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BOOK NOTICE
Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi
Origins and Early History of the Chewa
Yusuf M. Juwayeyi
Hardback: Oxford, James Currey Ltd. ISBN10 1775822494
Paperback: University of Cape Town Press. ISBN13 9781775822493
The Chewa are the largest ethnic group in Malawi, representing a third
of the population of approximately 19 million, and their language, Chichewa, is
Malawi's national language. Yet the last book on the history of this group was
published in 1944, and was based on oral history, or tradition. As with much
African history, it started to be recorded only in the late 19th century. This is the
