Mwamasapa

Mwamasapa lies in the country west of Lake Malawi's northern shore, near the mountains overlooking the Karonga plain. It gives its name to a pottery tradition found in northern Malawi. Rivers descend from the highlands across the plain to the lake, and the Ngonde people cultivated bananas, sorghum and millet in this well-watered country. Hunting on the mountain slopes and fishing in the lake and rivers supplemented the harvests of their fields.