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It is known that Zambia's population has high food poverty and about 82% of the population in most parts of the country are said to be vulnerable to food insecurity (MoFNP, 2006). The extent of food poverty is particularly more prevalent in rural areas and among the poor people. The high food...

In the post war years, the colonial state in Zambia sought to improve African housing in urban areas. The object of this policy was to boost the morale of the African workers so that they could work harder and, therefore, produce more for the capitalist economy which the state wanted to help...

This dissertation reconstructs a history of hunger in the Gwembe Valley Chieftaincy of Mweemba. It covers the period between 19O5 and 1987. Since 1991 - 92, the period in which the study was being worked on, was a drought and hunger year a postscript was written to append to the main text.The...

The central theme of this study is to highlight the failure of game laws in both the colonial and post-colonial governments in conserving game in Kasempa District from 1934 to 1994. The study shows that because the Kaonde area had no cattle and lacked sufficient fish resources, hunting of game...

Zambia, like most less developed countries, opted for import substitution industrialization (ISI) as a strategy of economic advancement. The success of ISI performance in Zambia would have resulted in the abundance rather than scarcity of foreign exchange; economic diversification;resolution of...

The importance attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and...

This study is an enquiry into the matrilineal inheritance of the Tonga of Zambia between 1900 and 1989. We argue that before the penetration of capitalism the Tonga Society provided for the social security of all the members of society. We also argue that inheritance did not precipitate...

This study investigated knowledge and attitudes towards male circumcision in three residential areas of Lusaka. Using non-probability sampling technique, a total of 120 men were captured to whom a pre-tested questionnaire was administered. The analysis of study findings indicate that a...

This study was carried out to investigate the HIV and AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and sexual behaviors of hearing impaired students at Magwero School for the deaf in eastern province. The level of HIV prevalence in Zambia is at 16 percent for the youth and the young people are...

This dissertation examines the process of labour stabilization on the commercial farms in the Southern Province of Zambia between 1945 and 1980. It does this by attempting to show how post-Second World War technological innovations, rural-to-rural migrations, landlessness and population increase,...