Nation by nation, speak your mind about....Zambia

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia

Zambia /ˈzæmbiə/, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.[7] The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of the country. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest.

Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region which comprises modern Zambia was colonised during the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. After visits by European explorers in the eighteenth century, Zambia became the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia towards the end of the nineteenth century. For most of the colonial period, the country was governed by an administration appointed from London with the advice of the British South Africa Company.

On 24 October 1964, the country became independent of the United Kingdom and then-prime minister Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural president. Kaunda's socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP) maintained power from the 1964 until 1991. From 1972 to 1991 Zambia was a single-party state with the UNIP as the sole-legal political party, with the goal of uniting the nation under the banner of 'One Zambia, One Nation'. Kaunda was succeeded by Frederick Chiluba of the social-democratic Movement for Multi-Party Democracy in 1991, during which the country saw a rise in social-economic growth and increased decentralisation of government. Chiluba selected Levy Mwanawasa as his successor; Mwanawasa presided over the country from January 2002 until his death in August 2008, and is credited with initiating a campaign to reduce corruption and increase the standard of living. After Mwanawasa's death, Rupiah Banda presided as Acting President before being elected president in 2008. He is the shortest serving president, having held office for only three years. Patriotic Front party leader, Michael Chilufya Sata defeated Banda in the 2011 elections.

In 2010, the World Bank named Zambia one of the world's fastest economically reformed countries. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is headquartered in Lusaka.

Never been there. Anyone been there ?

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1. The San, and related peoples, are fascinating.

The "click" languages they speak may be closer to original human speech than any of the other languages still spoken in the world.

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4. They practice the year of Jubilee, which is an Old Testament practice.

Zambia: What the Year of Jubilee Means
By Charles Kachikoti, 26 March 2014

The full meaning of the Year of Jubilee is that a nation and its citizens should enter into a state of rest and renewal in all areas of life. More than merely celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of independence or nationhood, individuals in that nation should forgive all their offenders and also receive forgiveness.

At the same time, the people and their Government should close the issues of the past and allow the economy, agriculture, natural environment, labour relations and governance to and embark on a totally new start. Across the nation, debts should be forgiven from individual to individual; and loans should be forgiven by corporate bodies and by Government.

Cumbersome employment contracts should be terminated. Houses bought from certain families, within the past one year, and cities similarly acquired, should be redeemed and returned to the original owners. The concept is taken from Leviticus 25 in the Old Testament, in which God intended that the nation of Israel observe the fiftieth anniversary with a year of complete rest, release, relief, remembrance, restoration, refreshing and renewal in all areas of personal and national life.

According to biblical records, the nation of Israel did not honour this instruction and failed to enter into God's rest. The Year of Jubilee is noticeable in this country by reason of the Christian Nation Declaration by the late Dr Frederick Chiluba in December 1991. This concept is not totally alien: Zambians have had a feel of a Jubilee.

more at: http://allafrica.com/stories/201403270017.html