Reflections from the Zambezi

It was my joy and pleasure to visit Tanzania, the land of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest in Africa (see photo on left) and Serengeti National Park in May 2011 for a week. Though I had been to Tanzania before for a couple of hours each time at Tunduma (on the border with Zambia), this was the first time I was coming to a major city in Tanzania. That city was Dar-es-Salaam. I flew into Dar-es-Salaam at about 03 30 hours after a 14 hour delay by Zambezi Airlines. As a consolation for that delay, the airline put a number of us (passengers) up in Southern Ridgeway Hotel in Lusaka where we had some good lunch and supper and a few winks in the rooms. Our departure from Lusaka was around midnight. The flight was good. We were met in Dar by Tanzanian conference organisers. We were all dropped at our various hotels.I had made an online booking for Rombo Green View Hotel. Immediately after checking in I threw myself into bed for my much needed rest. I was in Tanzania to attend the 6th eLearn...

Yesterday, on 12th August, 2012, marked exactly 6 months since Zambia won the Africa Cup of Nation's for the very first time on 12th February, 2012! It was a momentous time for Zambian's within and outside the border's. I happened to be outside the border's of Zambia when this great victory occurred. I was in Cape Town, South Africa where I had gone for studies at University of Cape Town. In addition, this day I celebrated my birthday. I watched the game in the hostel's common room with only one other Zambian student, Kenyan's and Ugandans. After Zambia's historic win of Ivory Coast by a scoreline of 8-7 through penalty shoot outs, all of us hugged each other with happiness as we were all supporting Zambia. What are my reflections of this win by Zambia six months down the line? 1. Even under dogs can achieve great things When the tournament started not many could put their money on Zambia lifting the coveted trophy. Zambia was regarded as an under d...