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Many scholars and researchers in Zambia and beyond have looked at the history and development of big cities and industrialisation. Most studies on urban Zambia have not focused on the history and development of small towns like Kafue and yet some of the small towns have played an instrumental...

This study examines the origins and development of Maamba Coal Mine and its socio-economic impact on Zambia. It demonstrates that although Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (U.D.I) in Rhodesia, 1965 was the key driver in the development of commercial mining of coal in the...

This study examines the transition of domestic slaves in Bulozi to freedom from 1780 to 1925. It reveals that the landscape of the Lozi kingdom supported productive activities such as gardening, fishing, cattle keeping, trading, the construction of houses, canals and mounds, all of which needed...

The phenomenon of labour migration at Nakambala Sugar Estate (NSE) was an extension of the labour migration system that started during pre-colonial times. It continued and grew during the colonial era and eventually entered post-colonial institutions which included NSE in Zambia. From inception,...

The study examines the significant roles played by women in the liberation struggle of Zambia. It argues that the role of women in the fight for Zambia’s independence struggle has been neglected in spite of the oral data from the actual participants and few records which prove their participation...

The scope of the study revolves around the impact of Katombora Reformatory School on incarcerated Juveniles between 1957 and 1990. Firstly, the study traced the origin of juvenile incarceration in colonial Zambia from the police force which was the first custodian of in-mates to prison service or...

This study examines the significant constraints on industrialisation (development of secondary industries) in colonial Zambia. The study argues that although a number of imperial scholars have attempted to identify the significant constraints on industrialisation during the colonial period, there...

This study examines the roles and challenges of women in male dominated institutions focusing on the case of Zambia Police from 1947 to 2015. The study argues that Zambia Police Service formerly known as Northern Rhodesia Police was formed in 1932 and at inception it only comprised men with no...

The study examines a history of conflicts between humans and wild animals (human-animal conflicts) and conflicts between humans and the government (human-state conflicts) in the South Luangwa National Park (SLNP) and the surrounding Lupande Game Management Area (LGMA) from 1890 to 2001. SLNP...

Taxation of Africans by the colonial state was a poignant foundational cogwheel of colonial economic orthodoxy whose implementation and dynamics pervaded almost every aspect of African economic life. Colonial taxation was intended to serve among other purposes the provision of revenue for...