New Stories
These "new stories" are stories that might have been published in the NRJ were it still running today. These stories can be accessed from the Links below - some Links are to files on this WebSite; others are Links to other WebSites.
You may search this page for a given word(s) by pressing Ctrl F on your computer.
When you have finished reading an article, just close that Window to return to this Page. Latest additions are below, with the alphabetical list below that; more stories will follow. If YOU have a story of "the old days" in Northern Rhodesia, do please send them . Your comments are welocme.
Kris Massie has posted some "Memories of Kitwe" on FaceBook, and has kindly agreed for them to be posted here as well.
Don Cheeseman has also posted some stories on FaceBook, and has kindly agreed for them to be posted here as well.
New additions:-
To follow
This / these will be moved down into the alphabetical list below at the end of the month.
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CONTENTS
To read an article, click on the title.
Where the title starts with a eight-digit number,
that is the date, in yyyymmdd format.
If exact date is unknown, zeroes are used instead.
19070810 First car across Africa
19270420 Flight Cairo-Capetown Pt. 1
1937012 Coronation Day in Livingstone
19470408-12 Royal Visit to Livingstone
19501225 Christmas at Feira by E.Hemwick
19500000 A walk through the rift valley
19531022 Federal Party Policy.txt
19531022 Notes on Federal Party Policy.txt
19580603 GCRC to Achilles Club Members
19600518 The Queen Mother visits Barotseland
19780611 Salisbury Cathedral, Zim
Achievements of the British Colonial Service
Barotseland : a Unique African Kingdom
BEER - The Elephant and Catchpole
By road from Isoka, Northern Rhodesia to Nairobi, October, 1940
Close Call No.1 - LeopardClose call No. 2 - Black Mamba
Close Call No. 3 - Buffalo (in Tanzania)
Close call No. 6 - Croc & Hippo
Construction of the Kariba dam Link to Video
Construction of the Kariba dam Text & other Links
Dangers in accepting African traditions
Distribution of books in Northern Rhodesia
Early Days of Flying to Barotseland
From Northern Rhodesia to South Africa by train
From NR to Zambia: Recollections of a DO / DC, 1962-73
Hobson RH - Rubber - Rhodes Livingstone Museum Occ Paper 13
Kuomboka - a "learned" research paper
Mbikusita Lewanika 3-2-1905 –7-2-1977
Northern Rhodesia, 1894-1914 by L.H. Gann - Preface, Foreword & Contents
Northern Rhodesia and the Air Operating Companies
Portuguese Forts in Northern RhodesiaMufulira Dancers find their feet
Records of Aylmer May Cemetery, Lusaka, opened in 1922
Speaking with Vampires: Rumor and History in Colonial Africa
Sun, Steel & Spray - A history of the Victoria Falls Bridge
The United States and the End of British Colonial Rule in Africa, 1941-1968 by James P. Hubbard
The Nyakyusa north of Lake Malawi
They Came to Northern Rhodesia - Index
They Came to Northern Rhodesia - complete 3.4 Mb .pdf file
Under an African Sun Ch.3Vickers Vikings on the West Coast Route
-------------------------[ Languages ]----------------------
In Southern Africa, there were three slightly different versions of a "lingua Franca", introduced principally for the mines, for the work-force was recruited from all over Southern Africa, with its (literally) hundreds of languages. Each of these three could be learned with about 15 hours of tuition, during their initial week's "Acquaint" training course, before the workmen actually started work. These three languages were also used for shopping, in the home, and in other places such as farms, garages & workshops. They were:-
Fana-ga-lo - South Afrika (not relevant here, seek elsewhere)
See also this article
Chi-kabanga - Northern Rhodesia
Chi-lapa-lapa - Southern Rhodesia.
Teach yourself Chilapalapa - Chilapalapa to English
Teach yourself Chilapalapa - English to Chilapalapa
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