‘Bed dancing’ — women’s initiation in Zambia
BY JUSTINE SIBOMANA? JORRIT MEULENBEEK Staying in Chawama, a compound outside Zambia’s capital Lusaka, I spent many an evening chatting to the local women as they sat outside and cooked on their charcoal braziers. It intrigued me how a lot of the gossip would come back to one topic: the importance of chinamwali, the traditional [...]
Vice President George Kunda has described as shameful failure by Siavonga United Party for National Development (UPND) Member of Parliament (MP) Douglas Siakalima to receive him on his tour of the district. He said instead of being focused on developmental issues, Mr Siakalima was preoccupied with politicking. Vice President Kunda who described as total negligence [...]
Continue reading …With regard to music that is not in a Western Province language being banned in the province that is also retrogressive and takes away the achievements made by government in trying to build a united Zambia.Lozi musicians such as Ty2 and Petersen have sang great sons in Nyanja and Bemba, should we not proudly listen to such songs? What will happen if all traditional authorities in other provinces decided to expel the Lozi’s from their provinces and stopped playing music that has been sang in Western Province languages?
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