The Amaravi were a Bantu people, living around Lake Nyasa in what is now Malawi in the 15th century. They founded a dynasty known as the Maravi Empire. The Amaravi, who eventually became known as the Chewa (a word possibly derived from a term meaning "foreigner"), migrated to Malawi from the region of the modern day Republic of Congo.
References
- Ransford, Oliver (1967). Livingstone's lake: the drama of Nyasa, Africa's inland sea. Crowell. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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