Jaan Panjabi AKA PNB (Panjabi By Nature) has made a reputation as a producer of popular music that blends Bhangra (a form of music from Punjab, a North Western Indian State) sounds with Western sounds. For his latest offering, Nath Dig Pey, he has teamed up with three artists to produce another hit as TEAM…
BOOK REVIEW TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES IN ZAMBIA A Study in Cultural History Yizenge A. Chondoka M.A. 1988 Recently I received a present through the post in the form of a hard cover book. “Traditional Marriages in Zambia” is sixty nine pages long and was written by Professor Yizenge A. Chondoka. The author gives two reasons…
AUTHOR INTERVIEW – Zambian Poet Full Names; MUNTANGA DENNY MOONDE How long have you been writing? Since 1994 What made you decide to become a writer? My time at school when I took Literature in English as a subject. What sort of training have you undertaken towards becoming a better writer? Apart from online…
In Zambia, as in several countries in Africa, Nshima forms the staple food. Also known as Sima, Ubwali, Sadza, it is Zambians what rice or potatoes are in other cultures. Nshima is also known as Sima and as Ubwali,depending on where you are. It is made from maize meal. The dried maize is ground into…
Kitwe Elects a New Mayor and Deputy Mayor New Mayor: Kelvin Sinyangwe New Deputy Mayor: Godfridah Chulu
Learn to Speak Bemba: At the Market Place – Video This week we present a Bemba Lesson video by 0rphan Medical Network International (OMNI). It is freely available on YouTube. THE SCRIPT: Here are the phrases covered in this video: I want to buy fruit = Ndefwaya ukushita ifitwalo No = Awe Yes = Ee I…
A poem by Denny Moonde Adorable Lady Would you be my valentine? Adorable lady Care for some alcohol free wine? Adorable lady Our love can touch the skies Adorable lady What we have first prize, lock eyes Adorable lady You’re my life’s whirlwind Adorable lady Your image on my mind, repeat rewind Adorable lady…
Finally, the long wait is over for a movie made in Kitwe and directed by George Howard Musonda. Written by John Katebe, KOMBE in is a film about a man who does not treasure his wife as a partner and about what it takes to persuade him to re-examine his views. KOMBE is a Zambian movie…
One way of learning Bemba words is to look at practical applications. Here is an example of such an application with a list of all the Books of the Bible followed by their Bemba names. OldTestament Amabuku ya mu Cipingo ca Kale Genesis UkutendekaExodus UkufumaLeviticus Ubwina LebiNumbers ImpendwaDeuteronomy AmalangoJoshua YoshuaJudges AbapingushiRuth Ruti1 Samuel 1 Samwele2…
A friend received this translation of the Laws of Nature, from a friend of a friend, and forwarded it to me. It is too good not to share: Science taught in Bemba (1) FARADAY’s LAW Whenever there is a change in the magnetic flux linking a circuit, an EMF is produced in that circuit the magnitude…
