Culture And Customs Of Zambia

Author : Scott D. Taylor
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Zambia written by Scott D. Taylor and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zambia stands out in Africa as one of the continent's most peaceful countries. In its early years as an independent state, Zambia became a regional bulwark against colonial domination and South African apartheid. This book explores Zambia's culture, through various topics, focusing on how "traditional" and "modern" interact, and sometimes collide.

Author : Andrew Loryman
Publisher : Kuperard
ISBN 13 : 1787029425
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zambia - Culture Smart! written by Andrew Loryman and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than an overview of the colorful sights and sounds, these easy-to-follow chapters paint a vivid picture of the psyche of a people who have been shaped by their geography and history, and who are notable for their warmth, outgoing nature, and zest for life. In this large, landlocked country named after the mighty Zambezi River, the "real Africa" of old mixes comfortably with the new. Mineral-rich, with vast untapped agricultural, water, energy, and human potential, Zambia sits on the investor's leader board for Africa. David Livingstone, the Victoria Falls, Lake Kariba—such magical names, together with the spectacular wealth of bird and wildlife make Zambia the upscale safari destination of choice. A nation made up of more than 70 ethnic groups, Zambia has moved through diverse tribal histories, European colonization, socialist philosophy and rhetoric, and, finally, a gung-ho charge into multiparty capitalism.

Author : Mwizenge S. Tembo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479702099
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture written by Mwizenge S. Tembo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern African country of Zambia with 72 tribes has experienced tremendous social turmoil during the last 48 years. The 13 million citizens migrated into the cities and professionals immigrated and scattered abroad in a growing Diaspora. The diversity of the Zambian society and globalization has created a cultural crisis. Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture discusses social and political history, gender rites of passage, food, religion, witchcraft, and recommendations for contemporary life in the 21st century. The17 chapter book puts the diverse Zambian African tribal customs, culture and technology into the modern digital age.

Author : Christine Phiri Mushibwe
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
ISBN 13 : 3954895978
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What are the Effects of Cultural Traditions on the Education of women? (The Study of the Tumbuka People of Zambia) written by Christine Phiri Mushibwe and published by Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag). This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural traditions do adversely affect the education of many people in the world. Women are, unfortunately, the most affected victims of their culture. This book demonstrates how cultural traditions can militate against the education of women in Zambia with a focus on the Tumbuka tribe. The evidence at hand demonstrates that patrilineal groupings are strongholds of the patriarchal predisposition and patriarchal attitudes and cultural traditions do not recognize women as equal partners with men. The Tumbuka women’s experiences and beliefs reflect socio-cultural traditional norms that tend to limit gender equality, and compel women to accept and justify male domination at the expense of their own status and to regard consequent inequalities as normal. Evidence demonstrates that the initiation rites, an active institution for girls of pubescent age, interfere more with the school-based education of girls. The women are active social agents as well as passive learners who will not allow the girls they are coaching to question the purpose for some traditional practices that are oppressive and directly cause them to fail to complete their schooling successfully.

Author : Andrew Loryman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787029439
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zambia - Culture Smart! written by Andrew Loryman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jacqueline Cassandra Woodfork
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of the Central African Republic written by Jacqueline Cassandra Woodfork and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the culture and customs of the people of the Central African Republic.

Author : Edwin M. K. M. Bwalya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789982220149
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditions, Arts, and Culture Related to Zambia written by Edwin M. K. M. Bwalya and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Ferguson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052092228X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Expectations of Modernity written by James Ferguson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Focusing on the experiences of mineworkers in the Copperbelt region, James Ferguson traces the failure of standard narratives of urbanization and social change to make sense of the Copperbelt's recent history. He instead develops alternative analytic tools appropriate for an "ethnography of decline." Ferguson shows how the Zambian copper workers understand their own experience of social, cultural, and economic "advance" and "decline." Ferguson's ethnographic study transports us into their lives—the dynamics of their relations with family and friends, as well as copper companies and government agencies. Theoretically sophisticated and vividly written, Expectations of Modernity will appeal not only to those interested in Africa today, but to anyone contemplating the illusory successes of today's globalizing economy.

Author : Casey Golomski
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253036488
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funeral Culture written by Casey Golomski and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary forms of living and dying in Swaziland cannot be understood apart from the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to anthropologist Casey Golomski. In Africa's last absolute monarchy, the story of 15 years of global collaboration in treatment and intervention is also one of ordinary people facing the work of caring for the sick and dying and burying the dead. Golomski's ethnography shows how AIDS posed challenging questions about the value of life, culture, and materiality to drive new forms and practices for funerals. Many of these forms and practicesnewly catered funeral feasts, an expanded market for life insurance, and the kingdom's first crematoriumare now conspicuous across the landscape and culturally disruptive in a highly traditionalist setting. This powerful and original account details how these new matters of death, dying, and funerals have become entrenched in peoples' everyday lives and become part of a quest to create dignity in the wake of a devastating epidemic.

Author : Jacob K. Olupona
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199790582
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Religions written by Jacob K. Olupona and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.