Dialogues in Sticks and Stones: Spatial testimonies of the East African slave trade in Nkhotakota, Malawi Part 2 Project 2025 Glory Kamthunzi University of the Free State | South Africa Set along the Nkhotakota lakeshore in Malawi, where the histories of the 19th-century Swahili Arab slave trade, the legacy of David Livingstone's missionary expeditions, and African chiefdom heritage intersect, this project re-imagines a rural memorial.Rooted in the concept of vernacular remembrance, the design proposes a slave route memorial centre integrated with the local typology of a beach-village fishery, establishing continuities in the site's historical narrative and serving both cultural heritage tourists and local communities. The design explores the synthesis of traditional tectonics, Swahili stone architecture, and the morphology of slave dhows as critical architectural points of departure, uncovering a transcultural vernacular language rooted in the material cultures of the site.This project resists monumentality in favour of embodied, experiential memory, employing techniques that frame remembrance through spatial testimony, proxemic resonance, and object witnessing. The result is a commemorative landscape that offers a nuanced, locally resonant response that is both a spatial intervention and a personal act of remembrance, bridging history, heritage, and healing. Tutor(s)Mrs Petria Smit