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Using qualitative and quantitative paradigms, the study sought to investigate the care and support systems of the children of teenage mothers who return to school after they have delivered. Qualitative data was collected using observations, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and in-depth guides....

This study examined challenges of rehabilitation faced by parents of children with cerebral palsy in Ndola urban, Zambia. Cerebral palsy is an injury to the developing brain. This injury often happens before, during birth or in the first five years of life (Kapulisa, 1990). Usually individuals...

The mukanda institution in the Western and North-Western Province of Zambia, is one of the popular cultural heritages in the country. Over time it has created an inter-ethnic cohesion which in turn has integrated more than ten previously heterogeneous ethnic groups into a single entity. This...

This dissertation is about economic development within the context of a changing environment under colonial rule.It is a comparative study of Bangweulu and Namwala(which covers most of the Kafue flats) and the area immediately surrounding these two regions. In this study i argue that ecological...

This study examines the reasons why children are engaged in domestic labour in Lusaka, and the conditions under which they work. It also focused on the gender differentials in the work. The findings were discussed in the light of the Convention on the Rights of Children (1990) which Zambia...

This study investigates the impact of mission education on Lala society between 1906 and 1964. the mission engaged in academic , industrial, medical and agricultural education. in addition the mission played a commercial role in the district by buying and selling African surplus of agricultural...

Changing climatic conditions have had devastating effects on Zambia with impacts to physical and biological systems already being felt. The Climate induced changes are exerting considerable stress on the Zambia’s already vulnerable sectors mostly the agriculture and food security others being the...

Botswana ranks among the least developed of black Africa's independent states. In this predominantly rural nation, most people have depended on subsistence agriculture (sorghum and maize) and on the rearing of cattle as a means of livelihood since the 19th century. Cattle rearing has been the...

This study is an attempt to assess the impact of colonial rule on the traditional cattle economy of the Ila in Southern Province of Zambia during the period of the colonial rule, 1900 to 1964.The Ila or Baila of Namwala District have had a long tradition of cattle rearing. In the pre-colonial...

The period 1900 to 1939 witnessed increased British efforts to establish cotton growing for export in Northern Rhodesia, However, the industry did not expand to viable proportions. The official explanation for the failure of the industry was set down first and foremost to pests' ravages. This,...