Slaving was common up to the19th century and Nkhotakota was a principal focus. This wall is from Malawi's first mosque, next to a stockade for slaves. |
In 1861, Dr Livingstone sat under this fig tree to negotiate with local chiefs to stop the trade. |
He sat under this one in 1863 and gave a chief an umbrella before sailing off to intervene in more slave trading. |
Here the first post-independance president of Malawi, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, held his first political rally. |