Malawi
Facts and historical events related to Malawi, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- A plane crash in northern Malawi killed ten people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima. (2024)
- On the occasion of her independence celebrations, we remember one of Malawi's heroes, John Chilembwe, the r…
- Meet the first African female lawyer in Tanzania & Malawi, the 36-year-old mother of five, Mrs. Vera Chirwa…
- BREAKING: 🇲🇼 Malawi's Supreme Court has just abolished the death penalty. At the end of the year, at leas…
- BREAKING: Malawi has beaten New Zealand, Taiwan, Bolivia and the United States to emerge 'Country of the Ye…
- IMPORTANT: Some African countries do not permit dual citizenship, while others do. A list of every African…
- Our brothers and sisters in Malawi are renowned for growing the highest quality of weed (canna bis) in the…
- Apparently, it's been revealed that President Donald Trump wondered why his wife would want to travel to Af…
- Congrats to Dr Lazarus Chakwera, opposition leader declared winner of Malawi presidential election re-run w…
- The 21 safest countries to travel to in Africa are: Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Djibouti Equatorial Gu…
- Our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters who lost sons, daughters, parents and friends to the devastat…
- Let's celebrate with the people of Malawi on their 54th Independence anniversary! On this day in 1964, Mala…
- Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. The highest in south-central Africa (9,848 ft), one of the world's largest granit…
- Malawi's 'Malawi Gold' is the gold standard quality in marijuana worldwide. Top grade with international ac…
- The stylish, charismatic first Malawian President, Hastings Banda, on his 95th birthday, May 1992. Life and…
- Malawi is very democratic. Since 1994, she has had 5 presidents (2 defeated in polls). 53 independent MPs.…
- Malawi has no presidential jet. The last one was sold in 2013 for $15 million to address chronic food short…
- The salary of the President of Malawi is just $3,000 a month, $36,000 yearly. A Senator in Nigeria earns $1…
- Both Zambia and Malawi got their independence in 1964 and both use the 'Kwacha' for their respective curren…
- US pop star, Madonna has 2 Malawian adopted kids, David Banda and Mercy Brown
- The winner of the Best International African Act at the 2014 BEFFTA Awards is Malawi’s hip-hop artist Tay Grin
- The Republic of Malawi today is celebrating its 50th anniversary of attaining independence from British col…
- Just 5 presidents have ruled Malawi since independence: Hastings K Banda, Bakili Muluzi, Bingu wa Mutharika…
- No US President has visited Malawi.Former VP Dan Quayle (1991) and Sec. of State Hillary Clinton (2012) are…
- Africa now has 3 female presidents; Catherine Samba-Panza (Central African Republic), Joyce Banda (Malawi),…
- Lake Tanganyika is the world's 2nd deepest fresh water lake and Africa's deepest and longest lake. Lake Mal…
- Prior to independence, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe were in a Union that lasted for 10 years - Federation of…
- By 20/12/2009 Karonga in Malawi experienced series of earthquakes that left 4 dead, 250 persons injured and…
- In Malawi more than one-in-ten people are infected with HIV.
- Swahili is spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Comoros, Mozambique, Rwanda, Burundi and parts of S…
- Malawi was formerly known and governed as Nyasaland. It gained independence on 6 July 1964 when it finally…
- Present Malawi was colonized as Shire Highland Territory and renamed Nyasaland in 1907. On Independence Day…
- “Lilongwe” is the name the Nyanja ethnicity call the River running east-west through Malawi. It is also the…
- The present-day name "Malawi" is said to derive from "Maravi" which itself means "fire flames". Maravi Empi…
- Lake Malawi was initially called “The Lake of the Stars” by David Livingstone when he saw shining lanterns…
- Malawi is the only country in the world except Denmark that has a Carlsberg factory – so Carlsberg beer is…
- A single cannon shot at a German gunboat on Lake Malawi, Hermann von Wissmann,gained the British Empire its…
- Malawi's founding president was officially known as and called; "His Excellency, the Life President, Dr Has…
- There are 2 major cities in Malawi; Lilongwe, the capital city and Blantyre, the commercial capital of Mala…
- In 1973 29 African states severed diplomatic relations with Israel. Only Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland (so…