Zambia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country at the crossroads of Central and Southern Africa
About Zambia
The territory ofNorthern Rhodesiawas administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices, one party democracy and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Kenneth Kaunda, who led the fight for independence, instituted one party rule, which came to an end in 1991. Since then, Zambia has been a multi-party democracy. Much of Zambia remainsdesperately poor, with GDP per capita on the order of US$600/year, and the bulk of Zambia's population lives on subsistence agriculture. The economy continues to revolve aroundcopper, but after decades of mismanagement the i
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