A history of Zambia during the twilight years of colonialism and the birth of a new African nation. Index, bib, app, b/w illus, maps, 352pp, UK. I B TAURIS.

A study of the Lozi Kingdom in Western Zambia in the pre-colonial period. It traces the origins of the Luyana and the Lozi people; the founding of the Luyana Central Kingship and the invasion by the Makololo in the mid-nineteenth century; and ends with the study of the Lozi response to European intrusion at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First published in 1973 by Longman, the book is now reissued in its original form. 292pp, ZAMBIA. BOOKWORLD PUBLISHERS.

Study of the evolving relationship between the British colonial state and the copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia, from the early stages of development to decolonization, encompassing depression, wartime mobilisation and the Cold War, during which there were fundamental changes in the nature and context of colonial rule. It explores the vital importance of Northern Rhodesian copper to British economic and strategic interests, and to Britain's ambitious post-war plans to integrate its Central African territories. Against the background of the disintegration of the Central African Federation, the book examines the implications of decoloni-zation for the Northern Rhodesian copper industry, and the industry's responses. 440pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Historical account of the development of formal education in Zambia from the Nineteenth Century to the present. Index, bib, 224pp, ZAMBIA. BOOKWORLD PUBLISHERS.

2004 9982240277 Paperback

A history of Zambia from the stone age to the 1970s. 278pp, USA. AFRICANA.

1979 0841904901 Paperback

The story of one house with a complex history combining politics and development. It explores links between Oxfam in Zambia and the African National Congress during a momentous time in South Africa's transition to democracy. B/w illus, 170pp, ZAMBIA. BOOKWORLD PUBLISHERS.

The first full length history of the kingdom of Kazembe, one of the principal and most enduring component of the Lunda `commonwealth'. Unlike many kindred monographs, the book examines both the pre colonial and the colonial trajectories of the eastern Lunda kingdom. Index, bib, gloss, xxvi, 292pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

This ethnography describes the living conditions of the Bemba of North Eastern Rhodesia, with special reference to the effects of migrant labour on the social and economic of a mainly agricultural society. First published in 1939. Index, bib, apps, tables, diags, notes, xxi, 425pp, UK. JAMES CURREY.

In contrast to the rich tradition of academic analysis and understanding of the pre-colonial and colonial history of Zambia, the country's post-colonial trajectory has been all but ignored by historians. The assumptions of developmentalism, the cultural hegemony of the United National Independence Party's orthodoxy and its conflation with national interests, and a narrow focus on Zambia's diplomatic role in Southern African affairs, have all contributed to a dearth of studies centring on the diverse lived experiences of Zambians. Inspired by an international conference held in Lusaka in August 2005, and presenting a broad range of essays on different aspects of Zambia's post-colonial experience, this collection seeks to lay the foundations for a future process of sustained scholarly enquiry into the country's most recent past. 304pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

Oral testimonies in English and in Chitonga. Maps, b/w photos, gloss, 67/74pp, ZAMBIA. PANOS INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.

2005 9789982844086 Paperback

In 1964 Kenneth Kaunda and his United National Independence Party (UNIP) government established the nation of Zambia in the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia. In parallel with many other newly independent countries in Africa this process of decolonisation created a wave of optimism regarding humanity's capacity to overcome oppression and poverty. Yet, as this study shows, in Zambia as in many other countries, the legacy of colonialism created obstacles that proved difficult to overcome. Within a short space of time democratisation and development was replaced by economic stagnation, political authoritarianism, corruption and ethnic and political conflict. To better understand this process, Dr Larmer explores UNIP's political ideology and the strategies it employed to retain a grip on government. He shows that despite the party's claim that it adhered to an authentically African model of consensual and communitarian decision-making, it was never a truly nationally representative body. Whereas in long-established western societies unevenness in support was accepted as a legitimate basis for party political difference, in Zambia this was regarded as a threat to the fragile bindings of the young nation state, and as such had to be denied and repressed. This led to the declaration of a one-party state, presented as the logical expression of UNIP supremacy but in fact a reflection of its weakening grip on power. Through case studies of opposition political and social movements rooted in these differences, this book demonstrates that UNIP's control of the new nation-state was partial, uneven and consistently prone to challenge. 320pp, UK. ASHGATE.

Account of the reprivatisation of the Zambian copper mining sector by an industry insider. Index, gloss, col plates, 197pp, ZAMBIA. SELF-PUBLISHED TITLE/NO IMPRINT.

2002 0620296526 Hardback

As a member of the last generation of British Colonial Service Officers in Africa, Grant seeks to place both the colonial rulers and their African successors in the context of history and the circumstances of their time, viewing their achievements and failures critically but not unsympathetically and comparing colonial society with that of the independent African country that Northern Rhodesia has become. In the spirit of the post- post colonial, he brings colonialism from a level of abstraction to that of application, viewing it at the day to day level of the administration of a rural district of some 20,000 square miles by four officers and a handful of African district messengers, who worked together without even a telephone to assist them. Index, apps, b/w photos, 328pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.