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| Title: | The meaning and use of the name Malawi in oral traditions and precolonial documents |
| Author: | Schoffeleers, J.M. |
| Book title: | The early history of Malawi |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Pages: | 91-103 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Malawi |
| Subjects: | Chewa ethnological names |
| Abstract: | The author examines two issues, viz. the composition of the people, within the Chewa-speaking cluster, who were traditionally identified by the name Malawi or Maravi and the factors which distinguished them from other members of the cluster. Ref. |