History of Malawi

(ChiTumbuka)

Mbiri ya Malaŵi yikulongosora vya malo agho sono ni Malaŵi. Malo agha ghakaŵa gha Ufumu wa Maravi (Maravi ukaŵa ufumu uwo ukaŵa pakati pa Malaŵi, Mozambiki, na Zambia mu vyaka vya m'ma 1500 C.E.). Mu nyengo iyo charu ichi chikaŵa pasi pa ufumu wa Britain, ŵakamba kuchimanyiska kuti British Central Africa, ndipo pamasinda ŵakamba kuchimanya kuti Nyasaland. Charu ichi chikaŵa chigaŵa cha Rhodesia na Nyasaland. Mu 1964, charu ichi chikamba kujiyimira paŵekha. Malaŵi wakati wapokera wanangwa wake, wakalamulirika na Hastings Banda m'paka mu 1994.

(English)

The History of Malawi covers the area of present-day Malawi. The region was once part of the Maravi Empire (Maravi was a kingdom which straddled the current borders of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, in the 16th century). In colonial times, the territory was ruled by the British, under whose control it was known first as British Central Africa and later Nyasaland. It became part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The country achieved full independence, as Malawi, in 1964. After independence, Malawi was ruled as a one-party state under Hastings Banda until 1994.