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Do You Charge Your Child to Teach Him?

Traditional drums - (kitweonline)

Letters From a Retired Miner Greetings my friends. I want to say that Joseph Mwila Bwembya is only a baby, but in his brains he is a wise man.  This is why he said let me write a book to explain the sayings of my Bemba ancestors. I wish other young men and women can…

Chikanda – Let’s Cook With Gloria

Chikanda - Habenaria_plant

TODAY’S RECIPE IS CHIKANDA. Chikanda is mainly eaten by Bembas from Northern Province and Muchinga Province.Chikanda grows naturally in the bushes of Zambia.It looks like small pototatoes. Photo by J.M.Garg – Wikipedia. YOU WILL NEED: 250 grams chikanda 500 grams unshelled groundnuts A pinch of salt,chilly powder and soda. METHOD: Wash chikanda in clean cold water. After that remove from the water and put it on a tray and dry them for a few minutes. Pound the chikanda and sieve as…

Down Memory Lane – Sheila Fitzpatrick

Kitwe town center

I lived in Kitwe from 1967 to 1972 with my husband and two daughters. My third daughter was born there in 1971. We lived on Geddes Street. Got quite nostalgic reading all the names. There were some streets in alphabetical order called after Irish towns and cities. We loved it while we were there and…

Down Memory Lane – Kingston Bookshop, Kitwe

Kitwe City Square-North East view-KitweOnLine

What is where Kingston Bookshop was? Kitwe changes. If you have been gone from Kitwe for over 17 years now, you will find some places have changed their names. Other places have not just changed names and ownership, but also their structural outlook. Do you remember Kingston? Kingston was one of largest distributor of Books…

Bemba Lesson 23: At the Market Place

Learn to Speak Bemba: At the Market Place - Video

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…

KOMBE to Premier at Kitwe Little Theatre

KOMBE - movie poster - kol

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…

Laws of Nature in Bemba

Newton's First Law of Motion

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…

Kitwe Bus and Taxi Fares – 2014

Volvo 9900 coach bus

  The following are revised prices to reflect the recent rebasing of the Zambian currency. The new currency is basically three zeros less than the old currency (K1,000 is now K1). The fares are usually adjusted as indicated below, whenever there is an upward movement in the price of fuel: Minibus fares      …

Translators Wanted

Joseph Mwila Bwembya_s - KOL

Zambian Translators International Whatever Zambian Language you speak, there is always going to be someone wanting to learn something or have something translated. Joseph Mwila Bwembya has formed a consultancy firm that will take on translation assignments from far and wide. You can join his team and get assignments wherever you live. That is one…