Top Zambian Model 2012
Noxie vies for Top Model of the World Nokuthula Ingwe is Zambia's envoy at this year's Top Model of the world. Noxie as she is fondly known is a model who has flown the Zambian flag before. She represented Zambia very well at MNet Face of Africa 2008 Top Model of the world is […]
Bemba Lesson 10 – At the Hospital
Some of the terms you are likely to come across at the clinic or hospital: Good morning = Mwashibukeni Good evening = Cungulopo mukwai How are you? = Mulishani? What brings you to the clinic today? = Cinshi camuleta kuno cipatala ilelo? Photo by Giuseppe Bollanti Do you have […]
Zambian Marriage Traditions
The Symbolic Banquets of the Bembas Zambia is a country of diverse cultures that have successfully existed side by side in harmony. Credit must go to all the political leaders who have continued the “One Zambia, One Nation” policy initiated by Dr Kenneth Kaunda (the first Zambian President) after independence. In the 1930s, copper was […]
Kitwe Poetry Corner – February 2012
Truth Inayat Khan Read by Paul Phillips The face of truth is open The eyes of truth are bright The lips of truth are ever closed The head of truth is upright The breast of truth stands forward The gaze of truth is straight Truth has neither fear nor doubt Truth has patience to […]
Why Men Don’t Cry
Weeping Parisian – 1941 – (source: Wikipedia) When the Zambian football team won the Africa Cup of Nations last Sunday, I cried tears of joy. I was watching the game with my family and I felt a bit embarrassed about showing the full depth of my emotions. That set me thinking about something I've […]
Dreams Come True
From humble beginnings At number 27 Kanyanta Street in Kitwe’s Martindale area just opposite Airtel main office, is a private school called Jacky Christian Academy. The school has classes from baby class up to grade 7.The school also offers free computer lessons to all its pupils. There is also a school bus which does the […]
A Grammar of the Bemba Language – by Schoeffer – Book Review
Book Title: A Grammar of the Bemba Language as Spoken in North East Rhodesia Author: Rev. Father Schoeffer Edited by J.H. West Sheane, B.A. (Native Commissioner, B.S.A. Company, N.E.R.) Arranged with preface by A.C. Madan Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1907 ISBN: 9781146012799 A Grammar of the Bemba Language as Spoken in Northern Rhodesia was […]
The Black Dollar Fortune
Fred Chirwa (not his real name) had just retired from a full time job as a locomotive driver at Zambia railways in Kitwe. He got his retirement package of Fifty five million Zambian kwacha (K55, 000,000). The separation package that he was paid was a net balance after the company deducted the amount for […]
Learn How To Read and Pronounce Bemba Words
Bemba Lesson 8 Learn how to read Bemba using simple methods. The Bemba language is broadly based on the English alphabet. Most words are based around the five vowels: A,E,I,O and U. (Vowel = A sound made by allowing air to flow freely through the mouth and throat) When you take away the vowels from […]
The Youngest Mayor of Kitwe
Young Men In Influential Leadership Positions . . On 20th September, 2011, Zambia held presidential, parliamentary and local government elections. A new government was elected into office when the opposition party, the Patriotic Front won and its presidential candidate; Michael Chilufya Sata became the fifth republican president. The peaceful manner in which power was […]