Malawi – A Geographical Study

Accession Number	AA-WEB-0072
Author / Creator	J. G. Pike (Hydrologist, Department of Hydraulics, Malawi) and G. T. Rimmington (Assistant Professor of Education, Acadia University, Nova Scotia; formerly Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Social Development, Malawi)
Publisher	Oxford University Press, London
Year	1965
Record Type	Book
Collection	Website Only
Subject	Geography
Geography	Malawi
Access Status	In House — Abantu Archives, Harare

Archival Significance

A comprehensive academic geography of newly independent Malawi, co-written by a hydrologist with the Malawian Department of Hydraulics and an education officer formerly with Malawi’s own Ministry of Education, giving the study direct grounding in Malawian government service rather than purely external academic observation.

Institutional Context

Published by Oxford University Press, London, in 1965, one year after Malawian independence.

Content Summary

Covers Malawi’s physical, historical, social and economic geography, including appendices of crop export and production data from 1948 to 1960.

Research Utility

A core reference for researchers of Malawian geography and economic history in the years immediately following independence.

Abantu Archives Note

Held in-house.