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Places

Territorial evolution & movements
Early Nkhamanga/Henga/Phoka heartlands Lake Malawi corridor exchanges Colonial boundaries shaping cross-border Tumbuka identity
Core regions
Northern Region, Malawi Mzimba Rumphi Nkhata Bay Zambia Eastern Province, Zambia Lundazi / Chasefu / Lumezi / Chama / Isoka / Mafinga Urban diaspora in Copperbelt Province and Lusaka Province Tanzania Mbeya Region / Songwe Region Zimbabwe Northern districts with migrant communities
Notable localities
Zambia Lundazi Ekwendeni Bolero Chitipa Karonga
Ceremonies & heritage sites
Vimbuza Vinkhakanimba Traditional Ceremony Zengani Traditional Ceremony Fwemba Traditional Dance
Persecution
Persecution of the Tumbuka people

Part of a series on the
History of Northern Malawi

Timeline Prehistory of Northern Malawi History of the Tumbuka people History of the Tonga people (Malawi) M'nyanjagha Kingdom Nkhamanga Kingdom Kingdom of Chikulamayembe Ngonde Kingdom Ngoni invasions of Northern Malawi Karonga War Livingstonia Mission British Central Africa Protectorate in Northern Malawi Colonial Northern Malawi Northern Region, Malawi
By ethnicity Tumbuka people Ngonde people Tonga people Lambya people Sukwa people Ngoni people Nyakyusa people Nyiha people
By topic Cultural history of Northern Malawi Economic history of Northern Malawi Military history of Northern Malawi History of Christianity in Northern Malawi Demographic history of Northern Malawi History of education in Northern Malawi History of women in Northern Malawi History of medicine in Northern Malawi History of Northern Malawi historiography
By district History of Chitipa History of Karonga History of Rumphi History of Mzimba History of Nkhata Bay History of Likoma History of Mzuzu
Kingdoms and polities M'nyanjagha Kingdom Nkhamanga Kingdom Kingdom of Chikulamayembe Ngonde Kingdom Mwaulambya Kingdom Mbelwa Kingdom
Missions and trade Livingstonia Mission African Lakes Company Karonga War Slave trade in Northern Malawi
Historic places Karonga Museum Livingstonia, Malawi Hora Mountain Mbande Hill Lake Malawi
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Mbande Hill is a Malawian archaeological site, located at the northern end of Lake Malawi, in Karonga district, Northern Malawi. The site has been identified as the capital of the Ngonde kingdom. Its chiefs, known as the 'Kyungu' ruled from this location. Pottery and bead finds at the site suggest it was occupied between 1500–1800 period, while the uppermost levels of excavation point to a nineteenth-century date. It is suspected that the kingdom had links with Africa's East Coast maritime trade networks. A surviving earthwork at Mbande Hill may have been part of the fortifications.

References

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K. R. Robinson (1966). "A Preliminary Report on the Recent Archaeology of Ngonde, Northern Malawi". The Journal of African History. 7 (2): 169–188. doi:10.1017/s0021853700006253. JSTOR 179948.

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