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On Oct. 30, 1964, TIME magazine reported on the celebration of the independence of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), with its new president, Kenneth Kaunda. But...

Sitting at a table in a restaurant on Cairo Road, in downtown Lusaka, I eagerly wait for my drink. I haven’t had this drink for more than three years. I wonder if I still remember the taste of it. In fact, for the first time, I am quite excited ordering this drink. The drink comes in a 350mls bottle. I waste no time and take a long sip of the contents of the bottle. I put the bottle down simultaneously burping and feeling embarrassed. “This Pepsi is really going down”, I thought. I have never really been a big fun of Pepsi. In the United States, where Pepsi competes neck-to-neck with Coca-cola, I would only order or drink Pepsi when Coca-cola was not available. I am not sure I will continue drinking Pepsi in place of Coke but, at the moment, you get more for your money than you get for Coke. The Pepsi 350mls bottles are going at K2,200 while the Coke 300mls are going at K2,500 retail price. Pepsi came to Zambia about six months ago under the franchise

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE “Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel — which, when translated,...

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE “I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of...

Some tribes in Zambia observed this ordinance, may be not from a religious point of view, but out of tradition. The Lundas and the Luvales of the North Western province stands out. They were teased every cold season by their traditional cousins. It was believed the circumcised are prone to cold and can succumb to death easily. Circumcision carried stigma, but these humble people carried on their tradition. Their women were not allowed to marry uncircumcised men. The theory was the uncircumcised men were unclean.

Think you know a thing or two about kissing? You probably do. But the facts below are so off the beaten path, we’ll bet...

The majority of Zambians are religious and traditionalist; that can be seen in their worship and the thousands that attend traditional ceremonies across the country. They are anti gay! If this is a true reflection and description of many Zambians; a question that remains is, who are these minority Zambians behind the homosexual talk? If they are the minority, how come they have the money and the publicity? Is this donor money? If yes, homosexuality is foreign and Zambian are selling their souls because of poverty.

The Mwape Peer Awards conferred seven winners with awards of excellence at its inaugural event held at the Holiday Inn Capitol Hotel in Washington,...