A Poem by Denny Moonde: I hope you read them all The flow of my heart therein Our young hearts pounding Feelings; a guiding star Our love olive solid Love letters sound better spoken, But timely words get twisted, Meaning lost Eaten in ink and voice So my love letters encrypted In the kisses we…
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Copperbelt Province Statistics
by JS •
Zambia’s mineral rich Copperbelt continues to reveal new deposits of other precious metals. The population of its ten districts is now approaching 2.5 million people. Lufwanyama and Mpongwe are the largest districts. Mpongwe boasts some of the region’s largest commercial farms. The following figures are based on the 2015 Population Census figures: Table 1 District…
Franco’s Message, From Beyond the Grave
by JS •
2015 saw the emergence of an aggressive strain of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) called CRF19 (Circulating Recombinant Form). While the older HIV virus can lead to AIDS(Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in six to ten years, CRF19 accelerates the rate to within three years. The good news is that the new form seems to be restricted…
BEMBA LESSON 28 – LIVING ROOM CONVERSATION
by JS •
This lesson brings together some phrases you can use in the course of an evening with friends and family in your living room. The topics covered include welcoming a guest into the house, offering a drink, talking about the TV, the weather, furniture and talking about dinner. Where you can use the English word and…
Bemba Lesson 27: Emergencies
by JS •
Bemba Phrases to Use in Emergencies.In this lesson you will learn some phrases that will come in handy in emergency situations. It will help you to understand what someone may be trying to communicate to you in an emergency. It can also prepare you to communicate in Bemba when you are faced with an emergency. If…
MAP OF KITWE – 1961
by JS •
The map of Kitwe as it was in 1961 is a historical gem made available to KitweOnline and to all our readers and educational institutions in Zambia by Dave Cooper, the founder of Great North Road website. Zambia was then called Northern Rhodesia and most names reflected the tastes of the British settlers who named places…
Kitwe’s War Memorial
by JS •
An Empty Grave(Cenotaph) at Kaunda Square There was no Facebook, Twitter or other Social Media, so the civic leaders of Kitwe City Council carved a message in stone in the middle of Kaunda Square(formerly known as Coronation Square). A cenotaph was erected outside the Kitwe Civic Centre when it was still located in what is now…
Do you Know Any New Bemba Words?
by JS •
“Last night I saw something that I have never seen before. A young woman took a smooth stone out of her bag. She touched it and it started glowing in the dark. She pointed at it and the face of her mother appeared on the surface of the stone. She touched the face with her…
Bemba Lesson 26: Human Anatomy
by JS •
PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY The aim of this lesson is to list the names of body parts in Bemba. Human anatomy is fun to learn. In this lesson you will learn the different words that describe various parts of the human body: The Human Body = Umubili wa muntu The following table gives the Bemba term…
What I Got for Christmas
by Shi Bwembya •
When I was a little boy, my father and mother never gave me a Christmas present. Nobody in my village got Christmas presents. Not even the chief. If you think my parents did not love me, it is because you did not know Bana Bwembya and Bashi Bwembya the way I knew them. No. It…
