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The use of biographies as a method of analysis and understanding historical change in Zambia had been on an increase in the recent past. However, while other scholars in Africa brought to light the importance of the clergy in providing spiritual, social, political and economic aspects of various...

The central theme of this study is to reconstruct the history of Chitokoloki Mission Hospital in Zambezi District of the North-Western Province and determine its significance in the history of mission hospitals in Zambia. While the Zambian medical history has tended to focus on the role of...

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...

Since the 1950s, edible caterpillars were being collected by the people of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia‟s) Northern Province. They were consumed as a delicacy at household level. In some instances, however, edible caterpillars were sold for cash later when the cash economy was introduced or...

Following the attainment of independence from Britain in 1964, the Zambian government embarked upon the creation of agricultural schemes with so as to reduce the economic imbalance inherited from the colonial government. Studies conducted on agricultural schemes in various parts of the country...

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...