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INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
MALAWI
MA
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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