Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, an
Chongoni Rock Art Area
1897 British Central Africa stamp issued by the United Kingdom
Malawi's first Prime Minister and later the first President, Hastings Banda (left), with Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere (right)
National Assembly building in Lilongwe
The Nyasaland Protectorate, or simply Nyasaland, was a British protectorate in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Between 1953 an
Malawi
…between Angola and Mozambique in the 1885 Pink Map. In 1891, the area was designated by the British as the British Central African Protectorate, renamed Nyasaland in 1907. In 1964, Nyasaland became independent under Prime Minister Hastings Banda and was renamed Malawi. Two years later, Banda became president by…
Native residents of Nyasaland, 1911
All 75 European residents of Blantyre, 1897
The SS Chauncy Maples on Lake Nyasa
John Chilembwe's church, the Providence Industrial Mission, was captured and destroyed by government forces in 1915.