KuNgoni

Chamare Museum & Research Centre

THE MUSEUM

The Chamare Museum is ahighly acclaimed centre which displays and interprets the history, material culture and spiritual heritage of the tribes of Central Malawi, and their interaction with Christianity and Islam.

With its unique reconstruction of village life, masks, text and images, the museum describes the Chewa, Ngoni and Yao cultures and their interaction with Islam, Christianity and each other. The Museum's collection of over 400 Gule Wamkulu masks is without parallel in the world.

RESEARCH CENTRE

A new library/research centre is being opened within the grounds of KuNgoni. Kafukufuku has a unique collection of research papers, videos, photographs, slides, and over 1000 books. Visitors, who wish to conduct further study into the cultures of Malawi, will be provided with an opportunity to access over 35 years of data collected on Malawi and research into tribes within the Mua area.



Tel: 09 511 884 / 09 294 320 / 01 262 706
PO Box 41, Mtakataka, Malawi