malawi facts

INTERESTING

FACTS ABOUT

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1 FACT

THE MALAWIANS’ FIRST EUROPEAN

CONTACT WAS WITH THE PORTUGUESE

… THEY TRADED IVORY, IRON AND

… THEY TRADED IVORY, IRON AND

SLAVES

CURRENTLY, IN

RESPONSE TO

ERADICATING

WILDLIFE CRIMES IN

THE COUNTRY…

MALAWI HAS BURNT TONNES OF

SMUGGLED IVORY IN THE PAST

IN A FIGHT AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHING

THE US GOVERNMENT

APPLAUDED US FOR

BURNING K5 BILLION WORTH OF IVORY THIS YEAR

THE US GOVERNMENT

APPLAUDED US FOR

BURNING K5 BILLION WORTH OF IVORY THIS YEAR ALMOST SAME AMOUNT OF DONATION WE GOT FROM

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE MAIZE AS A

RESPONSE TO HUNGER SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

2 FACT

THE PORTUGUESE INTRODUCED

MAIZE TO THE REGION…..

MAIZE IS STILL THE STAPLE GRAIN

OF MALAWI.

FROM MAIZE FLOUR & WATER

YOU GET NSIMA,

MALAWI’S STAPLE FOOD

3 FACT

LAKE MALAWI WAS

ONCE CALLED “THE

LAKE OF THE STARS” BY THE FAMED

SCOTTISH EXPLORER

DAVID LIVINGSTONE

… BECAUSE LANTERN LIGHTS HE SAW

FROM THE FISHERMEN’S BOATS RESEMBLED THE STARS AT NIGHT

4 FACT

MALAWI WAS BROUGHT INTO

INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WHEN DAVID BANDA MWALE

A MALAWIAN BOY IN AN

ORPHANAGE, WAS ADOPTED BY

POP ICON MADONNA

CONTROVERSY SURROUNDED THE

ADOPTION BECAUSE MALAWI LAWS

REQUIRE WOULD-BE PARENTS TO

RESIDE IN MALAWI FOR 1 YEAR BEFORE ADOPTION

AND MADONNA DIDN’T

AND MADONNA DIDN’T SHES THE QUEEN AFTER ALL

5 FACT

EARLIEST HUMAN SETTLEMENTS IN

MALAWI DATE BACK TO 50,000

TO 60,000 YEARS AGO

BUSHMEN PEOPLE'S ROCK

PAINTINGS CAN STILL BE

SEEN OUTSIDE THE

CAPITAL OF LILONGWE

6 FACT

CHAMBO FISH, ONE OF

MALAWI’S FAVORITE DELICACIES,

IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

7 FACT

MALAWI IS THE ONLY COUNTRY

IN THE WORLD THAT HAS A

CARLSBERG FACTORY

WITH THE EXCEPTION, OF

COURSE, OF DENMARK

CARLSBERG BEER IS SOLD

HERE AT JUST ABOUT USD 0.75

CARLSBERG BEER IS SOLD

HERE AT JUST ABOUT USD 0.75 NOW YOU KNOW NOT ALL MALAWIAN HOUSEHOLDS

LIVE ON LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR PER DAY !!

7 FACT

IT’S NOT UNUSUAL IN MY

COUNTRY TO SEE A 12-SEATER

BUS TRANSPORTING 21 PEOPLE,,,

PLUS GOATS, CHICKEN, AND

BASKETS OF VEGETABLES

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