The Taste of Zambia this year was on 18th May 2024
Venue: Providence Baptist Church, Southend-on-Sea
Taste of Zambia took place at Lordship Lane Baptist Church, London. 13th May 2023
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May 14th 2022
June 26th 2021
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The Taste of Zambia event in 2021 was an online one. We were joined by many people from different countries.
There was a fun quiz about different aspects of Zambia and Zambian life and the video on the left on how to cook Nshima, Zambia's national dish. |
A Taste of Zambia - 2019
May 11th 2019 saw a good number of people gather from across the Midlands to celebrate all things Zambian in Kegworth.
Zambian dishes were plentiful and varied; they included Nshima (maize meal), Fisashi (vegetables with groundnuts), Kapenta (small fish), Vitumbuwa (fritters), village chicken (free range chicken), Nondo (Gizzard) and beans. As the British tucked in using the usual cutlery, our Zambian friends used what God had provided, their fingers.
Hezron Muwowo led the afternoon in singing hymns - Zambian style, and we learnt about the versatility of the woman’s dress called the Chitenge.
The main speaker, Joe Kapolyo, former Principal of All Nation’s Christian College, took us through the culture. Starting with the core values of group identity within families and villages; onto how the Zambian ‘concept’ of truth relates to life; and that Zambians treat all they do as sacred, the secular thinking is not disconnected from the sacred. These core values then provide the foundation to life in Zambia. Built onto these are marriage, where the spiritual is as central to the relationship as the physical. This in turn is encased in strong work and health ethics and then all covered within Christianity.
The core values effect the way Zambians do church, as with any culture. These core values need to be challenged in Zambia today, as built within these are ideas and practices that inhibit the correct following of Christ.
Andrew Muwowo was last to share an example from John chapter 4 about how important it is when dealing with scripture to make sure cultural issues do not change Biblical truth, and that Biblical truth is not changed by the cultural context. Proclamation Institute Zambia has this at the core of its teaching and learning.
The event concluded with a traditional Zambian dance to the African gospel song ‘There’s no one like Jesus’. A delightfully uplifting end to a wonderful afternoon.
And so, the need for a Bible College that seeks to correct the errors that have developed over many years is evident. This is Proclamation Institute Zambia’s heart felt, God given desire - that home-grown preachers will be sent out, fully equipped to combat the errors with the truth of God’s word revealed through Jesus Christ, to His glory and praise.
Zambian dishes were plentiful and varied; they included Nshima (maize meal), Fisashi (vegetables with groundnuts), Kapenta (small fish), Vitumbuwa (fritters), village chicken (free range chicken), Nondo (Gizzard) and beans. As the British tucked in using the usual cutlery, our Zambian friends used what God had provided, their fingers.
Hezron Muwowo led the afternoon in singing hymns - Zambian style, and we learnt about the versatility of the woman’s dress called the Chitenge.
The main speaker, Joe Kapolyo, former Principal of All Nation’s Christian College, took us through the culture. Starting with the core values of group identity within families and villages; onto how the Zambian ‘concept’ of truth relates to life; and that Zambians treat all they do as sacred, the secular thinking is not disconnected from the sacred. These core values then provide the foundation to life in Zambia. Built onto these are marriage, where the spiritual is as central to the relationship as the physical. This in turn is encased in strong work and health ethics and then all covered within Christianity.
The core values effect the way Zambians do church, as with any culture. These core values need to be challenged in Zambia today, as built within these are ideas and practices that inhibit the correct following of Christ.
Andrew Muwowo was last to share an example from John chapter 4 about how important it is when dealing with scripture to make sure cultural issues do not change Biblical truth, and that Biblical truth is not changed by the cultural context. Proclamation Institute Zambia has this at the core of its teaching and learning.
The event concluded with a traditional Zambian dance to the African gospel song ‘There’s no one like Jesus’. A delightfully uplifting end to a wonderful afternoon.
And so, the need for a Bible College that seeks to correct the errors that have developed over many years is evident. This is Proclamation Institute Zambia’s heart felt, God given desire - that home-grown preachers will be sent out, fully equipped to combat the errors with the truth of God’s word revealed through Jesus Christ, to His glory and praise.