Bøger om Zambia

Early life experiences of the author in the northern province of Zambia in Africa, and training in healthcare with subsequent employment in the mining industry healthcare owned jointly by the Anglo-American Corporation and the Government of the Republic of Zambia, mark the beginning of the journey of duty. After working for eight years from 1990 to 1998, this initial part of the journey of duty becomes full of challenging encounters and adventure stories associated with copper mining operations. Moving to Britain as a migrant worker marks the second part of the long journey of duty. Over the next 22 years, the author is immersed in the busy National Health Service (NHS), an umbrella organisation for thousands of hospitals and allied institutions. Experiencing the British way of life becomes fascinating but then part of this way of life is about how politics influence the way healthcare is delivered by the NHS which takes the centre stage throughout the rest of this book. The NHS tales about itsorigins, evolution, inspiring radical transformation in the 21st century, traffic light targets, and the dark times of scandals with red tape are quite revealing especially for people intending to work, train or are working as healthcare professionals. In the thick of it are some of the shining stars with rare qualities of fixing the broken parts of the healthcare systems that end this book.

An Epic saga exploring the violence and traditions of rural Africa. Scott Decker and Zol Ndhlovu are partners in a private game ranch in Zimbabwe. They have a friendship borne from Africa - a brotherhood that endures the generation gap - and crosses the colour barrier. Australian Ashley Twine is a thirty-something dynamic achiever and a confident businesswoman. When a gender mix-up secures her a position on a volunteer program in the Hwange National Park, Ashley gets a chance to take stock of her life and reassess her situation. But the chauvinistic Scott - who runs the operation - is adamant she isn't cut out for the job. After Ashley witnesses firsthand the devastation left behind by poachers, Scott finds himself torn between wanting to protect Ashley or forcing her to leave Africa for her own safety and his sanity. But after working so closely together, Ashely and Scot can no longer deny their feelings or be apart. However, nothing can prepare Ashley for being ambushed and held captive by the psychopathic Rodney - an old enemy of Zol's - from a war fought years ago. And now that their world has been threatened, circumstances take hold of their lives and begin to shape and change them forever. Set against a magnificent backdrop of Africa across the decades, this epic saga explores the traditions and violence between the white and black families of rural Africa.

Bessy - Willbess - was a dancer, but that isn't all he did for money. He dreamed of leaving Zambia with his lover for the queer heaven of San Francisco. Grace Zulu was still fresh from the village, donning her suit and covering up her childhood scarifications each day to go to her corporate law job. Born with a highly developed sense of justice, she was excited to meet her first pro bono client; what she encounters in the jail cell, however, is a badly beaten boy with chipped teeth and an eye that's swollen shut. Within two weeks, Bessy has disappeared from custody - apparently released but no one sees him again. Navigating the baked-in homophobia of Zambia's colonial legacy, the confused hurt and rage of Bessy's nuclear family, and the tensions between Christian kindness and its propensity to hate the sinner, Grace must pursue her legal case while tracking down the wily, dangerous owner of the club where Bessy was first arrested.

Zambia safari travel guide. Holiday advice and tourist information, including: detailed assessments of safari lodges, camps and operators; first-hand insights into national parks and other safari sites; and a new colour wildlife guide. Features South Luangwa, Kafue, Lower Zambezi, Victoria Falls, Liuwa Plains, Lake Tanganyika, Lusaka, Livingstone.

"Dress Cultures in Zambia Drawing on half-a-century of research in Zambia and regional scholarship, Karen Tranberg Hansen offers a vibrant history of changing dress practices from the late-colonial period to the present day. Exploring how the dressed body serves as the point of contact between personal, local, and global experiences, she argues that dress is just as central to political power as it is to personal style. Questioning the idea that the West led fashion trends elsewhere, Hansen demonstrates how local dress conventions appropriated western dress influences as Zambian and shows how Zambia contributed to global fashions, such as the colourful Chitenge fabric that spread across colonial trading networks. Brought to life with colour illustrations and personal anecdotes, this book spotlights dress not only as an important medium through which Zambian identities are negotiated, but also as a key reflector and driver of history. Karen Tranberg Hansen is Professor Emerita at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on the informal economy, clothing, and consumption. Her previous publications include Distant Companions: Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900-1985 (1989), African Encounters with Domesticity (1992), Keeping House in Lusaka (1997) and Salaula: The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia (2000), which was awarded the Anthony Leeds Prize in Urban Anthropology in 2001, and the Society of Economic Anthropology Book Award in 2003. She is the recipient of several book prizes and awards including the Conrad M. Arensberg Award from the Society for the Anthropology of Work in 1997"--

In this ethnographic study of post-paternalist ruination and renovation, Christian Straube explores social change at the intersection of material decay and social disconnection in the former mine township Mpatamatu of Luanshya, one of the oldest mining towns on the Zambian Copperbelt. Touching on topics including industrial history, colonial town planning, social control and materiality, gender relations and neoliberal structural change, After Corporate Paternalism offers unique insights into how people reappropriate former corporate spaces and transform them into personal projects of renovation, fundamentally changing the characteristics of their community.

Fortællinger fra et helt almindeligt liv, fra opvæksten i trygge rammer på et landbrug og mødet med spændende mennesker, som inspirerer og påvirker. Bogen fortæller om at udfordre sig selv, være nysgerrig og tage chancer. Det bragte Vagn til Zambia som landbrugskonsulent og tilbage igen som selvstændig landmand på Fyn. Det er også historien om at følge sit hjerte og være tro mod sig selv. Mødet med fyren i sit liv og lidt om de udfordringer, det giver, men meget om de glæder og om den energi, et forhold i harmoni kan skabe. Foreløbig har Brian og Vagn været sammen i 26 år, og mange flere år venter derude. Bogen beskriver et foreningsmenneske og at tage ansvar der, hvor det giver mening for forfatteren og for andre. Og hvem er så Vagn: en ganske almindelig fyr med et ganske almindeligt liv, som gerne vil dele sine oplevelser med andre. Uddrag af bogen Ved lyset fra bålets gløder samt den tiltagende måne dansede vi til den inciterende og klangfulde musik og drak Chibuku af plasticbægeret, som uafladeligt gik på omgang. Det blev en nytårsnat som ingen anden før og ingen anden siden. Big Mama, som var gift med den lille og tynde Marceletti, ham mølleren, svingede sine hundrede og fyrre kilo med en lethed og en ynde, og når hun krammede, kunne hun begrave alle vores tre hvide ansigter i sin store barm. Da solen afløste månen, gik vi hjem og sov resten af den første dag i det nye år. Om forfatteren Vagn Top er ført i 1958 og er udlært landmand. Som 21-årig rejste han som ulandsfrivillig til Zambia i 2,5 år. Vagn er gift med Brian, og sammen er de iværksættere med Kjærsgaard Ferielejligheder og Bar nr. 7. Han er foreningsmand og fortaler for det gode liv på landet.

Vi har siddet fast med bilen i sandet et par gange på vej til Khumaga Campsite, Botswana. Men efterhånden har jeg lært kunsten ikke at stoppe og holde en stabil lav hastighed. Det er dog lige lovlig spændende, da først en flok zebraer og senere fire giraffer krydser vores vej. Dyrene kan heldigvis selv mærke faren, og girafferne sætter i løb, da de opdager, at vi ikke er til at stoppe. Flere steder står zebraerne i buskadset og venter på, at vi skal køre forbi, så alt i alt er dyrene samarbejdsvillige. Et uddrag fra en af de mange eventyr familien Hildebrandt oplevede på en spændende rejse til det sydlige Afrika. Vi rejste Far, mor og to børn på 13 og 17. I en firhjulstrækker med telt på taget besøgte vi landene Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Livingstone og Sydafrika, Cape Town. Bogen henvender sig til den uerfarne eventyrer der gerne vil rejse selv, men måske er usikker på hvordan man gør det rent praktisk. Udover de gode historier, beskriver bogen detaljeret hvordan vi har valgt at planlægge rejsen, herunder. Hvilken bil skal man vælge? Hvor langt kan man kører om dagen? Camping i nationalparker med vilde dyr? Besøge Okavangodeltaet? Overnatningsmuligheder? og Budget?

Kærlighed og Diplomati er historien om Lars, der lever et privilegeret liv som diplomat med en lovende karriere i Udenrigstjenesten, er gift og har to børn. Historien udspiller sig over et år i hans liv, hvor læseren tages med på hans mange tjenesterejser til Zambia, Kenya, Frankrig og Storbritannien. Lars tilværelse ændrer sig fra den ene dag til den anden, da han møder Carole, som er kæreste med den amerikanske ambassadør i Zambia. Bogen giver en realistisk beretning om dansk udviklingsbistand inde fra Udenrigsministeriet på Asiatisk Plads og den danske ambassade i Lusaka.