Malawi to celebrate Livingstone’s life

  1. Posted on Tuesday 3 March 2009 - 11:32
    Sam Banda Junior
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    Sam Banda Jnr, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    Malawi is next month expected to celebrate the life of Dr. David Livingstone who visited the southern African country in 1859. Livingstone, a Scottish traveler and missionary is said to have helped in the spread of Christianity in Malawi.
    David Livingstone
    The missionary who died in 1873 in Zambia is said to have commanded an expedition that led to the discovery of Lake Nyasa now Lake Malawi.

    Livingstone who studied medicine also helped fight slave trade which was rampant then in the African continent.

    Media reports in the southern African country said the country will celebrate 150 years since Livingstone first came to Malawi which will be under the theme “Gospel, Peace, Freedom and Fair Trade.”

    The Daily Times of Malawi said the celebration set to be attended by president Bingu Wa Mutharika will be hosted by Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) which in the country is made up of Nkhoma Synod, Livingstonia and Blantyre Synod.

    The report quoted chairperson of the organising committee Lawrence Chaluluka as saying Livingstone contributed to various aspects of life in Malawi.

    “He came to Malawi and touched all lives by introducing Christianity, commerce and civilization,” said Chaluluka.

    According to the report, Livingstonia synod was named after him while the country’s commercial city of Blantyre, was named after the city in which he was born in Scotland in 1813.

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