News and views of Zambia's culture.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) Romance lives – it’s official! Just make your way to Livingstone and hitch a ride on the Royal Livingstone Express, reports Tricia Hayne. OK, ‘hitch’ is pushing it, since the experience does not come cheap, but this could be the occasion to put the recession on hold and step back to an era when the whistle of a steam engine promised a journey to remember.
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Issue 5 (May 2009) Linzi Summers visited South Luangwa in January for a special birthday safari. She and her group stayed at Nkwali (www.robinpopesafaris.net), one of the few camps to remain open throughout the green season. Linzi’s diary describes a day to remember.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Kingswood College Concert Band, from Grahamstown, South Africa, toured Zambia to delighted audiences in April this year. Thirty-eight students, including five Zambians, took part.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Musical Legend Oliver Mtukudzi joined Zambian youth drama group Barefeet Theatre at Shine 2008, the third annual Barefeet festival.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) World-famous musician Johnny Clegg owes a vital spark of inspiration to Zambia. Clegg, who formed South Africa’s first racially mixed band, Juluka, and
challenged the then apartheid authorities with such anthems as
Asimbonanga (‘We can’t see him’), spent a year in Zambia at the age of
11.
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Issue 4 (November 2008) Travel consultant Stephanie Rogers-Julian visited Zambia with her husband Warren for the first time in June this year. She stayed at Chiawa and Old Mondoro camps on the Lower Zambezi and was inspired to record her observations. These were among the highlights.
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Issue 3 (May 2008) On the doorstep of South Luangwa National Park a new performance group has been wowing tourists and villagers alike. Marek Petzer reports on how two enterprising individuals have harnessed the local acting talent.
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Issue 3 (May 2008) The Lusaka Ballet School is staging its annual ballet event on the 7th and 14th June at the Hellenic Hall on Kafue Road, reports Laura Manni. The first show is an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland performed by children aged 3–8.
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Issue 3 (May 2008) ‘In Africa, a war is launched by a song and victory is also celebrated by a song’. So say the organisers of the first Malaria Pulse Festival, to be held in Lusaka on 27–29 June. The festival features an outstanding line-up of musicians from malaria-infected countries across Africa.
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Issue 3 (May 2008) Merlith McKendrick is no stranger to safaris, but South Luangwa has a special place in her affections. In September 2007 she stayed with her daughter at Tena Tena camp (www.robinpopesafaris.net). Her diary reveals some of the highlights.
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