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"Blantyre Church". Exterior view of Blantyre church, Malawi. There are buildings in the background and trees to the front of the image. Blantyre Mission was established in 1876 in South Nyasaland by Henry Henderson (1843-1891) from here other mission stations were established at Zomba, Domasi, Chirazulu and Mlanje. Blantyre was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. According to Stewart of Lovedale it is, ‘probably the most striking native church in all central Africa, except the cathedral at Zanzibar’. The Blantyre mission excelled in medical and education provision and encouraged the commercialisation of the area through opening trade routes and the cultivation of tobacco, and other cash, crops.
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