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The nation awakes to sounds of mourning More frequently than it does to mirth There is music in the air-waves burning But not to celebration of life or to birth Bana-Musonda just learned that her job Will no longer be hers, but foreigners` Children now run for help to the mob And begging is part of the national anthem; Small victories are displayed as mementos A few malls are idolized as development And education is a bygone word for ruiners Inventions are rare and unknown for “them” Talent is lamped to worst in churches or ghettoes The nation feels like a chilling firmament As workers and students alike resort to strikes Since conditions are bad and the meal hikes Who shall bring light to a nation in dark Will the future be as it has been in the past Are these leaders all look but on the back, Oh Zambia, O land, stop sliding so fast! With all that we carry within, we still believe For Zambia, there is still more hope to re-live!
Sad, very Sad, and worst is no hope in sight. Africa. Call the Muzungu back before we parish.Is this was KK fighting for, FREEDOM, to What, Shame.
Tears in my eyes are flowing after reading this touching poem. God look down on us!
Disgusting!!!
Shame!!!
Indded, for Zambia, there is still more hope to re-live!
Let’s get our act together in order to take full advantage of the abundance of human and natural resources that God has blessed us with.
For starters, there is dire need to chuck out the riff-raff from leadership.
And time is of the essence.
i was in Lusaka past 10 days. The situation on the ground is worse than what you see here.
We need the white man back. #1: I am with you. Where is Mushota on this one? Zambia is really a failed state.
This calls for revolution.
Compared to where we were in the 1980s – Zambia is on the rise indeed. People are far much richer than they were then. The problem is that Zambia is divided into three worlds – the RURAL WORLD, THE URBAN POOR WORLD and the URBAN RICH WORLD. What we need is a team of leaders that can build bridges between the three worlds and improve everyone’s well being.
the only people who are enjoying “gudu-milile” are corrupt people, fake pastors, foreigners and criminals, the majority of indigenous population are still struggling to feed their families everyday..thats why many married women are running away from their husbands and children to go and look for “better life” (prostitution) hoping that maybe a white farmer, lebanese, chinese, or any foreigner with more money in their pockets than Zambian husbands can feed them better and provide a better life!
people are so desparate they’d do anything if they are promised to get a better life, its a pity sight!
the only people who are enjoying “gudu-milile” are corrupt people, fake pastors, bamwisa and criminals, the majority of indigenous population are still struggling to feed their families everyday..thats why many married women are running away from their families to go and look for “better life” (prostitution) hoping that maybe a muzungu farmer, lebanese, chingchang, or any foreigner with more money in their pockets than Zedbian husbands can feed them better and provide a better life!
people are so desparate they’d do anything if they are promised to get a better life, its a pity sight!
Problem we have in Zambia is that people have no sense of cleanliness. Even amidst poverty, if an environment is clean, it inspires hope. What we have is a country where citizens throw rubbish anyhow, adults and children alike. No one cares anymore. Councils do not even know thier job description and no ones complains. Just a simple act of not throwing rubbish anyhow if practised by everyone can make a very big difference in the outlook of our towns
what about the pit latrines, potholed dirt roads that collects sewage??
Its the process thats most important and not the end product as you appear to put .The same focus,discipline & diligence required to keep streets clean is the same set that it takes to conquer poverty.Otherwise,Black Americans(who live in cleaner areas than zambians) wud not be such a hopeless lot.They want the good stuff but don’t want the work(process) involved and thats not how success comes.
The above picture is a reflection of a typical Zambian way of tackling social-economic problems and, what do the citizens expect? Zambians, do not expect outside intervention to solve local problems, the only people who can motivate outsiders to add more solutions to your massive problems are yourselves. Self pity will not bring solutions to your problems nor migrating to other countries. Dehumanizing each other for instance, the vulgar language which these Bembas use against Mr. HH and his Tonga countrymen, Psychologically these Bembas, simply portray themselves as guilty of transmitting hate speeches, a crime against humanity. I use an overhead projector so as to show my colleagues those hate messages and we compare them to denials made by Zambian govt. officials that they (Bembas
this is not a tribal issue you dunderhead
Lennox Luzipo i think you are out of context on this issue iam not tonga nor bemba but i can feel you are tonga and you are tribal. Are you are aware that bembas are very few in this country and no bemba as ever ruled this country yet
There is nothing wrong with Zambia. But there is everything wrong with Zambians. At the rate we are moving on development, it will take us not less than 1,000 years to get anywhere. We have no identity, no principles, no creativity, no leadership; but big mouths that talk big, with very little or no action. And I am one of the Zambians! (Imagine!)
Lol!! And me!!Sad Indeed.
grade seven in state house….and you think you can develop…..
If Zambians would support the caliber of HH this country would somewhere!
No wonder the Barotse want to break away from a stinking failed project called Zambia.
cry my beloved mother land
its only the lord who will deliver us from this situation
This is due to gross mismanagement of national resources. Put right managers in right places and sanity will get back to the country. There is still hope, things can get better. Just change leadership and educate people to change their attitude. No one will come and develop Zambia but only Zambians. Change should start from top to bottom, and leadership should play a pivotal role especially in the allocation of national resources. Create a favorable environment for Zambians to engage in commerce. The nation needs vibrant leadership….we are living in 2012. This is not time to make experiments with freedom fighters. We need leaders who have solid economic background and who can articulate globalization issues to the people.
That photo says all thats wrong about zambia.If the discipline,focus,diligence and sacrifice required to keep that place clean is lacking then forget zambia ever graduating into more challenging fields like engineering of semiconductors.Maintaining a street is so basic but even at that zambia has woefully failed .You ain’t getting anywhere in life without discipline.
my brother count streets like that and give the data to the government to start working on them imediately.
Whether or not Zambians are better off than they were in the past depends on the importance one places on various factors. So, I don’t have an answer to the question. But I believe that when the gap between those at the bottom and those at the top widens, and there are greater inequalities, the quality of life for those at the bottom decreases, even if they have more than previous generations. Black Americans are not doing badly because they aren’t trying, but due to systemic racism that has become more difficult to fight as it’s not more subtle and unspoken. Don’t let Obama’s presidency fool you; racial discrimination is alive and well, and may be worsening. In Zambia, it seems that the bigger problems are gender and class divides, and possibly tribalism.
“Small victories are displayed as mementos/A few malls are idolized as development” is probably my favorite line. Why do we get excited by more big chain stores and sports trophies when people are struggling to survive? All they are is a distraction from suffering, and a way to ignore that suffering, for those who could be doing more. And the malls are a celebration of the crude materialism and excess (in food, in clothes, etc.). Blaming foreigners, however, will not help matters. Sharing of wealth, and creating more opportunities while removing inequalities is how to attack the problem. If people could be convinced that embracing materialism is the real danger, not suspected witches or satanists, perhaps things might change for the better. But perhaps that is too optimistic.
All we do is insult each other and call the person who talks sense all sorts of names its like we are used to this kind of living.more talking and less or no acion at all al how many times are you going to change leaders while thing remain the same.the problem with us zambian honestly you expect the council to come and clean you home with only you can stop throwing rubbish anyhow the country would be clean,charity begins at home with you are clean in your home and everyone to be responsble things will get better.
I would like to show thanks to this writer for rescuing me from this particular problem. Just after looking throughout the the web and finding views which are not helpful, I was thinking my life was gone. Being alive without the strategies to the issues you have fixed through your article content is a serious case, and ones that might have negatively damaged my career if I hadn’t come across your web site. That competence and kindness in controlling every item was useful. I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t come upon such a step like this. I can also at this point look ahead to my future. Thanks for your time so much for your specialized and amazing guide. I won’t hesitate to propose your web blog to anybody who needs and wants recommendations about this area.
well said no 12, i m one too !
No 18 …i think it should not take a change in “leadership” to bring about the change we all want but if we (u ,me and the rest) change,as no 10 put it…,then all will be well.
leadership change is inevitable,as drainage system seems to be contributing to the stuation above.The problem that can be solve by those in high authority,but when we put them in power they just concetrate in amassing wealth.
Even if HH became the President of Zambia, nothing will change. Is he the Messiah, hell no!!! Just pray that Jesus returns soon to put us Zambians out of our misery. Are we not a christian country? Zambia in the 1970 was much better even without the internet, iPad, and colour TV. We had clean water, no cholera, street lights, waste was collected weekly. I would rather go back to the 1970 that this democratic, christian zambia. There is a church at every street corner with pastors collecting tithe and trouser it, whist the followers are languishing in poverty. Please Jesus come soon, twachula!!!!!!
Sad, very Sad, and worst is no hope in sight. Africa. Call the Muzungu back before we parish.Is this was KK fighting for, FREEDOM, to What, Shame.
Tears in my eyes are flowing after reading this touching poem. God look down on us!
Disgusting!!!
Shame!!!
Indded, for Zambia, there is still more hope to re-live!
Let’s get our act together in order to take full advantage of the abundance of human and natural resources that God has blessed us with.
For starters, there is dire need to chuck out the riff-raff from leadership.
And time is of the essence.
i was in Lusaka past 10 days. The situation on the ground is worse than what you see here.
We need the white man back. #1: I am with you. Where is Mushota on this one? Zambia is really a failed state.
This calls for revolution.
Compared to where we were in the 1980s – Zambia is on the rise indeed. People are far much richer than they were then. The problem is that Zambia is divided into three worlds – the RURAL WORLD, THE URBAN POOR WORLD and the URBAN RICH WORLD. What we need is a team of leaders that can build bridges between the three worlds and improve everyone’s well being.
the only people who are enjoying “gudu-milile” are corrupt people, fake pastors, foreigners and criminals, the majority of indigenous population are still struggling to feed their families everyday..thats why many married women are running away from their husbands and children to go and look for “better life” (prostitution) hoping that maybe a white farmer, lebanese, chinese, or any foreigner with more money in their pockets than Zambian husbands can feed them better and provide a better life!
people are so desparate they’d do anything if they are promised to get a better life, its a pity sight!
the only people who are enjoying “gudu-milile” are corrupt people, fake pastors, bamwisa and criminals, the majority of indigenous population are still struggling to feed their families everyday..thats why many married women are running away from their families to go and look for “better life” (prostitution) hoping that maybe a muzungu farmer, lebanese, chingchang, or any foreigner with more money in their pockets than Zedbian husbands can feed them better and provide a better life!
people are so desparate they’d do anything if they are promised to get a better life, its a pity sight!
Problem we have in Zambia is that people have no sense of cleanliness. Even amidst poverty, if an environment is clean, it inspires hope. What we have is a country where citizens throw rubbish anyhow, adults and children alike. No one cares anymore. Councils do not even know thier job description and no ones complains. Just a simple act of not throwing rubbish anyhow if practised by everyone can make a very big difference in the outlook of our towns
what about the pit latrines, potholed dirt roads that collects sewage??
Its the process thats most important and not the end product as you appear to put .The same focus,discipline & diligence required to keep streets clean is the same set that it takes to conquer poverty.Otherwise,Black Americans(who live in cleaner areas than zambians) wud not be such a hopeless lot.They want the good stuff but don’t want the work(process) involved and thats not how success comes.
The above picture is a reflection of a typical Zambian way of tackling social-economic problems and, what do the citizens expect? Zambians, do not expect outside intervention to solve local problems, the only people who can motivate outsiders to add more solutions to your massive problems are yourselves. Self pity will not bring solutions to your problems nor migrating to other countries. Dehumanizing each other for instance, the vulgar language which these Bembas use against Mr. HH and his Tonga countrymen, Psychologically these Bembas, simply portray themselves as guilty of transmitting hate speeches, a crime against humanity. I use an overhead projector so as to show my colleagues those hate messages and we compare them to denials made by Zambian govt. officials that they (Bembas
this is not a tribal issue you dunderhead
Lennox Luzipo i think you are out of context on this issue iam not tonga nor bemba but i can feel you are tonga and you are tribal. Are you are aware that bembas are very few in this country and no bemba as ever ruled this country yet
There is nothing wrong with Zambia. But there is everything wrong with Zambians. At the rate we are moving on development, it will take us not less than 1,000 years to get anywhere. We have no identity, no principles, no creativity, no leadership; but big mouths that talk big, with very little or no action. And I am one of the Zambians! (Imagine!)
Lol!! And me!!Sad Indeed.
grade seven in state house….and you think you can develop…..
If Zambians would support the caliber of HH this country would somewhere!
No wonder the Barotse want to break away from a stinking failed project called Zambia.
cry my beloved mother land
its only the lord who will deliver us from this situation
This is due to gross mismanagement of national resources. Put right managers in right places and sanity will get back to the country. There is still hope, things can get better. Just change leadership and educate people to change their attitude. No one will come and develop Zambia but only Zambians. Change should start from top to bottom, and leadership should play a pivotal role especially in the allocation of national resources. Create a favorable environment for Zambians to engage in commerce. The nation needs vibrant leadership….we are living in 2012. This is not time to make experiments with freedom fighters. We need leaders who have solid economic background and who can articulate globalization issues to the people.
That photo says all thats wrong about zambia.If the discipline,focus,diligence and sacrifice required to keep that place clean is lacking then forget zambia ever graduating into more challenging fields like engineering of semiconductors.Maintaining a street is so basic but even at that zambia has woefully failed .You ain’t getting anywhere in life without discipline.
my brother count streets like that and give the data to the government to start working on them imediately.
Whether or not Zambians are better off than they were in the past depends on the importance one places on various factors. So, I don’t have an answer to the question. But I believe that when the gap between those at the bottom and those at the top widens, and there are greater inequalities, the quality of life for those at the bottom decreases, even if they have more than previous generations. Black Americans are not doing badly because they aren’t trying, but due to systemic racism that has become more difficult to fight as it’s not more subtle and unspoken. Don’t let Obama’s presidency fool you; racial discrimination is alive and well, and may be worsening. In Zambia, it seems that the bigger problems are gender and class divides, and possibly tribalism.
“Small victories are displayed as mementos/A few malls are idolized as development” is probably my favorite line. Why do we get excited by more big chain stores and sports trophies when people are struggling to survive? All they are is a distraction from suffering, and a way to ignore that suffering, for those who could be doing more. And the malls are a celebration of the crude materialism and excess (in food, in clothes, etc.). Blaming foreigners, however, will not help matters. Sharing of wealth, and creating more opportunities while removing inequalities is how to attack the problem. If people could be convinced that embracing materialism is the real danger, not suspected witches or satanists, perhaps things might change for the better. But perhaps that is too optimistic.
All we do is insult each other and call the person who talks sense all sorts of names its like we are used to this kind of living.more talking and less or no acion at all al how many times are you going to change leaders while thing remain the same.the problem with us zambian honestly you expect the council to come and clean you home with only you can stop throwing rubbish anyhow the country would be clean,charity begins at home with you are clean in your home and everyone to be responsble things will get better.
I would like to show thanks to this writer for rescuing me from this particular problem. Just after looking throughout the the web and finding views which are not helpful, I was thinking my life was gone. Being alive without the strategies to the issues you have fixed through your article content is a serious case, and ones that might have negatively damaged my career if I hadn’t come across your web site. That competence and kindness in controlling every item was useful. I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t come upon such a step like this. I can also at this point look ahead to my future. Thanks for your time so much for your specialized and amazing guide. I won’t hesitate to propose your web blog to anybody who needs and wants recommendations about this area.
well said no 12, i m one too !
No 18 …i think it should not take a change in “leadership” to bring about the change we all want but if we (u ,me and the rest) change,as no 10 put it…,then all will be well.
leadership change is inevitable,as drainage system seems to be contributing to the stuation above.The problem that can be solve by those in high authority,but when we put them in power they just concetrate in amassing wealth.
Even if HH became the President of Zambia, nothing will change. Is he the Messiah, hell no!!! Just pray that Jesus returns soon to put us Zambians out of our misery. Are we not a christian country? Zambia in the 1970 was much better even without the internet, iPad, and colour TV. We had clean water, no cholera, street lights, waste was collected weekly. I would rather go back to the 1970 that this democratic, christian zambia. There is a church at every street corner with pastors collecting tithe and trouser it, whist the followers are languishing in poverty. Please Jesus come soon, twachula!!!!!!