Photo Gallery (Click to see photos) Truly Africa   Journal Entries Malawi paradise. The calm in the center of eastern Africa - a traveller's dream. And one hell of a bus ride. Read more . . . A South African's view of the blacks. Where to find Hob Nob cookies. Read more . . . Twilight Zone in Africa. Back to Zim to leave on safari with the Kumuka boneheads. Read more . . . Currency ~ Malawi Kwacha (Click to enlarge)	Country Information Malawi For three decades the destiny of Malawi was tied to President-for-Life Kamuzu Banda. In the mid-1990s Banda buckled under popular pressure to hold elections, and lost - finally giving Malawians a taste for multiparty democracy.