Culture
Likumbi lya Mize
As dawn breaks over the Zambezi and the early cries of a fish eagle catching its first meal of the day echo across the shimmering river, a masked figure emerges …
Culture
Likumbi lya Mize
As dawn breaks over the Zambezi and the early cries of a fish eagle catching its first meal of the …
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Culture
The Case for African Art
Culture is a fishbowl; anyone can look through it, but only those inside can truly understand it. A Zambian funeral …
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Culture
The Ultimate Guide to the Kuomboka 2025 Ceremony
Every year after the rainy season, the Litunga and his procession make their way to Limulunga from Lealui as part …
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Culture
Why You Need To Experience At Least One Traditional Ceremony in 2025
With each passing year, Zambia continues to develop into a nation with no shortage of activities. Whether your interest lies …
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Culture
Ngoni Pride and Power at Ncwala 2025
Only here in Zambia and eSwatini did the Ngoni people still practise Ncwala in its traditional form, a ceremony whose …
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Culture
Chakwela Makumbi - The Spiritual Rain Calling of the Soli
The Chakwela Makumbi (‘pulling down the clouds’) is a centuries old rainmaking ceremony led by the Soli chieftainess. From gunfire …
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Culture
Are These Zambia’s First Inhabitants?
They retained Mukuni as paramount chief, and the Lenje still refer to themselves as Bene Mukuni (Mukuni’s people) in contemporary …
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Culture
Lwiindi Gonde A Harvest Ceremony of Gratitude
At the heart of it all stands Chief Monze, adorned in leopard skins and ivory, his presence a bridge between …
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Culture
An Insider's Guide to Your First Mutomboko Ceremony in 2025
Greet with a hearty “Mwane!” alongside three claps and don’t come close to the sacred muselo. Any person who steps …
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Culture
Is Lobola a Necessary Tradition or a Scam?
Although no Zambian tribe defines lobola as the sale of a bride, when money changes hands and a woman takes …
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Travel
Exploring Zambia’s Western Province
Africa's second-largest wildebeest migration, a 200-year-old royal ceremony that transforms rivers into highways, and waterfalls that nearly claimed the name …
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Culture
Mutomboko Ceremony An Epic of the Luba-Lunda
In the heart of southern Africa, where the Luapula River carves through ancient lands, a ceremony unfolds each July that …
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History
The Mukuni Dynasty A Centuries-Old Kingdom Still Thriving Today
From guiding David Livingstone to the Falls and creatively resisting colonial land grabs under the shrewd Chief Mukuni (Siloka II), …
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History
Lueji wa Nkonde - Queen of the Lunda
History rarely remembers the women who built kingdoms, but Lueji wa Nkonde's legacy is impossible to erase. In seventeenth-century Central …
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History
King Lewanika the First
One of the most pivotal and paradoxical figures in Zambian history. Rising to power in the unstable, post-Makololo Bulozi of …
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Culture
Ubwali, Nshima Is Not Zambian
You can tell a Zambian's entire life story through nshima. The wedding nshima, where a bride proves herself with silver …
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Culture
Traditional Spirituality in the Christian Nation
Long before missionaries arrived, Zambians practised a layered cosmology connecting the living, ancestors, and the divine. Christianity didn't erase these …
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