the warm heart of africa
DESCRIPTION
THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA. MALAWI. Republic of Malawi , is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. The name Malawi comes from the Maravi , an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed, "The Warm Heart of Africa - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA
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MALAWI
• Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.
• The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed, "The Warm Heart of Africa
• It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west.
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• Malawi is over 118,000 km2 (45,560 sq mi) with an estimated population of more than 13,900,000
• Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the second largest is Blantyre and the third is Mzuzu.
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HISTORY
• In 1891 Malawi was colonized by the British. In 1953 Malawi, then known as Nyasaland, became part of the semi-independent Central African Federation (CAF)
• The Federation was dissolved in 1963 and in 1964, Nyasaland gained full independence and was renamed Malawi.
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Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda (first president)
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Dr Bakili Muluz(2nd president & 1st in the multiparty regime)
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Prof Bingu wa mutharika (The current president)
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organisations
• Malawi ismember of the following bodies• SADC• AU• UN• COMESA
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ECONOMY
• The economy is based on agriculture, and more than one-third of GDP and 90% of export revenues come from this.
• Agriculture accounts for 35% of GDP• Industry for 19%• services for the remaining 46%
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• The poverty rate in Malawi is decreasing through the work of the government and supporting organizations, with people living under the poverty line decreasing from 54% in 1990 to 40% in 2006, and the percentage of "ultra-poor" decreasing from 24% in 1990 to 15% in 2007.
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AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
• The main agricultural products of Malawi include :
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Maize,sorghum,tea & tobacco
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LOCAL FOOD:nsima which is from corn
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CULTURE• ETHINIC GROUPS• Chewa 32.6%
Lomwe 17.6%Yao 13.5%Ngoni 11.5%Tumbuka 8.8%Nyanja 5.8%Sena 3.6%Tonga 2.1%Ngonde 1%other 3.5%
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Cultural Dances
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Beni,malipenga,manganje,gulewamkulu among others
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Infrastructure
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Government buildings
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schools
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Roads and bridges
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shopping.
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EDUCATION
• In Malawi, primary education is divided in three major sections,primary,secondary and tertiary,it is not compulsory, but the Constitution requires that all people be entitled to at least five years of primary education.
• In 1994, free primary education for all children was established by the government, which increased attendance rates
• Youth literacy has also increased, moving from 68% in 2000 to 82% in 2007
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Primary education
• The first level of education • Begins with grade one to eight in government
schools and one to six in most private schools
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Secondary education
• It ranges from form one to four• Its equivalent to O-level in the British system• Some may go up to form 6 which leads to
attainment of an A-Level
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Tertiary education
• The University of Malawi is one of educational institutes, established in 1964 and composed of five constituent colleges located in Zomba,Blantyre, and Lilongwe.
– Bunda College, (Lilongwe)– Chancellor College, (Zomba)– College of Medicine, (Blantyre)– Kamuzu College of Nursing, (Lilongwe),– Malawi Polytechnic, (Blantyre)
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Compus and grduates
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Other universities
• Mzuzu univesrity• The catholic University• Natural resources and many other institutions
including vocational institutes
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TOURISM
• There is considerable potential for tourism in Malawi
• The tourist industry has grown greatly since the mid 1970s.
• The tourist industry promotes Malawi's national parks including Nyika Nationa Park, Kasungu National Park, and Liwonde National Park
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The world’s most beautiful lake
• Lake Malawi is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system.
• This lake, the third largest in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world.
• This great lake's tropical waters are reportedly the habitat of more species of fish than those of any other body of freshwater on Earth, including more than 1000 species of cichlids.
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Mulanje mountain.
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Yambani ndinu amalawi campaign
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