Zambia: The First 50 Years

Zambia: The First 50 Years
ISBN-10
0857724533
ISBN-13
9780857724533
Series
Zambia
Category
History
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2014-08-13
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Andrew Sardanis

Description

On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been known as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, Andrew Sardanis provides a sympathetic but critical insider's account of Zambia, from independence to the present. He paints a stark picture of Northern Rhodesia at decolonisation and the problems of the incoming government, presented with an immense uphill task of rebuilding the infrastructure of government and administration - civil service, law, local government and economic development. As a friend and colleague of many of the most prominent names in post-independence Zambia - from the presidencies of founding leader Kenneth Kaunda to the incumbent Michael Sata - Sardanis uses his unique eyewitness experience to provide an inside view of a country in transition.

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