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Lusaka, Zambia
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Ord og billeder fra en finale, jeg stadig prøver at begribe
sport.tv2.dk/fodbold/2026-01…
Buster Emil Kirchner retweeted
On the 62nd year of Independence I thought I'd remind everyone about some fun facts about #Zambia and some facts about why it was important to break free of our colonial chains.
- Our Freedom Statue has a name - Zikomo Banda
- One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World is actually called Mosi-oa-tunya (the smoke that thunders) and this is the official name registered at UNESCO
- The 24th of October is the official date for the beginning of the Rainy Season. The date was chosen as it symbolised the washing away of the harsh dry season (colonialism) and the beginning of a new season - fresh and green (independence)
- At Independence Zambia had less than 100 University graduates
- Kalingalinga is chilaplapa for the place where seasonal workers would linger to get a job (ka linger linger) and for those in Kopola land, Chamboli was the mispronounced word for the location where the Boy Scouts of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland held their annual 'Jamboree'.
- Prior to independence Zambians were not allowed into shops or butcheries. We had to shop from a small window and we were not allowed to buy any prime cuts of beef, offals, brisket and oxtail only .... EVEN if we could afford it.
- It is still illegal to splash a pedestrian because colonial motorists used to deliberately splash us with their cars.
- Zambians were forced to have English first names under threat of imprisonment - hence our colourful English names like Landrover, Crankshaft, Pencil and Paper. It was most enforced in Eastern Province and part of 'parole' was planting mango trees, which is why there are millions of mango trees in Eastern Province (we tried to resist)
I could go on but 62 years on we now face an even bigger challenge and that is to lift millions of our citizens out of poverty. We need to put aside petty differences and all pull in the same direction.
#OneZambia #OneNation
#YESWECAN #Zambia
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Will there be Independence celebrations and a ceremony at Showgrounds mailo? Anyone with a program of events? #Zambia
Touring rural Malawi on a Sunday afternoon bring us through multiple villages paralysed by the same social event. Green (or brownish) grass, a ball, some goal sticks, all surrounded by hundreds of spectators on the sidelines. Football is such a force
There’s no fuel in Lilongwe. Or, well, not enough. Look at this queue outside a Puma filling station. Cars queuing for hours and hours #Malawi
I skriver bare, hvis jeg kan hjælpe med det mindste, @DBUfodbold. Mange hilsner fra Longacres, 150 meter fra Football House, @FAZFootball , hovedkvarter #Zambia #Esbjerg
dbu.dk/nyheder/2026/septembe…
Buster Emil Kirchner retweeted
The Waterstones Booksellers on Gower Street is one of my favorite places in London. Here, all my anxieties (many these days) and sense of doom disappear. It’s probably one of the biggest bookstores in London, extending across multiple floors. You will find any book here. I am always stunned at the number of new publications every day. People write in this part of the world. They write on anything. Would we be writing as quickly, as easily, and indiscriminately if we wrote in our first language? I had a #ZambiaKuchalo moment seeing Namwali’s On Morrison prominently placed.
If I ever decide to move here, this bookstore and the city’s life-affirming architecture will be the main reasons. After visiting the Tate Modern, particularly their breathtaking bookstore, I can’t help but feel that life might be passing us by in Zambia.
In times of pessimism in the media industry, dying newspapers and tricky transitions, it’s uplifting to find quality and affordable (print) African journalism, spanning investigative stories, thought-leaders, and independent continental coverage. Purchased in Longacres, Lusaka
Der er noget smukt ved Thomas Mikkelsens vedholdenhed og ambitionsniveau. Manden er 43 år, og nu vil han være Superligaens ældste spiller nogensinde. Det er sgu da stærkt.
Buster Emil Kirchner retweeted
Catastrophic flooding in South Sudan five years ago swamped dozens of oil wells and left toxic marshes all over Unity State. Now, residents are seeing the effects in hospitals and maternity wards, report @BusterEmil and @MarSimoncelli newlinesmag.com/reportage/li…
Av. En af de hårde at sluge. Salg af anfører og kulturbærer til direkte konkurrent. Lucena, Strandby og flere andre venter i kulissen, men kan de løfte Froms arv allerede i denne sæson? Jeg tvivler
efb.dk/efb-saelger-lucas-fro…
Buster Emil Kirchner retweeted
To those tracking #Zambia: Context, political history, and evidence matter. If we start from the assumption that every state action is automatically part of an authoritarian playbook, we miss what's actually happening. Always hold government to account, but do the same for others.
Zambian police arrested several leading opposition figures on the night of national elections last week, accusing them of posing a threat to state security, the government said. reuters.com/world/africa/zam…
Buster Emil Kirchner retweeted
The biggest problem we have in Zambia is the lack of honesty among the majority of people. I’m at a polling station where someone has been caught renting out a baby to people who feel too important to stand in the queue.
We sort out dishonest, everything falls into place.
