Chongoni Rock-Art Area
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Location
Dedza

Country
Malawi

Year of Research
2006

Culture
    It lies within a group of forested granite hills.It is covering an area of 126.4 km2, high up the plateau of central Malawi, the 127 sites of this area feature the richest concentration of rock art in Central Africa.
    They reflect the comparatively rare tradition of farmer rock art, as well as paintings by BaTwa hunter-gatherers who inhabited the area from the late Stone Age.
    The Chewa agriculturalists, whose ancestors lived there from the late Iron Age, practised rock painting till well into the 20th century.
    The symbols in the rock art, which are strongly associated with women, still have cultural related things amongst the Chewa, and the places are actively related to ceremonies and rituals.





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