Friendship and Epstein

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology When I enrolled as a freshman at University of Zambia in 1972, it was the best of times. The University of Zambia was the only new prestigious university in Zambia, … read more

ICE Human Lions

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist Jane Goodall was known for her 60 years of studying chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park in East Africa, died on October 1, 2025. Her … read more

Souls of Teachers

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Souls of Teachers by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology I was 6 years old herding goats at noon on the edge of  Chipewa village 65 years … read more

Sandwich Slinger

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Numerous incidents happened in June during which mask wearing United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) goons were conducting raids apprehending suspected undocumented people in Los Angeles. Many of the … read more

Wild Boxing Bus Ride

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology I woke up at 3 am facing a star-studded sky under an open tent sleeping in my clothes surrounded by maize fields at a remote rural village farm in Africa. … read more

The Tariffs Red Button

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Four decades ago, when I was in graduate school, the university assigned us a small two-bedroom married student housing apartment. As students with limited means, my wife and I furnished … read more

Funeral for Brother-in-law amulamu Mtonga

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Introduction My father was a teacher at Dzoole Primary School 30 miles or 48Kms along the Chipata-Lundazi road in Chief Chanje’s area in the Eastern Province of Zambia in Southern … read more

Wasting Time Book Review

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Emeritus Professor of Sociology Introduction There was an alarming story in the press two decades ago that many mothers in an east coast town in the United States were expressing frustration. They had had … read more

LGBTQ : Extend Your Kindness

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology I grew up in a very normal family of a father, mother, 3 brothers and 6 sisters. This was in the social environments of rural villages of the Eastern Province … read more

LGBTQ Deserve Kindness

by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology I grew up in a very normal family of a father, mother, 3 brothers and 6 sisters. This was in the social environments of rural villages of the Eastern Province … read more

Lumpa Church Civil War

White Mulantwishika Phiri, The Conflict Between Alice Lenshina Mulenga and 1964 Government, Lusaka, Zambia Educational Publishing House, 2021, Paperback, K110.00 ($4.00). BOOK REVIEW by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Emeritus Professor of Sociology Introduction A large, excited ululating crowd had gathered and … read more