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Lilongwe Food Festival in Lilongwe
Lilongwe Food Festival is associated with Malawi's capital city, a growing administrative and diplomatic centre whose population and large expatriate and NGO community support a more varied food scene than most Malawian towns. A food festival there would plausibly bring together Malawian staples like nsima, chambo fish and beans with international cuisine, though independent confirmation of this specific event's organisers, dates and scale could not be found.
Lilongwe became Malawi's capital in 1975, replacing Zomba, and grew from a colonial-era district administrative post into the country's political centre, now hosting government ministries, foreign embassies and the headquarters of many international aid and development organisations.