"Zambia" Blogs & Blog Posts

We had our clash of teams that have looked most dominant so far, and we can pare that list down to “one team that’s looked dominant so far.” And in something of a surprise, Canada got their leaden asses booted back to the Great White North. Let...

I had never heard of Zamrock until I read about it in this article in Formidable. It's a genre of psychedelic music from Zambia that started in the 1970s. Apple Music describes the exemplar of the genre, a band called Witch (the name stands for "We I...

Johannesburg (AFP) – French coach Jean-Louis Gasset made a winning debut as boss of the Ivory Coast on Friday when the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts beat Zambia 3-1 in a Group H opener in Yamoussoukro. The first two goals came after corners...

A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, travelled and even found their significant others. Together...

A wide variety of animals have tusks, from elephants and walruses to five-pound, guinea pig-looking critters called hyraxes. But one thing tusked animals have in common is that they’re all mammals-- there are no known fish, reptiles, or birds with...

More than 40 African startups from a handful of countries have gone through YC over the past decade. Zambia joins that list today, and its entrant, Union54, is a worthy first entry. Union54 (54 is a nod to the number of African countries) is a fintec...

Chimpanzees adapt their behaviour to match the group, just as humans do, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews. Chimp handclasp [Credit: University of St Andrews]A new study published in Current Biology found that a particula...