Title: Chiwiziwizi iron smelting furnace
Description: Located some 8km south of Phoka court. The site is one of the scattered Iron smelting furnaces found in Malawi. These sites represent a dawn of civilization in Central Africa. The period is associated with the coming of the Bantu speaking people to Central Africa who practiced iron smelting, farming, pottery and settlement. These activities revolutionised the region. Iron smelting resulted in the production of improved tools and implements such as hoes, spears, knives and axes. The site also portrays a unique method of manufacturing iron tools that is now extinct in Malawi.