Posted in You can't make this stuff up, tagged Frederick Chiluba, Imelda Marcos, You can't make this stuff up, Zambia on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The former Zambian President, who was a darling of the West and the Christian right, is in court for defrauding the state while in office. Details of his extravagant lifestyle include the following, are emerging in court: “Mr. Chiluba owned more than 100 pairs of size 6 shoes, many affixed with his initials in brass. He is just a little over five feet tall, and each pair has heels close to two inches high.
Posted in Music, tagged hip hop, immigration, Jacob Zuma, Kanye West remix, kwaito, Music, politics, refugees, South Africa, xenophobia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zubz on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remix of Kanye West’s “Heartless” by Johannesburg-based Zubz rapping about one of the issues the Zuma Administration will inherit in South Africa.
Posted in sexuality, tagged Brett Davidson, gays and lesbians in Africa, Lusaka, Zambia on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homosexuality is still illegal in Zambia, and it’s possible to be prosecuted and jailed for sodomy. So although it would be a bit too extreme to say that it’s underground or hidden, it does take a little luck or effort to find. I recently had the good fortune to meet a couple who agreed to give me some insights into gay Lusaka. Joshua Banda (35) and his partner Greg Mbewe (28)* have been together for eight years, having met in 2000 through mutual friends. Judging by what they say, they are at the hub of a vibrant and lively gay community in Lusaka. Their stories and experiences make it clear how ridiculous it is to claim, as some still do, that homosexuality is “un-African”.
The introduction of a piece on gay underground culture in the Zambian capital by a friend of mine, Brett Davidson (remember him from the Playlist series).
