CULTURED
History
Women of Power
Womanhood in Zambia has long been scripted in silhouettes of submission: chaste, decorative, seen but rarely heard. Yet alongside the nation’s founding fathers stood women who refused to accept that …
Culture
In Search of a Messiah
In December 1991, just days after Zambia's first multi-party democratic election, President Frederi…
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Culture
Inside Africa’s First Shaolin Temple
About 18 kilometres north of Lusaka, a Chinese Buddhist complex has become a meeting point between …
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Culture
How to Build a Productive Home Office in Lusaka
Working from home may save you from Lusaka's traffic, but your house can come with distractions of …
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Culture
Get Ready for Kulamba Ceremony 2026!
As you draw closer to the Mkaika area, you hear it. A steady rhythm rolls across the landscape, the…
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History
Women of Power
Womanhood in Zambia has long been scripted in silhouettes of submission: chaste, decorative, seen b…
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History
TAZARA Railway History, Decline and the $1.4 Billion Revival
Built to give Zambia an alternative route to the sea, the TAZARA Railway became a symbol of African…
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History
Tracing Time in Shiwa Ng’andu A Journey Through Zambia’s Living History
After hours of broken road, shifting landscapes and one necessary waterfall detour, Shiwa Ng’andu a…
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History
The Remarkable Journey of the Ngoni Leader
Zwangendaba's story sounds almost mythical: a leader who fled the upheavals of southern Africa, led…
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Arts
The Golden Age of Zambian Art
The most enduring human desire is freedom. It is every person’s obligation to defend that freedom a…
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Arts
I Am the Nshima of Life
An empty mealie meal bag replaces Christ’s body in Lawrence Yombwe’s latest work, becoming a pierci…
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Arts
Kafwafwa in the Compound, The Day by Day Ghetto Exhibition
‘Day by Day Ghetto’ documents Lusaka’s informal economy through marketplaces, vendors and daily lab…
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Arts
The Forgotten Photo Studio That Helped Zambians See Themselves
Long before smartphones and social media, one photography studio quietly documented the lives of or…
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Music
Sampa the Great Ku Chalo How ‘Supernova’ Is Taking Nu Zamrock to the World
Sampa The Great is taking Zambia’s Zamrock heritage into the future. As she prepares to release Nu …
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Music
Zone Fam Are Back Zambia’s Hip-Hop Group Reunites After 12 Years
For more than a decade, Zone Fam existed mainly in old playlists, music videos and memories of a de…
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Music
Inyance Your Weekend With These Local Beats
A controversial music video, one of Zambia's most anticipated rap albums and a playlist packed with…
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Music
The Greatest Sampa Returns, Nu and Bold
The camera finds Sampa the Great in a large, unfinished building, all concrete floors and steel bea…
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Books
Zambia’s Latest Book, The Boy in the Red Car, Hits Shelves
What happens when money, ambition, love and survival become the centre of the story? The Boy in the…
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Books
Books Currently on Our To-Be-Read List
Chilu Lemba's Finding My Voice, Keith Hamusute's The Ghosts Came To Dinner And Never Left, and Adao…
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Books
Zambian Books To Add To Your Reading List
Beyond The Old Drift lies a powerful collection of books—raw, emotional, and impossible to ignore.
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Books
Zambia's ISBN and Book Publishing Myths DEBUNKED
Zambia’s literary scene is growing, but behind the momentum lies a quiet risk many authors don’t se…
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