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Malawi has a low life expectancy and high infant mortality. There is a diverse population of native peoples, Asians and Europeans, with several languages spoken and an array of religious beliefs. Although there was periodic regional conflict fuelled in part by ethnic divisions in the past, by 2008 it had diminished considerably and the concept of a Malawian nationality had reemerged. | Malawi has a low life expectancy and high infant mortality. There is a diverse population of native peoples, Asians and Europeans, with several languages spoken and an array of religious beliefs. Although there was periodic regional conflict fuelled in part by ethnic divisions in the past, by 2008 it had diminished considerably and the concept of a Malawian nationality had reemerged. | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi] | ||
See also [https://www.geni.com/projects/Pioneers-and-Early-Settlers-Southern-Rhodesia-now-Zimbabwe/5802 Pioneers and Early Settlers - Southern Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe] | |||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1859 - David Livingstone reached Lake Malawi and identified the Shire Highlands south of the lake as an area suitable for European settlement<br> | 1859 - David Livingstone reached Lake Malawi and identified the Shire Highlands south of the lake as an area suitable for European settlement<br> | ||
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