SKYCTC QEP Book Club - Spring 2014 - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Malawi

Three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered on the black band; black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the rising sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa.

• Official country name is The Republic of MalawI
• Capital:  Lilongwe
• Country was established in 1891 under British rule
• Became an independent nation in July 1964
• Nationality:  Malawian
• Languages:  Chicewa (official) & English
• Population:  16,777,547
• Median Age:  17.3
• Life Expectancy:  52.7
• School Life Expectancy:  11
• 53% of the population is below the poverty line
• Government:  multi-party democracy
• Religion:  Christian (83%), Muslim (13%), Other (2%), None (3%)
• Economy:  Pimarily Agricultural (including tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, tapioca, sorghum, groundnuts, cattle and goats)
• Natural Resources:  limestone, arable land, hydropower, uranium, coal and bauxite
• Climate:  Sub-tropical - their rainy season lasts from November to May and their dry season lasts from May to November
• Landlocked