Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) can be called the warm heart of Africa as it is one of the friendliest African countries. It is situated in Central Africa, surrounded by Zaire (formerly Congo-Kinshasa), Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania. As a result it is a land-locked country and has no sea-port of its own. However, Zambia has access to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, the Angolan port of Lobito and to the Mozambican port of Maputo through its rail links. During the period of the Ian Smith regime in Southern Rhodesia (the present Zimbabwe) after Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (U.D.I) from Britain, the TAZARA railway line was built with Chinese help for the express purpose of connecting Zambia with the port of Dar es Salaam as Zambian import/export through Southern Rhodesia came to a standstill. Under the able leadership of Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, Zambia came out
with flying colours through the most difficult times of that country's history.
The writer and his family lived in Zambia for 28 years, from 1968 t0 1996. Even though they live now in Trivandrum, India, they cherish many happy memories about Zambia and wish to return to Zambia once again, sometime in the future.
About this blog.
- George John
- George John and his wife Lilly George were teachers in Zambia for 28 years (1968-1996). They taught in secondary schools at Luwingu and Mufulira. To them, Zambia is their second home.
2 comments:
BRAVO, Mr. John! You have done a splendid job of this blog! I am enjoying it and am already getting visions of actually being transported there myself; your descriptions have been so spellbinding and realistic! Keep up the great job. I hope to see more - a LOT more - such great stuff from you. Actually, you should sign up for a Virtual Planet page...
Harry, "The Nammachekkan"
http://harry.cckerala.com
Thanks Alot for the great post
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