Malawi Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Etymology == The first name given to what is known now as ''Malawi'' was [[Nyasaland]], a combination of [[Lomwe language|Lomwe]] word, ''"nyasa"'' to mean "lake" and an English word "land". The combined name was formed by [[David Livingstone]], a Scottish explorer and missionary who led the legendary Zambezi Expedition through the area in the mid-1800s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Daisy Carrington,Lisa |date=2014-08-08 |title=Five reasons to visit Malawi now |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/five-reasons-to-visit-malawi-now/index.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The current name ''Malawi'' was chosen by the first [[president of Malawi]], [[Kamuzu Banda]] after the country achieved its independence from Great Britain in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Malawi, The Warm Heart of Africa |url=http://www.novocmalawi.org/index.php/about/malawi-the-warm-heart-of-africa/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727131527/http://www.novocmalawi.org/index.php/about/malawi-the-warm-heart-of-africa/ |archive-date=27 July 2011 |access-date=26 January 2011 |publisher=Network of Organizations for Vulnerable & Orphan Children}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page