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The Chongoni Rock Art Area has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites:
Situated within a cluster of forested granite hills and covering an area of 126.4 km2, high up the plateau of central Malawi, the area features the richest concentration of rock art in Central Africa on 127 sites. They reflect the comparatively scarce 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 in the area from the late Iron Age, practised rock painting until well into the 20th century. The symbols in the rock art, which are strongly associated with women, still have cultural relevance amongst the Chewa, and the sites are actively associated with ceremonies and rituals.
Other World Heritage sites in Malawi: Lake Malawi National Park (which is truly beautiful).
On the Tentative List: Nyika and Mount Mulanje
Source: a work colleague that will not reveal their blog address to me