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BOOK REVIEW: TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES IN ZAMBIA

Traditional Marriages in Zambia - kitweonline

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…

Zambian Marriage Traditions

Icilanga Mulilo ceremony - The Shibukombe - Mr Dyson Chalwe

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…