The Livingstonia mission established a small station at Bandawe in Tonga country in 1878 (location approx -11.921583, 34.175229).

In 1881 the mission moved to Bandawe to escape the bad climate of Cape Maclear and bouts of malaria that struck the mission.

[1] The photo opposite is of the Graves at this first Livingstonia near Cape Maclear and are still visible at approx -14.037001, 34.830356.

In 1894 the mission moved once again from Bandawe to Kondowe, again for health reasons.

[2] The former mission is a historical site, the ruins include a cemetery.