Goats are everywhere in Malawi. With a population exceeding 10 million as of 2024 and growing, they will surely overtake the human adult population of 12 million soon if they haven’t already. As a visitor leaving the international airport you will find them grazing at their leisure as far as the eye can see, and you’ll dodge them as they dash across the road or lie in the middle of it being torn to shreds by crows. While goat milk is seldom consumed—the meat is a luxury reserved for special occasions and goat cheese is basically unknown—the goats of Malawi perform a much more essential