Slater 2008

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List of those commemorated:

David Gordon Slater d. 2008

"Muyende Bwino" translates as "Go well" 

The phrase is from Nyanja (chinyanja), also known as Chewa (chicheŵa) after the largest tribe speaking it, and is a Bantu language spoken by over 15 million people in southern Africa. Chewa/Nyanja is an official language and common lingua franca in Malawi and Zambia, and is spoken by some in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa as well.

The name Nyanja actually means "lake", so chinyanja is the "language of the lake" — referring to the language of the Chewas and other tribes who have adopted their language. In Malawi, the official name is Chichewa, while Zambia and Mozambique call it Nyanja.

In Zambia there are two languages Chewa which is spoke in eastern part (known as "eastern Province")and Nyanja which is spoken in the capital (known as "Lusaka") the two languages have some similarities but are different. Nyanja spoken in Lusaka has unique words some of which are derived from other languages in Zambia which includes but not limited to Chewa, Bemba, Tonga and English.