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Chilekwa Mumba Sued Vedanta Resources and Won

Today we are talking about Chilekwa Mumba, a Zambian Environmentalist who fought UK based Vedanta Resources and won. Vedanta Resources owned Konkola Copper Mines in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Before we get started on why our former colonial powers still operate…

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Kenneth Kaunda: Zambia’s President & Freedom Fighter Dead at 97

Former Zambian President and Freedom Fighter Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. Kaunda was being treated at a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka at the time of his death. Kenneth David Kaunda, born April 28, 1924 in Lubwa, near Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia…

Featured by Ana Mosioa-Tunya October 8, 2020

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Economic Growth through Local Partnerships: Growth Tanzania and Malawi

President Magufuli the man who transformed Tanzania from a 3rd world to a middle-income country is now offering a hand of friendship and economic empowerment to neighboring Malawi. Malawi has been underdeveloped relative to all its neighbors dating back to the colonial…

Business Featured Society West Africa by Editor November 26, 2018

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Prince Harry in Zambia Can British Be Trusted?

Prince Charles paying homage to Ashante King 2018 Prince Charles was in Ghana and this trip revealed something that nobody could have ever anticipated; the United Kingdom took responsibility for the horror of the slave trade. Prince Charles stated, “to have this stain…

Featured Society by Ana Mosioa-Tunya October 2, 2018

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Resource Ownership in Zambia: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

There has been a lot of talk in the news about the recolonization of the nation of Zambia. Zambia was first colonized by Rhodes’ British South Africa Company (BSAC) which was charted by the British government in 1889 and since then Zambians…

Featured Society by John Akina May 14, 2018

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How Frederick Chiluba was Swindled by the IMF and World Bank

In 1991, Zambia was on the brink of experiencing real change. Kenneth Kaunda who had liberated Zambia from the shackles and chains of the oppressive colonial rule had become increasingly unpopular and many Zambians sought real change through opposition leader, Frederick Chiluba.…

Africans With Global Voices Video by Editor March 23, 2017

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Modern Day Castration: Men Kneeling for Men

The picture of the Zambian minister kneeling as he speaks to President is frightening and baffling. It is a testament to how much western values have polluted real African practices. True African leadership was never about one man being a god and…

Africans With Global Voices Video by Editor March 28, 2016

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Africans with Global Voices but Zero African Solutions

A popular news organization highlighted an African leader with several degrees and praised his education as something to be emulated. There was no mention of how this education has translated to tangible results. The fact of the matter is that the economy…

Culture by Editor March 21, 2016

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The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

The white settlers in Southern Rhodesia conducted a referendum in 1923 to end British rule and established a new constitution under a system called ‘Responsible Government’. Under this new government there was little interference from the British. The white settlers could pass…

Culture ReVision by Editor October 8, 2015

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Colonialism, Nationalism & Independence in Zambia

The colonization of modern day Zambia began in the 1890s, when the Lozi chief Lewanika was deceived into signing a concession that gave the British South Africa Company an excuse to invade their land. Upon obtaining this concession the British South Africa…