Wonderfully enough, these all are pieces of Africa. Here in Zambia I have not thoroughly experienced all of the culture, but I've begun to learn more and more everyday.
Lusaka is the capital of Zambia and it is almost like any other major city in the world with highways, shopping malls, cars, hotels, and people everywhere. Running water and electricity are luxuries most residents in Lusaka enjoy.
Now, after seeing Lusaka, the rural areas of Zambia are much different. The tarmac only goes so far and then its bumpy dirt roads leading to small one or two room mud clay homes scattered across the land. Tall grasses are used to thatch roofs, make fences, or surround the outdoor shower areas.
Villagers carry water in buckets or jugs filled from a borehole near their homes. Women and children alike will balance the water containers on their heads and walk effortlessly back home five to twenty minutes! When its meal time, braziers are started and everything is cooked over the hot coals or burning wood. At the setting of the sun, its about time for bed.
Zambia is a wonderful nation filled with traditional and contemporary cultures and ideas. There are six major languages spoken including Bemba, Nyange, Mambwe, Lunda, Kaonde, and
As a newly free, democratic nation,
Zambians are a collective society with famly based ideals. Their warmth and friendliness is not only shared among their fellow Zambian cousins and neighbors, but to those of us here from other places a far.
