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| The country of Zambia! Once a Country with Zimbabwe, Here's History and Facts |
The country of Zambia! Once a Country with Zimbabwe, Here's History and Facts
If in the previous video we have discussed about the region of southern rhodesia, which we are currently familiar with the country of zimbabwe. On this occasion we will talk about northern rhodesia.
A landlocked country in southern Africa, which before 1964 the country was still known by the name of northern rhodesia. Until finally it became independent from British colonialism and then changed the name of the country. More details about the country, here's the article.
The Republic of Zambia is the official name of the country that we usually call by the name of zambia or what was previously known as northern rhodesia. Zambia is a landlocked country in the southern african region.
The country, which does not have a coastline, borders countries such as the democratic republics of the congo in the north, Tanzania in the northeast, Malawi in the east, Mozambique in the southeast, Zimbabwe and Bostwana in the south, Namibia in the southwest and with ananglan states in the west. The capital of the country of zambia is in the city of lusaka.
The area of the country of zambia is about 752,618 square kilometers, Currently zambia is inhabited by about 17,351,708 inhabitants, of which 95.5% of the citizens are Christians. English is the official language spoken in the country of zambia. The country was also known by the name of northern rhodesia before gaining its independence from british colonial rule in 1964.
Today the form of government of the zambian state is a presidential republic, where the president plays the role of head of state as well as head of government in a plural multi-party system.
The government exercises executive power while the legislative power is held by the government and parliament. About 60% of Zambians live below the poverty line and the problem of unemployment is one of the serious problems faced by the country.
The Zambian kwacha is the official currency of the country of Zambia which replaced the currency of the Zambian Pound in 1968. Kwacha zambia is coded ZMW. 1 kwacha of zambia if converted to our currency is about 755 Rupiah. Zambia has many natural resources such as minerals. Zambia's economy has historically been heavily dependent on the copper mining industry.
Currently the government is running an economic diversification program to reduce economic dependence on the copper industry. The initiative is an attempt to exploit other components of Zambia's rich resource base by promoting agriculture, tourism, gemstone mining and water resources.
The history of zambia In the 12th century, the region now known as zambia had been inhabited by people who spoke the auxiliary language, they arrived in the region during the era of bantu expansion. Among them are also from the Tongan ethnic group or also known as batonga which means male.
The earliest recorded Europeans visiting the area were manuel caetano pareira a portuguese trader in 1796, then in 1798 an explorer of Portuguese origin, namely francisco de lacerda, also came to the region. He led an expedition from mozambique to zambia with the aim of exploring and traversing south africa from coast to coast.
In 1888, the British South Africa Company was abbreviated as BSA company, which was headed by cecil john rhodes who was a mining entrepreneur and also known as the english mining king. He obtained mineral rights concessions from the regional heads of the regions in the region. In the same year northern rhodesia and southern rhodesia were declared english spheres of influence.
In 1895, the rhodes asked the american scout frederick russel burnham to look for minerals and ways to improve river navigation in the region, and it was during this trip that burnham discovered the main copper deposits along the kafue river.
In 1923, the british government decided not to renew the charter or corporate authority, as a result of which southern Rhodesia was formally annexed and given self-government in the same year.
The BSA company led by rhodes then handed over control of northern rhodesia to the british government. After negotiations, the administration of northern Rhodesia was transferred to the british colonial office in 1924 as a protectorate area. After that a legislative council was established in the region, where its members were elected by a white minority and not a majority of blacks.
In 1928, huge copper reserves were discovered in the border regions of northern Zambia and south of the democratic republic of the Congo, or today the region is known as copperbelt. This then turned the rhodesia region into a copper exporting area. In 1938, the region produced about 13% of the world's copper extraction.
In 1953, a federation was formed that combined southern rhodesia and northern rhodesia and nyasaland which is currently referred to by the name malawi, as a semi-autonomous region. The federation formed is known as the central african federation. The formation of this federation was met with opposition from the population of africa, then in the years 1960 to 1961 there were demonstrations against the federation.
Northern Rhodesia was the epicenter of much of the turmoil and crisis that befell the federation in its final years. At the heart of the controversy are the demands of the people in Africa who are pressing for greater participation in government. In December 1962, two-stage elections were conducted in the region. The election resulted in a majority of africans sitting in the legislative council.
The Council then passed a resolution calling for the separation of northern Rhodesia from the federation and demanding its own internal government under a new constitution and a new national assembly based on a broader and more democratic franchise. The federation was finally dissolved on 31 December 1963. In January 1964, kenneth kaunda took office as prime minister of northern Rhodesia after successfully winning elections.
After the country became independent there was a rebellion in the northern part of the country carried out by members of the lumpa church group. It is an independent christian church that rejects all worldly authorities. The church began to have its own courts and refused to pay taxes or be registered with the state. This then led to a confrontation known as a lumpa rebellion.
The confrontation led to the death of about 700 members of the church and the arrest of Alice Lenshina as the leader of the rebellion. On 24 October 1964, Northern Rhodesia was transformed into the Republic of Zambia, with Kenneth Kaunda serving as the country's first president at the time of independence, despite the country's considerable mineral wealth.
Zambia faces great challenges at home, there are few trained and educated Zambians capable of running the government, and also the country's economy is heavily dependent on foreign expertise.
After independence, Zambia adopted a left-wing economic policy, the economy was to some extent run by central planning, under a 5 year plan. Private companies are nationalized and incorporated into state-owned enterprises.
Initially the policy was successful and Zambia's economy experienced very fast growth but in the 1970s the country's economy experienced a very drastic decline, because during those years the price of copper experienced a very sharp decline. Partly because the Soviet Union, also the world's second largest copper producer, flooded the copper market. This resulted in a very large deficit for these state-owned enterprises.
During the period between 1975 and 1990 Zambia's economy experienced a decline of about 30%. That's a summary of the history of the country of Zambia, and to know more about this country, here are 20 facts about the country of Zambia.