Cultural & Museum Centre Karonga
One of the strategic cooperation partners for the Karonga Geopark is the Cultural & Museum Centre Karonga (CMCK). As the custodian of some of Malawi’s most significant paleontological and archaeological discoveries including the Homo rudolfensis jawbone and extensive fossil collections. CMCK serves as a hub for scientific research, cultural education, and heritage preservation. The museum is already actively involved in community outreach, exhibitions, school programs, and hosting international researchers, making it a critical partner in the interpretation and presentation of the Geopark’s geological and cultural assets.
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Cultural Museum CentreThe CMCK provides field infrastructure for palaeobiological and limnological work. The Mpoto Geopark offers important palaeontological sites (Permian-Triassic, Upper Cretaceous, Plio-Pleistocene), as well as research opportunities for freshwater ecology (Lake Malawi), including projects on environmental DNA. In addition to its ichthyofauna, Lake Malawi is considered an evolutionary-biological model system. Active Research is being conducted by Geologists, Palaeontologists and Biologists of University of Malawi, Zomba and Lilongwe University of Natural Resources in cooperation with Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt, Giessen University and New York University.In cooperation with CMCK and financed by Volkswagen Foundation, the Mpoto Geopark is organising yearly field schools on topics of Geology, Biology and Pre-history for doctoral students from 10 African countries: Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Ruanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, DRC and Sierra Leone.
The word Mpoto means NORTH in Tumbuka Language. Mpoto refers to the fact, that the Geopark comprises Northern Malawi and the Northern Malawi Rift.