history+of+Malawi



Today people claims that they have found tracks from humans 50 000 years back. During the 19th century, Arab slave traders began to take control over Malawi, and it is estimated that 80,000-100,000 Africans were killed or sold into slavery every year. Fortunately missionary Dr. David Livingstone came to the country, and he tried his best to help. He also brang attention to the slave trade, found sources of the Nile and spread Christianity to the inhabitants. So by the 1880's Portugal, Germany and Britain all had claims to territory.The Europeans brought good tidings, and after a while the slave trade was ended. In a period the were so many Europeans, and they got full control over Malawi, and thats one of the reason why the Malawi people speaks English today. Malawi was a British protectorate called "Nyasaland" from 1891. "Nyasaland" was with a federation with Rhodesia. The country got full autonomy in 1963. The federation was dissolved in December 1963,and 6 July 1964 Malawi became an independent state.

David Livingstone 

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