Thousands of plumed warriors with spears and blunderbusses hunted elephants, hippos and buffaloes in the bush to provide a fitting repast for the independence day feasting. Along Northern Rhodesia's Congo border, Bemba tribesmen blasted homemade, muzzle-loading guns into the night. In Lusaka, the capital, representatives from more than 60 nations gathered to watch the lighting of a 6-ft. freedom flame marking the rechristening of Northern Rhodesia as Zambia and its proclamation as an independent republic within the British Commonwealth.
So it was in the last days of the month of October in the year 1964 in Zambia. But as millions celebrated independence,
not everyone was happy:
During the independence festivities only one noted Zambian failed to share in all the harmony. He is Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, a grade-school science teacher and the director of Zambia's National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy, who claimed the goings-on interfered with his space program to…
When I first saw the title of this post, I thought CVC had written a smartalecky commentary on some unfortunate soul getting his gold dental work snatched from his mouth. 'Cos its happened... http://www.examiner.com/article/man-accused-of-robbing-people-of-gold-grills-from-their-mouth-home-invasion
ReplyDeleteWhat lousy journalism, the story doesn't say if the robbery victims got the grills back.
DeleteHow about #BringBackOurGrowls - the state-by-state campaign to outlaw performing de-barking vocalization softening surgery on dogs. It's already banned in the UK.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one. I've moved on to my new cause, #BrangBackOurSubstandardPastTenses.
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