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Zambia: The First 50 Years (International Library of African Studies)

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On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was once formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been referred to as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, Andrew Sardanis provides a sympathetic but very important 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 incredible uphill task of rebuilding the infrastructure of government and administration – civil service, law, local government and economic development.

Sardanis was once a minister at the heart of the government and later a highly successful entrepreneur. As a friend and colleague of a few of the most prominent names in post-independence Zambia – from the presidencies of founding leader Kenneth Kaunda to the incumbent Michael Sata – he uses his unique eyewitness experience to offer an inside view of a country in transition. He looks at the highs and lows of Zambia’s political development: a purposeful beginning followed by many blunders; confusion, every now and then bordering on chaos, interspersed with flashes of sensible action and good work.

This book provides a detailed examination of the major events in Zambia’s history since independence and their effect at the country’s development and progress, in response to Sardanis’s in-depth knowledge of Zambia and its people and the inner workings of its government.

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