Manthimba

Manthimba
Manthimba
Former city
	Manthimba
	Coordinates: 14°13′14″S 34°32′07″E / 14.22056°S 34.53528°E
Country	Malawi
Former country	Maravi
Region	Central
District	Dedza

Manthimba was considered by Malawian historian Kings M. Phiri to have been the capital of the Maravi Empire, however Yusuf Juwayeyi considers it to have been Mankhamba.^[1]^: 51–53 Manthimba was located at 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the present village of Mtakataka in the Dedza district, in the central region of Malawi.^[2]

References

^ Juwayeyi, Yusuf M. (2020). "The origins and migrations of the Chewa according to their oral traditions". Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84701-253-1.
^ Ogot, Bethwell A. Ogot (1992). Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Volume 5 of International Construction Management Series. UNESCO. ISBN 92-3-101711-X.

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[:2-1] Juwayeyi, Yusuf M. (2020). "The origins and migrations of the Chewa according to their oral traditions". Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84701-253-1.

[2] Ogot, Bethwell A. Ogot (1992). Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Volume 5 of International Construction Management Series. UNESCO. ISBN 92-3-101711-X.

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