(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek
community in Malawi’)
Greek presence in Malawi (pr.
Nyasaland) dates back to the 1900s. The pioneers of the Greek migration to Malawi
were mainly from the Kefalonia island. These were Panagiotis and Themistocles
Vasilatos, Themistocles Zepatos, Dionysis and Pavlos Focas and Gerasimos
Kapatos. We should also add Nikos Deftereos from Ithaca, Antonis Giokarinis
from Samos, Nikos Trataris, Yiannakis brothers (Nikos, Dimitris, Elefterios,
Stavros, Stelios, Charalambos, Kostas), Christos Fergadiotis and Leonidas Malachias
from Lemnos, George Benedictos and Dimitris Papadopoulos from Cyprus.
