-sector, and individual needs. Whether delivering courses on multicultural team building in the USA, preparing Chinese engineers for a posting in Europe, training call-center staff in India, or raising the awareness of police forces to the needs of diverse ethnic communities, it provides essential, practical, and powerful skills worldwide to an increasingly international workforce.

For details, visit www.culturesmartconsulting.com

CultureSmart!Consulting and CultureSmart! guides have both contributed to and featured regularly in the weekly travel program Fast Track on BBC World TV.

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Map of Malawi

introduction Variously nicknamed the Warm Heart of Africa the Land of the - photo 2

introduction

Variously nicknamed the Warm Heart of Africa, the Land of the Lake, and the Land of Smiling Faces, Malawi is renowned for the friendliness and charm of its people and its dazzling lake. This small country offers the full African experience. You can land at the airport and within forty-five minutes start out on a safari to see the Big Five. You can enjoy lunch and a walk in sprawling tea gardens, and later sip a mojito on the beach as the sun sets over Lake Malawi. All within a single day.

Lake Malawi, dubbed the Lake of Stars by David Livingstone who first saw it in 1859, is an unspoiled paradise, enclosed by mountains, with long, sandy beaches. Part of the Great Rift Valley, it is exceptionally deep and is home to many rare species of fish, including brightly colored cichlids. The country has nine national parks and wildlife reserves, each distinct and unique, and mountains that include the lofty Sapitwa Peak on Mulanje.

The people of Malawi are made up of a mosaic of African cultures, ranging from indigenous hunter-gathers to the incoming iron-working Bantu who left their fourteenth-century rock paintings. Dress, dance, masks, language, and traditional festivals all reflect waves of migrating tribesthose fleeing Shaka Zulus reign of terror in the south, Swahili Arab slave traders in the east, and Bantu from Central Africa. Other cultural influences came through the slave trade routes, contact with Portuguese and Indian traders, and British missionaries who fought slavery and bequeathed Victorian architecture and infrastructure. Despite there being more than ten tribes, Malawi has remained uniquely peaceful, with many foreigners making it their home.

Malawians are, by and large, honest, quiet, conservative, good-humored, even-tempered, and inquisitivesometimes to a fault. Their ready smiles, even in deep poverty, or at times when in trouble with the authorities, have been a source of debate, anger, and sometimes misinterpretation. Some have called them ignorant, some deeply superstitious. Their neighbors in Zambia and Zimbabwe considered them sleepy or backward, and many have called Malawians their wivesonly good for domestic work. In South Africa, where there is a huge migrant labor community, Malawians honest character gives them leverage as adverts proclaim that being a Malawian is an added advantage.

Contemporary Malawi is a mix of modernity and deeply traditional and religious values. It has a free media and a flourishing multiparty democracy. The traveler needs to observe the fine balance of the growing liberal urban culture, religious and conservative influences, mainly among the older and rural population, and the Malawian sociable impulse to share a word or two even with unknown people.

This book describes the forces that have shaped the Malawians outlook and guides you through various situations so that you know what to expect. You will be received with warmth and great hospitality. Reciprocate with interest and respect, and your encounter will be deepened and enriched.

Key Facts

Official Name

Republic of Malawi

Capital City

Lilongwe

Pop. 670,00 approx.

Main Towns and Cities

Blantyre, Zomba, Mzuzu, Kasungu, Luchenza, Karonga, Nkhatabay, Mangochi, Salima, Dedza, Mponela, Mchinji, Balaka

Population

19.16 million

3% growth rate

Area

Total area: 45,560 sq. miles (118,484 sq. km), incl. 9,422 sq. miles (24,404 sq. km) of water surface, consisting mainly of Lake Malawi. Land area is 36,325 sq. miles (94,080 sq. km). About the size of the state of Pennsylvania or Portugal

Terrain

A landlocked country located south of the Equator. Bordered to the north and northeast by Tanzania; to the east, south, and southwest by Mozambique, and to the west and northwest by Zambia. Much of the land surface is a large plateau. In the north are rugged highlands; in the south the landscape forms part of the Great African Rift Valley.

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