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The Chewa (like the Nyanja, Tumbuka, Senga, Nsenga, Mang'anja) are a remnant of the Maravi (Malawi) people or empire. [1] There are two large Chewa clans, the Phiri and Banda, [2] with a population of 1.5 million people. [3] The Phiri are associated with the kings and aristocracy, the Banda with healers and mystics.
Zodiak Broadcasting Station is a privately owned radio station in Malawi. [1] It was founded in 2005 by Gospel Kazako. [2] The station has more than 25 transmitting sites and reaches the whole of Malawi. [2] Nearly 60% of its programmes are broadcast in Chichewa, Malawi's main language, with few others being addressed in Chitumbuka. [2]
Chewa (also known as Nyanja, / ˈ n j æ n dʒ ə /) is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun class prefix chi- is used for languages, [ 4 ] so the language is usually called Chichewa and Chinyanja .
" Mlungu dalitsani Malaŵi" (Chichewa pronunciation: [mɽuᵑɡu ɗaɽit͡sani maɽaβi]; sometimes written "Mulungu "; [1] [2] English: "O God bless our land of Malawi") is the national anthem of Malawi. [3] It was written and composed by Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka and adopted in 1964 as a result of a competition.
Malawi (/ m ə ˈ l ɑː w i /; lit. ' flames ' in Chichewa and Chitumbuka), officially the Republic of Malawi and formerly known as Nyasaland, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest.
Chichewa, Chitumbuka [8] Bi-weekly Malawi Government Gazette: 1894 [3] Malawi Morning: Kasungu [3] English and Chewa 2018 Online only. Published by Kawelama Creations [citation needed] Malawi News: English and Chewa [4] 1895 [3] Weekly. [4] Owned by BNL [citation needed] Malawi Voice [9] Limbe [7] Online only malawi24: Online only Maravi Post ...
Nkhotakota (Un-kho-tah-kho-tuh) (formerly Kota Kota) (name derived from the Chichewa for "Corner Corner") is a town and one of the districts in the Central Region of Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi (formerly Lake Nyasa) and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. As of 2018, Nkhotakota had a population estimated at 28,350.
In 1616, the Portuguese trader Gaspar Bocarro journeyed through what is now Malawi, producing the first European account of the country and its people. During the Maravi Empire, the Chewa had access to the coast of modern-day Mozambique, and through this coastal area, the Chewa traded ivory, iron, and slaves with the Portuguese and Arabs.