Ekwendeni, Mzimba

Ekwendeni
Ekwendeni Church, ca.1895
Ekwendeni Location in Malawi
Coordinates: 11°22′S 33°53′E
Country	Malawi
Region	Northern Region
District	Mzimba District
Time zone	+2
Climate	Cwa

Ekwendeni ni malo kweneso tauni ikulu iyo ikusangika ku mpoto kwa boma la Mzimba, kumpoto kwa chalo cha Malawi.

Mu 1889, Walter Angus Elmslie wakajura ofesi ya umishonale ku eKwendeni. Mu tawuni iyi muli tchalitchi linyake lakale chomene ku Malawi ilo lili mu tchalitchi la Central African Presbyterian (CCAP).

Chipatala ichi chikamba mu ma 1890, ndipo chikaŵa cha tchalitchi la Free Church of Scotland. Chipatala cha Ekwendeni chikwendeskeka na mpingo wa Presbyterian Church of Central Africa Synod of Livingstonia, pamoza na mpingo wa Presbyterian Church (USA), Church of Scotland na Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

Ŵanthu ŵa ku Ekwendeni ŵakuyowoya chiTumbuka kweni ŵakuyowoya viyowoyero vinyake chifukwa cha ŵanthu ŵanandi awo ŵakufuma ku vigaŵa vinyake vya Malawi. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Ekwendeni ŵakatemwanga kuluta ku malo agha cifukwa ca cipatala ici, sukulu ya vya cisopa, sukulu ya unesi, na sukulu yakusambizgira nchito za mawoko.

Ku Ekwendeni kuli minda ya hona. Malo agha ndigho ghakutemwa kupumura ŵanthu awo ŵakwenda pa msewu wa M1 pakati pa Malawi na Tanzania, Kenya na vyaru vinyake.

Ku Ekwendeni kuli mabizinesi ghacoko waka. Awo ŵakupeleka vyawanangwa kufuma ku vyaru vinyake ŵakovwira kuti chigaŵa ichi chiŵe makora. Msumba uwu uli na malo ghakutowa chomene agho ghakovwira kuti ŵanthu ŵakwendakwenda ŵakondwenge.