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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Malawi; by risk level: 2 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The multi-day fermentation, pounding, and floor-cooking of cassava flour into kondowole, a dense, sticky staple porridge of northern Malawi, particularly associated with the Tumbuka and Tonga communities around Lake Malawi's northern…
The hand-digging and manual sorting of corundum gemstones -- principally ruby and sapphire, alongside aquamarine, beryl, garnet, amethyst, and rose quartz -- by artisanal miners across small and medium-sized deposits in Malawi, with the…
The carving of wood and straw masks and full-body costume structures by initiated men of the Nyau brotherhood, a secretive society of the Chewa people extending throughout central and southern Malawi and into contiguous areas of…