The Books
Fire-Eaters
The study, which is thematic, as well as analytical in presentation, is set to achieve four purposes. The first place is to examine the nature of the blacksmithing technology and its relevance in precolonial Zambia.. The second is to assess the contribution of the technology to the production of tools and weapons for local use, regalia and other and intrinsic goods for personal adornment and exchange. And thirdly, to assess the impact of colonialism on the decline of this technology......
Wealth from the Rocks
This study focuses on the study of metallurgy in pre-colonial Zambia to 1890. A general review of the literature on metallurgy in pre-colonial Zambia reveals that during the period our study (up to 1890), three metals were mined. Iron production was a widespread, important and significant phenomenon, responsible for producing utility tools—hoes, axe, knives, weapons, spears, arrow heads and broad knives, and regalia for the political and religious office holders—copper, which was confine to few areas; and gold to even.....
One Zambia, One Nation, One Country
One Zambia, One Nation, One Country provides the reader with a virtual guide to Zambia’s profile of her geographical location, forestry, rivers, lakes and dams, history people and its government, culture, governance, economy wildlife, tourism and social services. In addition, it gives comprehensive information for the potential tourists. The motto ‘One Zambia, One Nation’ is borrowed from our coat of arms to provide a title to this book dedicated to President Kenneth David Kaunda, the founding father of the.....
Before the Rise of the Modern Copperbelt
In Zambia, the history of industrial and commercial mining is over 115 years. The earlier period, from 1900 to 1920, is least known. It is ignored, passed over, or referred to in passing by academics and non-academics. The earlier period forms the building blocks on which the later more successful mining enterprise in the mid-1920s was anchored. This study looks at this period and discusses the beginning of mining enterprises from the beginning. Colonial rule began with the British South.....
