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The National Arts Council of Zambia (NAC) is a Zambian quasi-government agency established in 1994 which began operating in 1996. [1] The organization has the mandate to develop, regulate and promote all forms of arts in Zambia. It works with the Government, private, public and community organizations to develop the arts and strengthen the arts ...
The more radical Kaunda broke away, and formed the Zambia African National Congress, which was banned in 1959. The NRANC won a single seat in the elections. In the 1962 general elections the party won seven seats, becoming the third-largest faction in the Legislative Assembly and held the balance of power.
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Zambia became a one-party state after the enacting of the 1973 constitution. [7] The number of constituencies was increased to 125. [8] 125 1973, [9] 1978, [10] 1983 [11] and 1988 [12] 1990, 1991 Zambia returned to being a multi-party democracy in 1990 [7] and the number of constituencies was increased to 150, in 1991. [13] 150
The members of the National Assembly of Zambia from 2016 until 2021 were elected on 11 August 2016. They consisted of 156 elected members, eight members appointed by the President, the Speaker and the Vice-President.
Levi Mumba was a Ngoni. [2] He spoke the Tumbuka language as his native tongue. [3] He was a graduate of the Overtoun Institution of the Livingstonia Mission, founded by Scottish missionaries in northern Nyasaland, which educated several of the early African leaders in the colony. [4]
Mushaukwa Mukunyandela (3 June 1945 – 28 March 2018) was the first Zambian neurologist [1] and the first Zambian to be admitted as a full Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP UK), at the age of 31.
Location of Zambia. The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, [1] neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, in the south