Nyangu

Nyangu lies near the upper Shire, the river that carries Lake Malawi's waters southwards through shallow Lake Malombe. Beyond Malombe the Shire winds past Liwonde, where hippopotamuses gather along its banks, before continuing towards the Zambezi. From the sixteenth century this country formed part of the wider world of the Maravi kingdoms. Their Phiri ruling lineages depended on local rainmaking and territorial cults, and traded ivory with Swahili and Portuguese merchants.