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The Last Hunt – Chisokole Part One
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology I woke up from my grandmother and grandfather’s house rubbing my eyes and emerged out of the door. The October early morning long bright sunrays were shining between the village thatched … read more
UNZA Student Papers Very Important
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Professor of Sociology Introduction One chilly June morning when I was in Grade 7 at Tamanda Boys Boarding Upper Primary School in 1966 in rural Chipata in the Eastern Province of Zambia, the Headmaster … read more
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions: Book Review
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Professor of Sociology Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions, New York: Bloomsbury, 2018, 321 pp. K280.00 ($28.00), Hardcover. Introduction In 2008 I got a frantic … read more
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: Book Review
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D Professor of Sociology Nassim NicholasTaleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, New York: Random House, 2007, 2010, 444 pp. K240.00 ($24.00), Paperback. Introduction The greatest gift bestowed on me is that … read more
The Thrill of the Black Panther – Why I Cried.
by Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology Introduction President Kaunda should see the Black Panther. All the founders of Zambia whether they have passed away or are still living should watch the Black Panther; Simon Kapwepwe, Reuben Kamanga, … read more
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