Next time you walk down the street, wherever you are, take a good look around you. You are watching history from a privileged front seat. The sights, sounds and smells around you are the ingredients of a historic time capsule. Someone down the line will look back one day, and wonder what it was like to walk where you are walking today.
Culture
Zambian culture is a mixture of traditions from all 73 Zambian tribes influenced by practices from other countries.
Zambian Music Evolution
by JS •
Zambia, like the rest of Africa is a very musical society. There’s music for every occasion, be it recreation, work, weddings, birth, funerals, prayer or special occasions. When you multiply this by the 78 Zambian languages, you end up with a wide array of styles.
Bemba Lesson 1 – Learn ici Bemba (Language) – Instructions
by JS •
As a tourist visiting the Copperbelt you can expect to come across someone who only speaks Bemba. Learning a new language is part of the excitement of traveling to new places and getting to interact and integrate with local people.
Copperbelt Roadside Artists
by JS •
Zambians have always expressed themselves in song and dance while working and for recreation. There is archeological evidence showing that Zambians have been painting for at least 400,000 years!This aspect of Zambian creativity is less publicized.
Kitwe Poetry Corner – Will you be there?
by Lydia Mhango •
You have read the his first poem that we published from Kitwe Poetry Corner(In Unison). Boyd Kaimbi Chibale’s poem this week is WILL YOU BE THERE?
Kitwe Poetry Corner – With Time
by Lydia Mhango •
If you enjoyed reading Bwalya Kazungo’s poem THE SOUND, then you will also enjoy his second offering: WITH TIME
Kitwe Poetry Corner – Barney Kanjela
by Lydia Mhango •
Barney Kanjela is one of Zambia’s most prolific literary heavy weights. The author of many scripts that have been translated into plays and performed in different countries. He is one of the forces behind Kitwe Poetry Corner.
Barney’s poem of the week is entitled CHANGES.
Kitwe Poetry Corner – Richard Likumba
by Lydia Mhango •
This week Richard Likumba’s poem DESERTED FIRE is one of two that he read at Kitwe Little Theatre, where the Kitwe Poetry Corner poets meet.
Kitwe Poetry Corner – Boyd Kaimbi Chibale
by Lydia Mhango •
This week we proudly present the second poem from Kitwe Poetry Corner: IN UNISON by Boyd Kaimbi Chibale.
Poetry Corner Launches in Kitwe
by Lydia Mhango •
In a quiet corner of Kitwe Little Theatre, one by one they stood up to recite their poems. These are members of Poetry Corner which was launched at Kitwe Little Theatre on Friday, 18th June, 2010. Lydia Mhango, the Co-ordinator of the group explained that Poetry Corner aims to encourage poetry writing and reading in Kitwe.
