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Should Zambian Languages be Taught in Schools?
January 16, 2014 Who among 13 million Zambians today will land the best job in Lusaka, Kitwe, Johannesburg in South Africa, in London in UK, Tokyo in Japan, or the United Nation in New York because they are fluent in … read more
Zambia Center for Contemplation of Knowledge
Before gaining independence from British colonialism in 1964, an estimated 3 million Zambians belonging to 72 tribes had traditional forums in their villages in which they discussed, contemplated and exchanged knowledge about all subjects. The men contemplated knowledge at the … read more
Profile of Prof. Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D.
Growing Up My name was formerly Jacob Tembo. I was born at Mshawa Chungu primary school outside Chipata in 1954 where my father was teaching at the time. The best thing my parents did for me for the whole of …
The Double Life of Billy Tipton
The Painful Problems of Biological Sex and Gender in Society Since feminist scholars identified the critical difference between biological sex and the cultural construction of gender, heated arguments have been evident. Radical feminists have argued that sex differences are a … read more
The Importance of Violent Sports?
It was third down and 18 yards. The running back was pulled out. Everyone in the stadium including my dog watching the game on TV at home knew it was an obvious pass play. The ball was snapped. The receivers … read more
What Makes Marriages & Families Endure?
Ten thousand miles away in a remote village in Lundazi rural district of Zambia in a grass-roofed house, the cell phone rang a couple of times. The distinct voice of my younger brother said: “Here is Adada.” I said hello … read more
BC Football in action
Photos of the Bridgewater Football team will be posted here as the season progresses. Check back for additional photo albums after home games! Photo by Mwizenge Tembo, read more
The October Heat is Sweet
We have all watched those exciting colorful documentaries on TV of the Cheetah chasing the swift Thompson Gazelle at high speeds of 65 mph or 104 Km Per hour zigzagging through the Savannah plains in a cloud of dust. Once … read more
Zambians in Ancient Egypt
We Zambians Created Ancient Egypt Have you read an article that instantly so profoundly changes your life that you realize you are no longer the same person you were minutes or half an hour before? I will never forget the … read more
Review: Intelligence and Schooling
The Significance of Schooling and Cross-cultural Differences in Intelligence As modern influences penetrate all remote corners of the world, the contemporary universal view is that if you introduce formal schooling to any group of rural people, they will learn to … read more
Pain and Suffering
A third of the way into the movie, the sniffles among the audience turned into sporadic moaning and weeping. The relentless blows that Jesus endured en route to his crucifixion made me flinch. Perhaps the first pragmatic lesson about watching … read more
Do You Love to Walk?
I love to walk. I yearn to walk. I would like to walk to the store, to work, to the Post Office, and grocery store especially in the summer in North America. But I can’t because the places where I … read more