How many books have ever been published in the language(s) present in Malawi?
The Bible and Portnoy’s Complaint.
It’s my understanding that most good African schools teach in English
The official language is English.
I don’t know about Malawi, but Africans from countries like Cameroon are usually trilingual and speak: French, English, and a native tongue.
And their French and English are the most beautifully accented and pronounced.
The official language of Malawi is England, and the native languages are considered local languages. Instruction in rural areas in the primary grades is in a mix of local language and English, with children learning to read and write in English. Instruction in high school even in rural areas is in English.
The English of Malawi features some borrow words from the local languages and, increasingly, English is creeping its way into local languages. For example, numbers larger than three are English numbers.
Certainly, the folk stories and legends of the people need to be preserved. But, they can be preserved in English.