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The name of Tadala, the third cub and also a female, means “we have been blessed” in the southeast-African Chewa language, the Zoo adds.

If it weren’t for the great Scottish missionary David Livingstone, the Yao and Chewa might still be at odds today.

The Arabs from Zanzibar convinced them to become Muslim, then recruited them to capture our Chewa people and put us into bondage.

They performed at the chief’s request at funerals and initiation ceremonies, when many Chewa boys become men.

During the height of the festivities, the chief took Mwase to the top of the highest hill and looked down where the Chewa ruled.