Walking down the street in Old Town

This is a very common sight - women almost always carry things on their heads (usually without the support of an arm like in this photo) with their babies on their back, secured by a chitenje.

Lilongwe

May 22nd 2007
By Tuesday I was starting to feel pretty isolated from real life here. I had only been driven around in SUVs, eaten at places most Malawians could never afford, and been in supermarkets with brands like Heinz and Ceres (= all imports). So I decided to venture out to the Old Town in the morning. Our housekeeper, Mary, walked me to the place where I would catch the minibus to work from then on, and ... read more

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Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional... ... read more

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