I am looking forward to moderating a distinguished panel of discusaants at the launch of Sishuwa Sishuwa’s book: a political history of Zambia that cuts across time periods and discusses the country’s political changes through the life of Michael Sata and others.

New from #JamesCurrey publishing next month! Party Politics and Populism in #Zambia from Sishuwa Sishuwa in available to pre-order > buff.ly/4b1E0gg

JSAS board member Sishuwa Sishuwa's new book, Party Politics and Populism in Zambia, rolls off the press next month.

Looking forward to our colleague Sishuwa Sishuwa's new book, Party Politics and Populism in Zambia, available from Boydell Africa next month.

Congratulations to my dear friend and brother, Sishuwa Sishuwa, on the release of his new book, 'Party Politics and Populism in Zambia'.

Sishuwa Sishuwa is an Oxford-trained Zambian historian lecturing at Stellenbosch University in the History Department.

His contribution to African and Zambian…

Lungu and the $24 million payment

I commend the government for recovering – through an out of court settlement – $24 million from former Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu. However, I do have several questions about this deal.

First, how much did…

I feel sorry for Laura Miti

Laura Miti Laura Miti has become an expert at attacking the thinker, not the thought. She hardly demonstrates weakness in what the person has said and instead focuses on the person making the argument. She does not offer an elaborate rational view of…

Zambia’s opposition parties, grouped around the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA), have been asking President Hichilema to call for early general elections, arguing that he has mismanaged or failed to run the country. Yet under the current Constitution of Zambia, the President has no…

It. WAS. NEVER. IN. DOUBT! On se voit à Paris!
#MORZAM #WeAreCopperQueens #Paris2024 #OlympicQualifiers

The latest report by Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch on the state of human rights in #Zambia shows “growing intolerance for political opposition and dissent, cases of arbitrary detention and censorship, and threats to the rights of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.”…

Is politics compromising the impartiality and independence of the judiciary in #Zambia today? As promised, here is my in-depth analysis of the judiciary’s response to my previous article…

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Last week, I asked 'Why are all the court cases – three in the Lusaka High Court, one in the Constitutional Court – involving the State-supported Miles Sampa versus the main opposition Patriotic Front only given to Lozi-speaking judges?'

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This week,…

Understanding the Barotseland issue

“There is no country called Barotseland”, declared the President of #Zambia recently in response to the latest calls for secession from Lozi separatists in the western part of the country. The comment by Hakainde Hichilema sparked public debate about…

Our article about defamation of the president and racial nationalism in #Zambia is currently free to read in African Affairs.

Sishuwa Sishuwa and myself look back at the 'Roy Clarke Affair', which happened 20 years ago this month:

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Great postdoc opportunity for a recent PhD graduate in history at South Africa's University of the Free State International Studies Group.

In January 2004, then Minister of Home Affairs Ronnie Shikapwasha ordered the deportation of Roy Clarke – a white British national, prominent newspaper satirist, and Permanent Resident in #Zambia since the early 1960s – for 'insulting' President Levy Mwanawasa. To mark the 20th…

Are judges being cherry-picked to hear PF cases?

By Sishuwa Sishuwa

Why are all the court cases – three in the Lusaka High Court, one in the Constitutional Court – involving the State-supported Miles Sampa versus the main opposition Patriotic Front only given to Lozi-speaking…

#Eswatini | This Sunday marks exactly ONE year since #ThulaniMaseko was assassinated. We condemn the Eswatini authorities for their failure to carry out a fair, comprehensive, and timely investigation into his tragic murder.
#JusticeDelayedIsJusticeDenied

I am heartened by the reviews of Party Politics and Populism in Zambia: Michael Sata and Political Change, 1955–2014 from those who have had early access to the book.

'It is an irony of populism that despite its inherently anti-elitist message, it spotlights the very elites who…