THE ETHNIC CARD: WHEN “ZAMBIAN” NEEDED A POLITICAL REFERENCE LETTER

THE ETHNIC CARD: WHEN “ZAMBIAN” NEEDED A POLITICAL REFERENCE LETTER

THE ETHNIC CARD: WHEN “ZAMBIAN” NEEDED A POLITICAL REFERENCE LETTER In the Zambia of the mid-1990s, there was apparently a new qualification for being Zambian: you had to pass an immigration test whenever your politics became inconvenient. Being born in Zambia was no longer necessarily enough. Having lived in Zambia since independence was not necessarily [...] The post THE ETHNIC CARD: WHEN “ZAMBIAN” NEEDED A POLITICAL REFERENCE LETTER first appeared on The Zambian Observer .

THE ETHNIC CARD: WHEN “ZAMBIAN” NEEDED A POLITICAL REFERENCE LETTER In the Zambia of the mid-1990s, there was apparently a new qualification for being Zambian: you had to pass an immigration test whenever your politics became inconvenient. Being born in Zambia was no longer necessarily enough. Having lived in Zambia since independence was not necessarily [...] The post THE ETHNIC CARD: WHEN “ZAMBIAN” NEEDED A POLITICAL REFERENCE LETTER first appeared on The Zambian Observer .

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