Zambia

SHORT INFORMATION

Overview of Zambia

Officially name: Republic of Zambia

Capital: Lusaka

Largest city: Lusaka

Official language: English

Government: Republic

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Alcoholic Beverges of Zambia

Zambians traditionally enjoy relaxing with family and friends after the day’s work. This usually takes place at an Insaka, a thatched open sided structure where the days problems and joys are shared amid plenty of traditional beverages, alcoholic and non alcoholic going round. However, the modern urban Zambian usually troops to his favorite watering hole for his favorite bottled beverage.

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

Zambian Culture

Zambia’s contemporary culture is a blend of values, norms, material and spiritual traditions of more than 70 ethnically diverse people. Most of the tribes of Zambia moved into the area in a series of migratory waves a few centuries ago.