MsFoxxx t1_isd3yar wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:15 AM

Malawi is nowhere near South Africa. Africa is a continent. South Africa is a country.

Party_Acanthaceae_89 t1_isdz40r wrote on October 15, 2022 at 6:22 AM

Malawi is in southern Africa

[deleted] t1_iseea4m wrote on October 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM

Southeastern africa. Not South Africa. Malawi is a country. South Africa is also a country. Africa is a continent.

DawgTroller t1_isg7q8g wrote on October 15, 2022 at 7:11 PM

Well Malawi is in south Africa, not South Africa.

[deleted] t1_ish4ca8 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 11:07 PM

Malawi is in southeastern africa, as in around the southeastern area of the continent of Africa. It has nothing to do with the country of South Africa.

messyredemptions OP t1_isgj6yz wrote on October 15, 2022 at 8:33 PM

Thank you for making that distinction, I wish Colonialism didn't have such a large footprint on so much of the information in this article and the way many of us wound up reading the situation.

The author who wrote and titled the article seems to be from Kenya, perhaps there's a geographic bias in description where Malawi would be noted as South in Africa to Kenya but with added ambiguity due to the existence of South Africa as a nation?

Reading some of the other comments about her chief status, I'm wondering if "first chief" might be a reference to being like head woman chief, rather than the first of all time too. I'd be curious to know what the names for leadership roles in her original language are and what they imply.