Trump Tariffs Reinventing the Wheel

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology After flying for 16 exhausting hours from Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C, the excitement of the final descent to Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Zambia in Southern Africa … read more

Zambia Old Guards Meet in Lusaka

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Fifty-four years ago, in December 1971 barely 7 years after Zambia obtained independence from British colonialism in 1964, 65 students and I graduated from the then Form V and now … read more

Photos of Children

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. I have been taking photos for 57 years since 1967. My father bought be a cheap plastic camera while we were at Kasonjola Primary School in 1967. To day I found this beautiful lovely … read more

Zambian Languages Publishing Challenges

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Author of “Sayings of my Mother”. Introduction After graduating from University of Zambia in 1976 with a double major in Sociology and Psychology, I was a Staff Lecturer and Research … read more

Cooking Chigwada Cassava Leaves

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology The traditional Tumbuka cooking of Chigwada vegetable ndiyo, dende, relish or umunani involves many stages. These were followed when I cooked the Chigwada as “The Village Chef” at the Mwizenge … read more

Types of Nshima

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology For 19 million Zambians in Southern Africa, nshima and what it stands for is the very basis of life. Nshima is the staple food eaten by not only Zambians but … read more

Types of Dende, Ndiyo, Ndiwo, Umunani or Relish

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology One of the most significant aspects of the Zambian staple meal by which the sima is ultimately identified with is what in English might be called the “relish”. The relish … read more

President Kaunda: First Time I Met Him- Part Two

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology (Names of people have been changed to respect their privacy) “Your—- excellency, Sir, ehh!!!” I said still stuttering but regaining my composure. “My boss, President Hansen of Oakhill University College … read more

Pele is Dead: What do we Remember?

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news that the greatest football or soccer player in the world Pele had died? I was eating lunch … read more