Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival Across the Decades
Livingstone was built to be passed through. Laid out in the colonial era as a railway and river town at the edge of the Victoria Falls, its whole purpose was movement — of goods, of travellers, of empire heading north and south. A place designed as a gateway has to...
Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival Across the Decades
Livingstone was built to be passed through. Laid out in the colonial era as a railway and river town at the edge of the Victoria Falls, its whole purpose was movement — of goods, of travellers, of empire heading north and south. A place designed as a gateway has to...
Before the Current Boom: Reconstructing Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
Zambia speaks in dozens of voices, yet for most of the digital era the machines it uses have understood almost none of them. Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Lozi and the country's many other languages carry the nation's oral history, its humour, its music and the everyday...
The Historical Architecture of Music, Festivals and Zambia’s Live-Entertainment Economy
Zambia has never been short of sound. What it has often lacked is the commercial architecture to turn that sound into an economy. For decades the country's music lived in churches, townships and village ceremonies, carried by voices, drums and radio rather than by...
The Part of Event Professionalism Nobody Books Until It Goes Wrong
Zambia is selling itself to the world as a place that can host a serious event, and the pitch is working. The country has won the bid to stage three continental conferences - the African Marketing Confederation, African ICT and Africa Supply Chain gatherings - in...
Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival Across the Decades
How the Livingstone International Cultural and Arts Festival turned a colonial-era gateway town into a regional cultural crossroads across the decades.
Before the Current Boom: Reconstructing Zambian Languages in the Digital Age
Zambia’s languages carry its oral history and knowledge, yet stayed absent from digital tools until open Bemba speech datasets began to close the gap.
The Historical Architecture of Music, Festivals and Zambia’s Live-Entertainment Economy
How Zambia’s music moved from church, township and traditional roots to a festival, streaming and sponsorship-driven live-entertainment economy.
The Part of Event Professionalism Nobody Books Until It Goes Wrong
Zambia is winning bids for continental conferences on a promise of world-class standards. The least glamorous test of that promise is whether the venue is clean before the doors open and after they close.
Zambian Film and the Rise of ZAMIFF: The Past That Explains the Present
Zambian film was long held back by finance, distribution and infrastructure. How ZAMIFF’s rise and content-market ambition answers that inheritance.
Six Steps to Build an Event Cleaning Crew That Answers to a Run Sheet
Headcount does not make an event cleaning crew; timing, zones and a named lead do. A six-step plan for building one around the run sheet, as Zambia bids for bigger events.
How Traditional Ceremonies as a National Cultural Network Became a Zambian Strategic Asset
How Zambia’s dozens of traditional ceremonies, from Kuomboka to Likumbi Lya Mize, became a coordinated national network and strategic cultural asset.
From Luvale initiation, masked performance and the cultural institutions of the Mize to the Present: Likumbi Lya Mize and the Makishi Tradition
From Luvale initiation and the Mize capital to national prominence: Likumbi Lya Mize, the Makishi masquerade, and Zambia’s intangible heritage.
The Long History Behind Kuomboka as Cultural Economy
The long history behind Kuomboka: how the Lozi kingdom’s seasonal flood movement became one of Zambia’s most valuable cultural-economy assets.
Why the History of Tourism, Conservation Finance and Community Revenue Still Matters
Zambia’s parks once ran on state and donor money. The shift to partnerships, tourism revenue and local enterprise explains where conservation finance now flows.
P4m Investment Breathes Life into UB Hotel and Conference Centre
Sky Clouds (Pty) Ltd has leased Gaborone’s dormant 80-room UB Hotel, investing over P4m to restore conference capacity. What the revival signals for the city.
Heritage Tourism Beyond Victoria Falls’s Recent Turning Point
A 2022-2026 audit of Zambia’s heritage push beyond Victoria Falls: real gains in UNESCO tentative-list status for Barotse, but access still unbuilt.
The Origins, Turning Points and Modern Meaning of Heritage Tourism Beyond Victoria Falls
Beyond Victoria Falls, Zambia’s archaeological, fossil, liberation and cultural landscapes, including Barotse, draw renewed UNESCO tentative-list attention.
The Current State of Domestic Tourism as Zambia’s Resilience Market
A 2022-2026 audit of Zambia’s domestic tourism push: real gains in marketing and park pricing, but mid-market lodging and transport remain unfinished.
Domestic Tourism as Zambia’s Resilience Market Across the Decades
How Zambia’s tourism sector shifted from an export model aimed at foreign visitors towards domestic travellers, affordable park access and local events.