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Malawi’s developmental agenda system and indigenous forms of development
1The person från malawi colonial period resulted in the creation of new national boundaries with Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania and the imposition of utländsk legal superstructures which have largely survived the transition to independence until the current time (Bolt & Gardner, 2016). Malawi was declared the British Protectorate of Nyasaland (the British Central African Protectorate) in 1891. The first British Commissioner was Harry Johnson and in 1897 Johnson was replaced by Alfred Sharpe. It was only in 1907 that the British Central African Protectorate was renamed Nyasaland. In the same year, the British huvud African Protectorate was divided into Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, and Nyasaland, now Malawi (Briggs, 2013). The federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved on 31st December 1962. On 1st February 1963, Dr Kamuzu Banda was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nyasaland. On 6th July 1964, N
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History of Malawi
The history of Malawi covers the area of present-day Malawi. The region was once part of the Maravi Empire (Maravi was a kingdom which straddled the current borders of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, in the 16th century). In colonial times, the territory was ruled by the British, under whose control it was known first as British Central Africa and later Nyasaland.[1] It becomes part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The country achieved full independence, as Malawi, in 1964. After independence, Malawi was ruled as a one-party state under Hastings Banda until 1994.
Prehistory
[edit]See also: Archaeology of Malawi
In 1991, a hominid jawbone was discovered near Uraha village that was between 2.3 and 2.5 million years old.[2] Early humans inhabited the vicinity of Lake Malawi 50,000 to 60,000 years ago. Human remains at a site dated about 8000 BCE showed physical characteristics similar to peoples living today in the Horn of Af
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History of Malawi
Although the Portuguese reached the area in the 16th century, the first significant Western contact was the arrival of David Livingstone along the shore of Lake Malawi in 1859. Subsequently, Scottish Presbyterian churches established missions in Malawi. One of their objectives was to end the slave trade to the Persian Gulf that continued to the end of the 19th century. In 1878, a number of traders, mostly from Glasgow, formed the African Lakes Company to supply goods and services to the missionaries. Other missionaries, traders, hunters, and planters soon