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Challenges of Village Library Project
Over four decades ago, a young village African boy was summoned urgently from his goat herding chores. His uncle told the boy to wash his body, comb his hair, wear the brand new khaki uniform and the uncle was going … read more
Kamthibi Diaries: Diary of a Young Teenager
Unedited Diary of a Young Teenager – Book One August, 1969 I went home that day semi-discouraged and encouraged. I had very high hopes, expectations, dreams and imaginations about my school holidays. On the other hand, I had planned with … read more
The Ghosts of Man-Eating Lions
I must have been about seven years old. My dad had gone out of town on business riding his bike through sixty miles of dangerous desolate wilderness in Luangwa Valley of the Eastern Province of Zambia in Southern Africa. At … read more
I am Glad I am Not In Jail
As a child growing up in my home village in Lundazi in Eastern Zambia in Southern Africa among the Tumbuka people, an incident changed my life forever. I was in the middle of a squabble with my little cousin that … read more
Thanks to all Teachers
We all at one time or another thank someone who played a very important role in our lives. This could be a parent, a friend, an uncle, aunt, a teacher, or just sometimes a total stranger who was kind to … read more
People Passing Through Our Lives
As I look back on my life, I believe many people come into our lives and impact us significantly for a short while. Then they disappear never to be heard or be seen again leaving us with a wonderful story … read more
The Beauty of the Natural World
The natural world in all the tropical areas of the world has some of the most fascinating animals, plants, insects, and the large variety of creatures both large and small. Savannah Zambia in Southern Africa is different in that during … read more
Why Does God Do Good Things for Fools Like Me?
Dispatch from Ibex Hill/Chainda in Lusaka in Zambia in Southern Africa My great and deep admiration for the First President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, begun when I was 13 at Chizongwe Secondary School in Chipata. Students had marched to the … read more
Dangerous Journey to Chasela
Sometime in late 1959, my mother arrived back at our village in Chief Magodi in the Lundazi District of Eastern Zambia in Southern Africa. I had lived with my grandparents, uncles, aunts, dozens of cousins and other kinship member. The … read more
The First Time I Saw a Train
I was a thirteen year-old village boy who was going to see it for the first time any minute now. My dad and I had just completed a grueling sixteen hour bus trip from the country. We were dusty, black … read more
Has AIDS Changed Social Life in Zambia?
Note: This article was written on November 22, 1988 in Lusaka in Zambia Has AIDS changed social life in Zambia? AIDS is a terrible, incurable, fatal disease that renders the body’s immune system vulnerable to disease. It can be contracted … read more
Are You Sleepless in a Glitzy Hotel Room?
It was 2:00 am and I was still tossing and trying to sleep in my sparkling clean hotel room in Richmond in Virginia in May 2010. At 5:00 am I finally sat up in exasperation. My heart was racing. My … read more