This scene is from the bus between the Tanzanian border at Songwe to Lilongwe in Malawi. It is a big problem to have all this heavy and hard luggage in the bus. If an accident occurs many people will die. In Tanzania the buses are forced to have separate trucks for the heavy luggage but in Malawi there is not even weigh bridges and no restrictions. When we cross the border into Malawi all our goods are put inside the bus. We risk our lives to travel this way. I know several people that have died in incidents with overfilled buses.
Photograph and story by Maggie Lonely Mhango, cross border trader in Blantyre, Malawi
Experience of this border
Location of border
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Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi