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Welcome to ZAMBIA
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CULTURAL LIFE
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IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT - NAKAMBALA ESTATES Editors Agatha Nayame Davy Manda
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Welcome to
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ambia, landlocked country in Africa . It is situated on a high plateau in south-
central Africa and takes its name from the Zambezi River, which drains all but a small northern part of the country. Large parts of the country are thinly populated. Much of population is concentrated in the country’s most developed area—known as the Line of Rail—which is served by the railway linking the Copperbelt with Lusaka, the capital, and with the border town of Livingstone.
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ambia has a long land border on the west with Angola but is divided from its neighbours to the south by the Zambezi River. To the southwest is the thin projection of Namibian territory known as the Caprivi Strip, at the eastern end of which Zambia and three of its neighbours (Namibia,
The long border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo starts at Lake Tanganyika, crosses to Lake Mweru, and follows the Luapula River to the Pedicle, a wedge of Congolese territory that cuts deep into Zambia to give the country its distinctive butterfly shape.
Botswana, and Zimbabwe) appear to meet at a point—a “quadripoint”—although the precise nature of the meeting is contested.
the Zambezi-Congo watershed to the Angolan border.
Westward from the Pedicle the frontier follows
Man-made Lake Kariba now forms part of the river border with Zimbabwe. Zambia’s other neighbours include Mozambique to the southeast, Malawi to the east, and Tanzania to the northeast.
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EDUCATION
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ince the 1950s the Zambian cultural scene has been transformed by large-scale urbanization and exposure to exotic influences from Europe, the Americas, and other parts of Africa. Zambia boasts of a very rich culture having over 7 major tribes and 72 other smaller tribes. With the objective of preserving cultural diversity, government initiatives have led to the revival of many traditional ceremonies. Some, such as the kuomboka of the Lozi a ceremonial trip to higher ground (the “flood capital”) from the Zambezi floodplain during the river’s annual flood, The N’cwala ceremony of the Ngoni people from the east, celebrating the first harvest, The UMUTOMONO ceremony of the Namwanga/Mambwe/Lungu people from Mbala, celebrating harvest and thanking their gods for a successful season, the umutomono ceremony is colorful with display of various seeds tasting traditional beer brewed by the most trusted brewers an art passed on from generations.
The women play traditional instruments called VINGWENGWE an art taught by the elders from an early age. Zambians still value traditional communal ideals such as reciprocity within a household, the extended family, the neighborhood, the clan, and a formal political system of chieftainship. Changes in the modern arena have been too uneven to reduce Zambians’ dependence on one another, so they often exercise umucinshi, a Bemba term for mutual respect. As a predominantly Christian country, Zambia marks the celebration of the Christian holidays of Good Friday, Easter,Christmas and the national day of prayer. Independence Day is observed on October 24, and a variety of other holidays—such as Youth Day, Heroes Day, Unity Day, and Farmers’ Day—take place throughout the year. Additional feasts and festivals unique to various ethnic groups are also celebrated.
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His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu Republican President of ZAMBIA
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gricultural pursuits employ the majority of the country’s labour force. Zambia has a vast land and natural resource base; although only about one-sixth of the country’s arable land is under cultivation.
Zambia’s improved road infrastructure is now making it possible for rural farmers to help supply the needs of the urban population. Levels of commercialization have improved and government programs meant to strengthen food security like value addition introduced in rural areas.
Farms range in size from household farms to large commercial farms. Smallholder farmers use hand hoes and few external inputs, and they mainly produce food crops such as corn (maize), sorghum, millet, cassava (manioc), and groundnuts (peanuts). Much of Zambia’s cotton, which is used for the local textile industry as well as for export, is also grown by smallholders. Medium and large commercial farms benefit from improved seed, fertilizer, and animal draft power. The country’s large-scale commercial farms are mainly located along the Line of Rail. Corn is a staple food crop and accounts for the largest proportion of planted area on Zambian farms. The country’s high rate of urbanization during much of the post-independence era has increased the national demand for corn, the production of which has fluctuated and grown at a slower pace relative to demand. For many years the growth of corn was promoted by the use of hybrid varieties and subsidized fertilizers. Due to climate change, growing population and demand for food the ministries responsible for agriculture are implementing the better farming practices and alternative crops like cassava, sorghum, and millet in various areas. The engagement of private partnership enterprises has brought a lot of out grower schemes, in the north, cassava, the traditional staple, is regaining importance.
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tarted in 1966, the first successful scheme was at Nakambala, on the south side of the Kafue Flats, where the Zambia Sugar Company has more than 25,000 acres (101,000 hectares) under sugarcane. Their refinery also serves nearby smallholder cane-growing projects. Zambia provides for its own needs and exports sugar.
arabica coffee schemes, and there is a tea estate at Kawambwa in the far north. Wheat and cotton are grown at Sinazongwe and Sinazeze in the Gwembe (middle Zambezi) valley, using water from Lake Kariba. Cotton cultivation was encouraged by the construction of textile mills, first at Mazabuka Kafue and later at Kabwe.
At Mpongwe, south of Luanshya, a major irrigation scheme produces wheat and coffee. Kasama in the northeast is the location of two
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Zambia has relatively rich fisheries based on its many
There has been a revival of fishing on Lake Kariba,with
lakes, swamps, and seasonally inundated floodplains.
companies like Yalelo FISHERIES investing in the
Of particular importance is the Luapula valley, which
aquaculture sector.
supplies the Copper belt. Fish farming programs by the private sector and the Lake Tanganyika is famous for Nile perch and kapenta,
government, which comes with citizen empowerment
a deep-feeding freshwater sardine caught at night
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using special lamps to direct its movements. Lusaka is supplied mainly from the Kafue river.
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raditional Zambian art consists chiefly of wood carving (most often practiced by men), pottery making (usually practiced by women), and basket weaving (practiced by both genders).
Various types of theatre has flourished in the recent years, dance, drama, reality TV shows with many other media houses sponsoring local talents in the film industry like ZUBA, MPALI and UBUNTU local production TV drama series airing on DSTV and international media house.
Among musical instruments, drums are the most widely used, but there also are stringed bows, flutes, horns and pipes, xylophones, bells, rattles, and the kalimba, or African piano, made of strips of steel attached to a small board and vibrated by the fingers. Music, dancing, and song are used in tribal rituals and celebrations and are connected with good health, prosperity and security, or with the cycle of birth, marriage, and death. Music, as in many other countries, is used for entertainment as well and varies in form among ethnic groups.
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here is a national museum at Livingstone and another in Ndola, on the Copperbelt. The Moto Moto Museum at Mbala focuses on the traditions of the Bemba people, and there are small field museums at some national monuments.
Wamkulu—a ritual dance performed at initiation ceremonies, funerals, and other important occasions—and the Vimbuza Healing Dance were both designated UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
The country’s national archives are located at Lusaka, and there are public libraries located in Kitwe and Ndola. Relics of the country’s past are the concern of the Commission for the Preservation of Natural and Historical Monuments and Relics. The National Dance Troupe performs the traditional dances of many groups like the Gule 24 - Zambia Inc - Special Edition
MotoMoto museum
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ambia’s economy is heavily dependent on mining and Agriculture, the country’s major mining activities are on the Copperbelt, Northwestern the provinces with the largest mineral deposits.
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