All posts by Elias Munshya - LLM, MBA, M.DIV.
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Matomola Likwanya is a political prisoner and must be freed
When President Edgar Lungu paraded the police command at a press conference informing us that the police is now working on reforming itself, we knew...
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The freedom struggle and the aftermath: Sophena Chisembele’s book on the personal story of Sylvester Mwamba Chisembele
In the book Zambia: The freedom struggle and the aftermath, Mrs Sophena Chisembele chronicles the personal story of freedom fighter and leader Sylvester Mwamba Chisembele....
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“Muka Muchona” and “Na Musonda”: Women, chastity and faithfulness in Kalindula music
In Muka Muchona, legendary Zambian singer and musician Peter Tsotsi Juma paints a picture of a woman in the village whose husband has temporarily left...
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What is really at stake in the Nkunika v. Nyirenda case?
It is very tempting to think that the Nkunika case’s question was just about a Grade 12 Certificate. It is bigger and much graver than...
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The philosophy of interpreting the Zambian Constitution – Given the G12 requirement
THE state has access to all the resources one could ever think of when drafting a constitution. In its employ is the crème de la...
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A Tribute to Bernard Mulopo Mulubwa of Milenge (1914 to 2016)
Bernard Mulopo Mulubwa was born on May 13, 1914. He died on March 12, 2016. Friday, March 12, 2021, will be the fifth anniversary of...
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Economic Sabotage
The gentleman in State House is blaming everyone and everything except himself. He cannot look in the mirror to see that his policies are leading...
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The police raid on Shibuyunji
With his mouth dripping with poisoned mustard, it should not have taken rocket science to know that what President Edgar Lungu was saying, that he...
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Marriage tentativity under Zambian customary practices: a folk-music methodology
Customary marriages in Zambia are by their nature “tentative”. While the civil marriages give the impression of some permanence until they are dissolved by a...
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Serving the poor: redeeming Zambia’s culture of cadres
The word “cadre” carries negative connotations in the current political climate in Zambia. Of course, we have seen this before. In the 1970s and 1980s,...
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