{"id":81329,"date":"2026-02-28T19:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/respect-lambas-respect-our-language-and-culture"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:12:35","slug":"respect-lambas-respect-our-language-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/respect-lambas-respect-our-language-and-culture","title":{"rendered":"Respect Lambas, Respect our Language and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Respect Lambas, Respect our Language and Culture<\/p>\n<p>It is Time for us Lambas to rise and fight for our Language, Tribe, Culture and Heritage, we\u2019ve seen how they\u2019ve been trying to shut us from speaking our Language and Promoting our Culture, we\u2019ve sacrificed a lot for this country yet we\u2019re treated as a minority Tribe, yet we have more Chiefdoms than other Tribes considered Major Tribe\u2019s, the government continues to teach our Children a foreign Language on our own Land.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve been trying to erase our history so that they can claim our Land, they\u2019ve been trying to Branch us as part of another tribe, a tribe which our People didn\u2019t even know even existed till they came to work on the Mines in our territory, they\u2019ve gone as far as disrespecting our Chiefs, by suggesting that they\u2019re Paramount Chief has Power over Our Land\u2019s which is not true.<\/p>\n<p>Zambians call western ku Bulozi or Barotseland, Southern as Kubu Tonga or cuundu, Northern as Kubu Bemba, when we call the Copperbelt as Kwi Lamba or Lambaland, you get upset, you don\u2019t like the fact that the Copperbelt is Lambaland.<\/p>\n<p>As Lamba-Lima People we want the abolishment of teaching Bemba in all schools on the Copperbelt, and some parts of Central Province and introduce the language of Land rather than imposing a foreign Language on us, and those who feel like their Children can\u2019t Learn our Language should take their Children to region\u2019s of their Preferred Language.<\/p>\n<p>This is information is for those who are in support and for the Lamba-Lima People, those who oppose should ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Kwi Lamba Ekwesu Nako kuli mfumu<\/p>\n<p>Pictures is<\/p>\n<p>HRH Chief Lumpuma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Respect Lambas, Respect our Language and Culture It is Time for us Lambas to rise and fight for our Language, Tribe, Culture and Heritage, we\u2019ve seen how they\u2019ve been trying to shut us from speaking our Language and Promoting our Culture, we\u2019ve sacrificed a lot for this country yet we\u2019re treated as a minority Tribe, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,8,248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-homepage-english","category-to-homepage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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