# Msinja

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{{Short description|Site in Malawi}}
{{Infobox ancient site
| name = Msinja
| map_type = Malawi#Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|14|33|S|33|39|E|display=inline,title}}
| location = [Lilongwe District](/source/Lilongwe_District), [Malawi](/source/Malawi)
| type = Settlement
| part_of = [Maravi Empire](/source/Maravi_Empire)
| built = 12th or 13th century CE
| abandoned = ?
| epochs = 
| cultures = [Maravi](/source/Maravi)
}}
'''Msinja''' is a site in [Malawi](/source/Malawi). It was settled by the [Chewa](/source/Chewa_people), specifically the [Banda clan](/source/Banda_clan) led by priestess [Makewana](/source/Makewana), from the 12th or 13th century. It was below the {{Ill|Dzalanyama range|de|Salanjama}} and near to [Kaphirintiwa Hill](/source/Kaphirintiwa_Hill) (a sacred site in [Chewa traditional religion](/source/Chewa_traditional_religion)) and [Tsang'oma](/source/Tsang'oma) (the location of a shrine housing the ''[mbiriwiri](/source/mbiriwiri)'' drum).<ref name="Mbiriwiri">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Mbiriwiri |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-4002286062 |last=Libin |first=Lawrence |date=2014}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |last=Juwayeyi |first=Yusuf M. |date=2010-08-01 |title=Archaeological excavations at Mankhamba, Malawi: An early settlement site of the Maravi |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2010.491947 |journal=Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=175–202 |doi=10.1080/0067270X.2010.491947 |issn=0067-270X |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The origins and migrations of the Chewa according to their oral traditions |date=2020 |work=Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa |pages=35–54 |editor-last=Juwayeyi |editor-first=Yusuf M. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/archaeology-and-oral-tradition-in-malawi/origins-and-migrations-of-the-chewa-according-to-their-oral-traditions/5178CBF9FEDE2EBB7A70BA7EDE62798F |access-date=2025-12-10 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78744-893-3}}</ref>{{Reference page|page=45-7}}

==References==
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Category:Archaeological sites in Malawi
Category:Archaeology of Southern Africa
Category:Archaeology of Central Africa
Category:Archaeological sites of Southern Africa

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