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Burglars and Home Security
When Erma Bombeck complained that it takes so long to secure the house (Detroit Free Press: 03-02-90) before she and her husband retired to bed because of increased crime I was amused. Because it sounded more like the neighborhood I … read more
Children Scare Me
I love children. But it is the five year olds that scare me. My anxiety and fear are not so much over what they do, but what they can say, where, and when. This was brought to me recently when … read more
Themba Chako Radio Comedy
Radio Chikaya in Lundazi Who are the Tumbuka people? They live in Zambia, a country with a population of 10 million people with 2.02% annual growth rate. It has a life expectancy at birth of 43, and adult literacy rate … read more
The Ballad of Tuku Music
A Poem The song on is just killing me The heavy rhythm The rich booming voice The lyrics ignite in me A wistful longing A wistful longing for that sweetness The innocence from the distant bygone past In my beloved … read more
Tuku Music Ballad II
July 2004 The second song on the his CD is just killing me; the heavy rhythm and the rich booming voice and lyrics ignite in me a yearning and longing for that sweetness from the distant bygone past in my … read more
The Kalimba Music of Washeni Zulu
Some of my most favorite traditional music is that accompanied with the traditional kalimba in Eastern Province of Zambia. Westerners call the instrument “finger piano”. It has such a special soulful and spiritual resonance. Some of my early favorites were … read more
James Brown
The year was December 1970. James Brown came to the Southern African country of Zambia. He performed in the Capital city of Lusaka and the Dag Hammarskjold Stadium in Ndola on the Copper belt. What followed the next three years … read more
The Legacy of James Brown
Do you remember what you were doing when planes had crashed into the twin skyscraper towers in New York, John F Kennedy was assassinated, John Lennon was killed, Princess Diana had died, when the Pope or Mother Theresa had died, … read more
Adada Nati Niwele
Adada nati niwele Mwanalume uyu wakunitoza Ndine mwanakazi yayi Mwanakazi mbulutu Kwene munyumba nkhupyera Ndine mwanakazi yayi Kwene bana nkhubaba Adada nati niwele Niza mlima kukaya Adada nati niwele Mwanalume wanisuzgha Ndeke zinai baliwiska Ndine mwanakazi yayi Ine bana nkhulela … read more
Amama Nati Niwele
Amama nati niwele Mwanakazi uyu wakunituka Ndine mwanalume yayi Mwanalume tondo Kwene nyumba nkhusonkhela Ndine mwanalume yayi Kwene bana kuryeska Amama nati niwele Niza mlima kukaya Adada nati niwele Mwanakazi wanisuzgha Ndeke zinai baliwiska Ndine mwanalume yayi Ndine mwanalume yayi … read more
Banakazi Kutowa Abstract
Tumbuka Kabekelo na msango wa cizungu wakupatula nakutuka banthu aba mba Cifirika na abale babo aba bali kuwalo kwa Afririka kwacitika sono pa vyaka two hundred. Ici ncholengeska nakunyoza banthu comene nchakuti cifukwa bazungu bapa banthu bose kabekelo aka, banthu … read more
Kukongola wa Akazi Abstract
Nyanja Maganizilo, kupenya, ndi kukamba Kwa Azungu kuja kwa kupatula ndi kunyoza anthu a Cifirika ndi abale abo aba alikukhala kunja kwa dziko kwakhala kuli cucitika panthawi zaka 200. Cocititsa manyazi kwambili ndi maganizo ndi kukhulupira kwa Azunguwa kwakuti akazi … read more