Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:19:04 +0000 Author: Sophena Chisembele Publisher: Axminister Price: K220 Among the fables contiguous to Zambia’s freedom struggle is that much of the fight was by the Bemba speaking people of the Northern and Muchinga provinces. Another is that the leading proponents of the struggle were Dr. Kenneth Kaunda and Simon Kapwepwe. This book by Sophena Chisembele debunks those myths and instead places the vortex of the struggle for Zambia’s independence, including its return to multi-partism, in Luapula province and in the laps of freedom fighter Silvester Mwamba Chisembele Secondly, Silvester Chisembele is also posted as one among the many, who opposed the nation’s slide towards the dictatorial One Party State, from as far back as 1962. According to the book, the seeds of the one Party State, and the current difficulties of enacting a more democratic constitution, were sown before independence. This was when KK and his close associates […]
Book Review: Zambia – The Freedom Struggle and the Aftermath
