What the records say
- When
- 1949
- Kind
- Famine
- Coordinates
- 15.65° S, 35.13° E
- Description
- Famine in protectorate of Nyasaland
- Deaths
- 200
- Cause
- drought
Nyasaland famine of 1949
Famine in protectorate of Nyasaland
The Nyasaland famine of 1949 was a famine that occurred in the Shire Highlands in the Southern Province of Nyasaland and also in a part of the Central Province in 1949. Its effects extended into the early part of 1950.
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