Barefeet is a creative arts movement which works with current and former street children and young people at risk of going on the streets of Zambia. Creative Director and Founder, Adam McGuigan never planned to settle in Zambia. He left his home in northern Ireland with plans to perform a one man street show across [...]
Although we hear positive news about the decreases in new HIV infections across the continent, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is still a very real issue. For years we have all been spreading awareness: what is HIV, how is it contracted, who is most vulnerable, how can you live with it — these are all questions that [...]
Watch Stealing Africa on PBS. See more from Why Poverty?. “We are wealthy yet we are poor,” says Wylbur Simuusa, Zambia’s Minister of Mines. He is describing a situation that is common across the continent. Countries with coveted natural resources are not seeing the fruits of that wealth. Foreign companies are extracting resources and making [...]
by Mazuba Kapambwe Today marks the 19th anniversary of the ‘Gabon Air Disaster’ which is known as one of the most tragic sporting accidents. The hopes of an entire nation turned to tears when it was announced that the Zambian national soccer team and the crew of the Zambian air force plane they were travelling on [...]
Where are you from and where do you live now? I am proudly Zambian .I split my time between Albany ,NY where I am in University and my parents house in Westchester. Last book by an African author that you read? The last book my an African writer I read was “Kaffir Boy” by Mark Mathabane which [...]