Larissa+Malawi


 * //Malawi//**



__Human Features__ ** Malawi is named after the Maravi people who arrived there during the 15th century and from whom Chewa groups descended from those groups. The Chewa are just over half of the population and their language is easily understood by at least 75% of the people. Other groups are for example the Lomwe, Ngonde, Ngoni, Nyanja, Sena, Tonga, Tumbuko, and Yao, and there are small other groups of Europeans and Asians. The Yao and a minority of Chewa are the Muslim population. Most Malawian Christians are Protestant, though there are also Roman Catholic. They used all the traditional dances to strengthen participation of the community and to build up more the national feelings.
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Around 10,000 BC the San (Bushmen) people lived in Malawi. During the 1st until the 4th centuries AD and again in the 13th century, large groups of Bantu-speaking peoples migrated into the region. By the beginning of the 16th century, the people of Malawi had set up organized States.
 * History**





Unfortunately, in Malawi, more boys were born than girls, and a total of only 50% of women can read and write, while the men are at 76%. Also in the household there is violence against the wives, but this was only criminalized in 2006. And even if the husband was dead or divorced, the women were given no right to their possession.
 * Something about the women…**





Until 1994 there was only one party to get the President of Malawi. But in 1994 was the first time for the multiparty elections and so the current President Muluzi from the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) was selected for the first time and also in 1999 re-elected.
 * Politics**





__**Physical Features**__



· Malawi is located in southern Africa, east to Zambia. · It is a very small land, but it has a big Lake called Lake Nyasa. · In Malawi the climate is sub-tropical and rainy season from November to May and a dry season from May to November.




 * The official language is Chichewa and English.


 * Malawi’s capital is Lilongwe. Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia are the boundaries of Malawi.

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 * The current problems in Malawi are mainly that the forests are cutting down and the water is polluted because of the outflows and the waste and thus fish species are dying out.

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