Encyclopedia of Zambian Names���: Reconciling Zambian & Global Worldviews

“KAPAMBWE MULENGA WAS HERE” was the humorous story we used to hear while growing up of the former Chipolopolo star using charcoal to leave graffiti on the surface of a British Airlines aircraft. That graffiti is everywhere: in classrooms on bus seat covers on walls trees and roads is an indication of the ‘honey in our names’. Even so our names carry a story beyond their good ‘taste’; they are an expression of our cultural identity and all names and their meanings put together give an idea of the way we think as a nation. They have the potential of establishing the long range goal of the then Institute of African Studies to establish a national cultural profile.