Livingstonia
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Livingstonia Kondowe |
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 Livingstonia
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| Coordinates: 10°36′S 34°07′E / 10.600°S 34.117°E | |
| Country |
 Malawi
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| Region | Northern Region |
| District | Rumphi District |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 6,690 |
| Time zone | +2 |
| Climate | Cwa |
Livingstonia or Kondowe is a town located in the Northern Region district of Rumphi in Malawi. It is 270 miles north of the capital, Lilongwe. The town of Mzuzu can be reached on tarred road in about 2–3 hours from Chitimba on the shore Lake Malawi.
Livingstonia was founded in 1894 by missionaries from the Free Church of Scotland. The missionaries had first established a mission in 1875 at Cape Maclear, which they named Livingstonia after David Livingstone, whose death in 1873 had rekindled British support for missions in Eastern Africa. The mission was linked with the Livingstonia Central Africa Company, set up as a commercial business in 1877. By 1881 Cape Maclear had proved extremely malarial and the mission moved north to Bandawe. This site also proved unhealthy and the Livingstonia Mission moved once again to the higher grounds between Lake Malawi and Nyika Plateau. This new site proved highly successful because Livingstonia is located in the mountains and therefore not prone to mosquitoes carrying malaria. The mission station gradually developed into a small town.
The leading missionary for 52 years was Dr Robert Laws. He established in Livingstonia the best school in his time for the whole region, and Livingstonia graduates became influential in several neighbouring countries, including the southernmost, South Africa. Among notable alumni of the school was the writer Legson Kayira, who graduated in 1958. The title of his autobiographical work I Will Try was taken from the school motto.
Dr Laws wanted Livingstonia to develop into a University, but his successors did not pursue the dream. In 2003 the Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian (CCAP) renewed the vision and started Livingstonia University (Link to website).
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