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Trypanosomiasis was a major problem in Zambia, in particular Eastern Province during the colonial period. For centuries the people of Eastern province of Zambia were subjected to trypanosomiasis. This dissertation examines trypanosomiasis in Eastern Province of Zambia from 1908 to 1964. The...

This study on women's involvement in mineworkers struggles on the Copperbelt of Zambia during the colonial period was pursued in order to illuminate the contribution of women towards the struggle for better working and living conditions in the mine compounds. To achieve this, the study focused on...

Fishing was one of the oldest and lifelong human activities which did not only attract high population densities, but was also used, in certain areas, as an alternative source of income and food security. Fish contributed to the development of trade between the riverine communities, which caught...

Poverty is as old as humanity. In Zambia many pre-colonial societies suffered the vice that existed in a different form. But with the advent of colonialism and subsequent development of modern capitalist industries, the dynamics of poverty in Zambia changed. The shifts of men and women from rural...