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  <div style="background:#6688AA; color:#fff; padding-left:0.5em; font-size:120%;">Did you know?</div>
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    <li>That Zambia is home to the world's largest man-made lake by volume, [[Lake Kariba]]?</li>
    <li>That [[David Livingstone]] was the first European to see [[Victoria Falls]], locally known as ''Mosi-oa-Tunya''?</li>
    <li>That [[Mutinta Hichilema]] is Zambia’s first Seventh-day Adventist First Lady?</li>
    <li>That [[Chibolya]] was once listed among Africa’s most dangerous neighborhoods?</li>
    <li>That [[Zambia National Service]] manages professional football clubs like [[Green Eagles F.C.]]?</li>
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  <div style="background:#cc0000; color:#fff; padding-left:0.5em; font-size:120%;">In the News</div>
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    <li>[[Wikimania 2025]] opens in Nairobi, with Zambian delegates attending under Wikimedia Foundation scholarships.</li>
    <li>The [[2025 Chingola Riots]] are added to Chalo Chatu’s civil unrest documentation series.</li>
    <li>[[Mines United F.C.]] officially joins the 2025–26 [[Zambia Super League]] after promotion from the National Division One.</li>
    <li>Chalo Chatu begins migration to a new editorial and reliability framework under the 2025 “2.0 Revamp”.</li>
    <li>[[Linda Secondary School]] and [[Hillcrest Technical School]] become featured schools with updated historical documentation.</li>
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  <div style="background:#6688AA; color:#fff; padding-left:0.5em; font-size:120%;">Featured Zambian Institution</div>
  <p style="margin-top:0.5em;"><strong>[[University of Zambia]]</strong> — Founded in 1966, UNZA is the country’s oldest and largest public university. Located in Lusaka, it has produced several national leaders, intellectuals, and scholars across Southern Africa.</p>
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  <div style="background:#6688AA; color:#fff; padding-left:0.5em; font-size:120%;">Featured Zambian Personality</div>
  <p style="margin-top:0.5em;"><strong>[[Julia Chikamoneka]]</strong> — A fearless freedom fighter and one of the founding women of the Zambian independence movement. She is remembered for her bold activism and contributions to political mobilization in the 1950s and 1960s.</p>
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    <li>The *Kuomboka* ceremony represents the Litunga’s royal migration from flooded plains to higher ground.</li>
    <li>*Chikanda*, or “African polony,” is a traditional delicacy made from wild orchid tubers.</li>
    <li>Zambia has <strong>72 ethnic groups</strong>, each with distinct greetings and customs.</li>
    <li>*Ifyabukaya* is a long-running Bemba-language radio drama still popular across generations.</li>
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  [[File:Victoria Falls from Zambian side.jpg|center|350px|thumb|''Mosi-oa-Tunya'' – Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe]]
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    <li><strong>4 August 1964</strong> — Northern Rhodesia’s last British governor departs Lusaka ahead of independence.</li>
    <li><strong>4 August 2008</strong> — President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] declared critically ill while receiving treatment in France.</li>
    <li><strong>4 August 2023</strong> — Zambia qualifies for AFCON 2025 after a 2–1 victory in Lusaka.</li>
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In 2019
In 2019
Rungano Nyoni(born May 17, 1982) is a Zambian-Welsh director and screenwriter best know for film I Am Not a Witch. Born in Zambia's capital Lusaka, she emigrated to Wales at the age of nine. A graduate of the University of Arts in London, she directed several short films ( The List , Mwansa the Great , Listen ), which won her awards and welcome criticism. Listen ( Kuuntele ) receives the Best Short Film Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015.
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Did you know?
In the News
Featured Zambian Institution

University of Zambia — Founded in 1966, UNZA is the country’s oldest and largest public university. Located in Lusaka, it has produced several national leaders, intellectuals, and scholars across Southern Africa.

Featured Zambian Personality

Julia Chikamoneka — A fearless freedom fighter and one of the founding women of the Zambian independence movement. She is remembered for her bold activism and contributions to political mobilization in the 1950s and 1960s.

Culture Corner
  • The *Kuomboka* ceremony represents the Litunga’s royal migration from flooded plains to higher ground.
  • *Chikanda*, or “African polony,” is a traditional delicacy made from wild orchid tubers.
  • Zambia has 72 ethnic groups, each with distinct greetings and customs.
  • *Ifyabukaya* is a long-running Bemba-language radio drama still popular across generations.
Picture of the Day
File:Victoria Falls from Zambian side.jpg
Mosi-oa-Tunya – Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe
On This Day in Zambia
  • 4 August 1964 — Northern Rhodesia’s last British governor departs Lusaka ahead of independence.
  • 4 August 2008 — President Levy Mwanawasa declared critically ill while receiving treatment in France.
  • 4 August 2023 — Zambia qualifies for AFCON 2025 after a 2–1 victory in Lusaka.
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