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Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder: Book Review
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Professor of Sociology Nassim NicholasTaleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, New York: Random House, 2012, 2014, 519 pp. K182.00 ($18.00), Paperback. Introduction The popular wide spread belief that is reminiscent of the Western … read more
Telling It Like It Is: Book Review
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Professor of Sociology Marita Banda, Telling It Like It is, Lusaka: National Arts Council, 2016, 62 pp. K116.00 ($12.00), Paperback. Introduction My soul stirred with tinny flashes of excited anticipation when I saw the … read more
The Interfaith Mission and the Lumpa Church Religious War in Zambia: Address to the Interfaith Gathering in Virginia in the United States of America.
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology Introduction The hot day was seething with dry heat in the summer of Savannah Zambia in Southern Africa in August 1964. My father, mother, my brothers, and sisters were worried. There … read more
Woman Made me Love Zambia
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology President Kaunda was young. Simon Kapwepwe was young. Mwinikayumbwa Sipalo was young. Peter Matoka was young. Julia Chikamoneka was young. Chibesa Kankasa was young. Mutumba Mainga Bull was young. Chieftainess Nkomesha … read more
Why Do We Love Animals?
By Mwizenge S. Tembo Author of “Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture”. Professor of Sociology On Wednesday, I came back from work in the evening. When I opened the front door, our white German Shepard dog was right there squeezing her … read more
Could this be the End of Peace in Zambia?
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology When I saw the images of the massive fire at the large sprawling Lusaka City Market in which 1,901 shops were destroyed, I was alarmed. I was aware that fire gutted … read more
Does God Exist? Where Do We Come From?; Astrophysics for people in a Hurry: Book Review
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Professor of Sociology Neil deGrasse Tyson,, Astrophysics for people in a Hurry, New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2017, 222 pp, Hardcover, K174.35 ($18.95). Introduction When I was a child living at Chipewa … read more
The Soul of Kinship
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology Introduction The soul of kinship has been the strongest pillar of my entire life since I lived in the village at Chipewa in the late 1950s. This village is located among … read more
UNPD, HH and Treason Charge
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology Introduction I have been very busy with work. President Trump has been in power here in the United States for about 4 months. But many of us citizens who live with … read more
Origin of Knowledge Hidden in Zambian Languages
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology Introduction The legendary intellectual and scholar Ali Mazrui was giving a lecture to a small group of about 30 mostly African graduate students in a small classroom. The students were from … read more
Principles of Mbebalogy (Mice): Zambians Dig Our Past to Move Forward
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology “Amama na Adada, katundu nimzito. Ningasenya nekha yayi” (Mother and Father, the luggage is too heavy. I cannot carry it alone.” – Mwizenge S. Tembo Introduction Why is it that from … read more
What Does God Look Like?: Questions from the Movie “The Shack”.
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology A strange small sickly brown dog emerged from nowhere and chased a group of children who were happily playing in my home village in Lundazi in the Eastern part of Zambia … read more