Maravi was a state established by Bantu people in the area of Lake Malawi, in present-day Malawi, sometime during the 16th century. (The present-day name "Malawi"'s said to derive from "Maravi".) At its greatest extent, the state included territory from the Tumbuka and Tonga areas to the north to the Lower Shire in the south, and west to Luangwa and Zambezi valleys. It's also a generic name of the black tribes in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Maravi's rulers belonged to the Phiri mat… (More on Maravi)