Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture

About the Book

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.

About the Author

Mwizenge Tembo is a Professor of Sociology at Bridgewater College in Virginia in the United States. He grew up in the village in Zambia in Southern Africa and was a Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Zambia. He is a writer, columnist who has published over 100 columns, and storyteller. He is a freelance photographer who has sold and used many of his works for illustrations. He is the author of 4 books: Titbits for the Curious (1989), Legends of Africa (1996), The Bridge (Novel) (2005), Zambian Traditional Names (2006).