This is a book about the Tonga of Northern Malawi, sometimes called the
Lakeshore Tonga to distinguish them from other ethnic groups with the
same name further west in Central Africa. The Lakeshore Tonga were the
first ethnic group to identify themselves with the Christian faith. The
purpose of the research was to investigate the use of Tonga myths,
folktales, proverbs and rituals for their role in Moral Education and
assess and evaluate their contribution towards value formation for the
youth. Each chapter in the book aims to discuss some ideas in the
anthropology of religion and to illustrate them with specific case
studies formed primarily through conversation with friends, both young
and old, over some years.