Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:39:52 +0000 BY Kanyanta E. Kauma Like a rare flower wilting away due to improper care, so does the Kariba dam appear in the heart of Zambia. .Since it’s completion in the early 1960s as a product of the joint Northern Rhodesian and Nyasaland governments, the dam was created as an alternative power source for the growing mining sector. Over the years the dam has drawn tourists from far and wide. Despite its core purpose being the production of hydro-electric power it serves both an aesthetic and economic purpose in the country. As visitors look upon this colossus of colonial engineering however two things become evident; firstly the sheer beauty of unison between engineering and God. How could tiny molecules of concrete and steel morph to create a barrier so solid it halts a river in its tracks? Placing the power of a god in the hands of man. The […]
