Zambia

From historical and epidemiological perspectives search, three different zones harbour plague endemic foci in Zambia. These are:- Eastern zone, which includes Luangwa valley, where outbreaks occurred in Tembwe village in Chama district, Mukomba village in Lundazi district and Chief Nyanje in Sinda district; the Southern zone, which includes Kabulamwanda and surrounding villages in Namwala district and Western zone which includes Chitokoloki in Balovale (Zambezi district) in Zambezi plain (Fig 1, Table 2). 3.1. Eastern zone 3.1.1. Luangwa and Lundazi outbreaks According to available information, the first reported plague outbreak in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) was recorded in this area in 1917, and it involved 96 cases and 93 deaths (Case Fatality (CF) =96.8%). The outbreak occurred at Tembwe virizi village (11o20 'S, 32o57 'E) in the North of the Luangwa valley in Chama district (Fig 1). This was followed by another outbreak in 1918, which reportedly involved 59 cases and 57 deaths (CF=96.6%). Of these cases, 33 (55.5%) and 26 (44.1%) were females and males respectively. Concurrently, during the plague outbreak, there was epizootic among local house rats (Rattus rattus) and increase in flea population,…

was rapidly speaking Arabic, and the worker asked if anyone could translate. Naomi Shihab Nye, the writer of this chapter, hesitantly steps up, and begins to translate for the older woman. After the issue gets resolved all three bond over cookies the older woman had brought. Eventually she offers her treats for everyone in the gate, and creates a friendly atmosphere. This leads to others sharing any goodies that they brought, and creating a multicultural party in the gate area. Another…

In this response, I will be talking about the argument of Christoffer Guldbrandsen in his documentary Stealing Africa. Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s intention of this film was to show the world of Zambia’s extinct copper mining tax return. He is informing us that Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore, which owns Mopani Copper Mines, is cheating the government of Zambia and not supplying that country with the tax funds they rightfully deserve. Zambia is known to have the third largest copper reserve in…

As the 20th century approached, many European powers became hungry for more land and resources, which caused a massive foray into Africa. Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia, is a landlocked country located in South Africa, and was colonized by the British South African Company in the 1890s. According to James Pletcher in World Book Advanced, Zambia’s name is taken from the Zambezi River, which forms most of the country's southern border. It is located in south-central Africa and is one…

Expansion of our enterprise into Africa will provide a host of challenges and opportunities to our core value of diversity. Before venturing into this new land, significant regard is required for the culture differences between our own company and employee cultures and that of the national and individual cultures of local nationals to hire for our expanded operations, in order to mitigate the risk of cultural collision (Daniels, Radebaugh & Sullivan, 2015, p. 50-51). As the individual group…

Zambia is a country located in South-Central Africa. Although the country has been known for its generally peaceful atmosphere, having little conflict or political issues, it still has its poverty and health issues all throughout. It has a mixed economy with a variety of private freedoms, which is a major contributing factor to the peacefulness of the country. The area is becoming more of popular safari destination with many natural attractions. Many more people visit today compared to the past.…

Lusaka in Zambia and Lagos in Nigeria are two cities facing similar issues due to rapid urbanisation. However these cities are dealing with the issue differently. Both cities have a strong colonial background which has influenced the city today (Gandy, 2006; Rogerson, 2008). Both cities economies have not grown as fast as the population and the people have responded differently to this issue (Hampwaye, et al., 2007; Ilesanmi, 2010). Each city has a different approach to how they are going to…

of globalisation that ostensibly sends funds to help developing countries, but places conditions and demands that benefit hegemonic political and economic powers. Flawed systems spread themselves. We in the West export problems when we try to help. I will use Zambia as an example of these problems. There are multiple projects from both the World Bank and the IMF that have caused issues in Zambia…

In the documentary, Stealing Africa Christopher Gulbrandsen started by showing a really high class neighbor with wealthy people having a nice time party located in Zambia, a located in Southern part of Africa and after a few minutes Zambia is a country blessed with great natural resources to help it blossom in the global economy, but because of exploitation due to the fact that multinational corporations are taking advantage of Zambia natural resources for their own selfish reasons. Zambia…

and mechanism of copper mining in Zambia. According to filmmaker, the Glencore is making billions of profit from copper mines while the country Africa remains one of the poorest in the world as compared to other countries. Though, Zambia is rich in copper resources, having mining industry as economic backbone but the poverty rate remains to be very high since these resources are not generating much profit wealth for Zambians. There are several arguments in this documentary which answer the…