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Contrary to widely held views among earlier scholars of the Zambian peasantry, this study has established that the Luvale-Lunda people living in Zambezi district became peasant farmers between 1936 and 1964 when they successfully and consistently produced both usevalues and exchange-values. It...

Zambia introduced cost-sharing in the education sector with a view to improving the financial positions of the educational institutions. Available researches show that costsharing has had a negative effect at all levels of the education system. At the University level many protests have been...

This study was about the decline of Home Economics in Zambian Basic Schools of Lusaka Urban District. Data were collected from all the eight zones of the district. Questionnaires, an interview guide, documents, and a camera were used as research instruments. Questionnaires were administered to 25...

Financial intermediation is essential for economic development. The consensus is that Zambia needs a stable and efficient banking system in order to finance both private and public investment and expenditures. The effectiveness of the banking system in channelling funds from surplus to deficit...

While the recent years have seen Zambia become increasingly dependent on foreign savings for its economic and developmental programmes, access to these savings is becoming more difficult. This implies that the country will have to depend more on the mobilisation of domestic savings, if it is to...

The study was carried out on the development and role of private secondary schools in Zambia. The focus was on multiracial private secondary schools. The study also analysed government's perception of multiracial private secondary schools at various times in the history of Zambia. The...

The period 1883-1925 marked the beginning of formal western education in Northern Rhodesia. Most of the education provided was for young men. Lack of emphasis on women at this stage had an adverse effect on the later development of their education. After 1925 the government of Northern Rhodesia...

In Chipata,Asians have been engaged in trading since colonial times. Trading has been their principal occupation even though agriculture is the predominant economic activity in the area. This study examines the evolution of the Asian trading class in Chipata between 1900 and 1964. It provides a...

For many years, scholars on Zambian history have concentrated on two themes:mining and agriculture. The two subjects have dominated, perhaps, because of the central position they hold in the country's economy. Little attention has been given to tourism, which is equally a vital industry with...

This study basically attempts to examine the development of worker consciousness among African railway workers in Zambia. Worker consciousness is defined here as the awareness of the workers of their situation, whether of exploitation or gain, at their place of work. The awareness arose out of...