Editor’s Note: Words are left in their original version, such as the imperial ton, instead of the current use of metric tonne.

While Zambia’s history is undoubtedly long, when reading many accounts of contemporary events, it almost appears as though it did not exist

FEBRUARY 2 1964 Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula’s Shadow Cabinet is formed as a government in the waiting. Nkumbula promises to "breathe down the nec