Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula, UNIP and the roots of authoritarianism in nationalist Zambia / Giacomo Macola -- Rebellion or massacre? : the UNIP-Lumpa conflict revisited / David M. Gordon -- 'You can't fight guns with knives' : national security and Zambian responses to UDI, 1965-1973 / Andrew J. DeRoche -- Enemies within? : opposition to the Zambian one-party state, 1972-1980 / Miles Larmer -- Legitimizing powers : the political role of the Roman Catholic church, 1972-1991 / Marja Hinfelaar -- Towards a history of the charismatic churches in post-colonial Zambia / Austin M. Cheyeka -- Islam in post-colonial Zambia / Felix J. Phiri -- 'The devil you know' : the impact of the mulungushi economic reforms on retail trade in rural Zambia, with special reference to Susman Brothers & Wulfsohn, 1968-80 / Hugh Macmillan -- The informalization of Lusaka's economy : regime change, ultra-modern markets, and street vending, 1972-2004 / K. Tranberg Hansen -- Fighting for democracy of the pocket : the labour movement in the Third Republic / Friday E. Mulenga -- Gender and politics : the Zambia national women's lobby group in the 2001 tripartite elections / Bizeck J. Phiri -- Subsidiary sovereignty and the constitution of political space in Zambia? / Jeremy Gould
"Inspired by an international conference held in Lusaka in August 2005, and presenting a broad range of essays on different aspects of Zambia's post-colonial experience, this collection seeks to lay the foundations for a future process of sustained scholarly enquiry into the country's most recent past."--Jacket