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Munali Secondary School
Munali Secondary School is a state-funded secondary school located on the Great East Road in Lusaka, Zambia. Munali was the first secondary school for black students in Zambia's history. Some of its alumni are notable Zambian politicians and public figures: History Colonial times In colonial times, Munali was intended as Northern Rhodesia's principal school for talented native Zambians. The school was first established in 1938 as Entral Trade School. Founded in its own right in 1947 as "Munali secondary School" with about 40 pupils, it was originally situated at the David Kaunda campus at "Old Munali". In 1953 the school moved from Old Munali to its current campus at "New Munali". After independence in 1964, the new Government Cabinet was composed almost entirely of alumni of Munali Secondary School. Notable amongst this cohort were Kenneth Kaunda, and brothers Sikota and Arthur Wina (dcd), the latter having been the husband of Zambia's former vice-president, Inonge Wina. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary School
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. In the United States, US, the secondary education system has separate Middle school#United States, middle schools and High school in the United States, high schools. In the United Kingdom, UK, most state schools and Independent school, privately-funded schools accommodate pupils between the ages of 11–16 or 11–18; some UK Independent school, private schools, i.e. Public school (United Kingdom), public schools, admit pupils between the ages of 13 and 18. Secondary schools follow on from primary school, primary schools and prepare for voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission School
The Mission School (sometimes called "New Folk" or "Urban Rustic") is an art movement of the 1990s and 2000s, centered in the Mission District, San Francisco, California. History and characteristics This movement is generally considered to have emerged in the early 1990s around a core group of artists who attended (or were associated with) San Francisco Art Institute. The term "Mission School", however, was not coined until 2002, in a ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' article by Glen Helfand.Helfand, Glen"The Mission school" ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'', October 28, 2002. The Mission School is closely aligned with the larger lowbrow art movement, and can be considered to be a regional expression of that movement. Artists of the Mission School take their inspiration from the urban, bohemian, "street" culture of the Mission District and are strongly influenced by mural and graffiti art, comic and cartoon art, and folk art forms such as sign painting and hobo art.Modigliani, Leah" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schools In Lusaka
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning space Learning space or learning setting refers to a physical setting for a learning environment, a place in which teaching and learning occur. The term is commonly used as a more definitive alternative to " classroom," but it may also refer to a ...s and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory education, compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the ''School#Regional terms, Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Grey Zulu
Alexander Grey Zulu (3 September 1924 – 16 August 2020) was a Zambian politician and freedom fighter. Zulu was born in Chipata. He was subsequently educated at Munali Secondary School in Lusaka. After serving in several positions, Zulu was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry 1964; Minister of Transport and Works 1964; Minister of Mines and Cooperatives 1965–67; Minister of Home Affairs 1967–70; Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ... 1970–73; Secretary General of the Party (equivalent to vice president) 1973–78; Secretary of State for Defense and Security 1979–85; Secretary General 1986–1991. He had four sons and four daughters. References 1924 births 2020 deaths Members of the National Assembly of Zambia Members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikota Wina
Sikota Wina (31 August 1931 – 15 June 2022) was a Zambian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council and the National Assembly and the country's first Minister of Health. He also held the posts of Minister for Local Government and Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism. Biography Wina was born in Mongu in 1931. His father was Chief Minister to the Paramount Chief of Barotseland. He attended Kafue Training School and then Munali Secondary School in Lusaka, before going on to study at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. However, he was expelled from the university due to his political activity. Wina returned to Northern Rhodesia and worked in the Information Department of the colonial government, and in 1954 he was arrested for entering a whites-only restaurant. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Amos Siwo
Peter Amos Mbiko Siwo ( – ) He was born in Siwo Village beside the Thandiwe Caves, near Chipata in Eastern Province. He was a pupil at Munali Boys Secondary School, Lusaka and became Head Boy, at that time it was the only secondary school for black boys in the then Northern Rhodesia. He was one of the first black graduates in Northern Rhodesia, and a pioneering civil servant after the country achieved independence as Zambia. He did his postgraduate studies at Columbia University, in New York. He was the first black graduate to work at the Luansha Mines. Before independence, he lived in a little house in no man's land in the Copperbelt. They did not want to put him with the black miners in those tiny houses because he was a graduate, but they could not put him in a big house in the white area either because he was black. He was the first chairman of Zambia Airways. He was Permanent Secretary in the then Ministry of Power, Transport Works and Communications for about five year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mwila
Benjamin Yoram Mwila (September 17, 1943 – August 17, 2013), often known as BY, was a Zambian politician and businessman. Mwila was a prominent leader and co-founder of the Zambia Republican Party. He served as an MP for Luanshya in the National Assembly. Mwila held several cabinet portfolios within the cabinet of President Frederick Chiluba during the 1990s, including Minister of Defence from 1991 to 1997. Life and career Mwila was born in Kawambwa, Zambia, on September 17, 1943. He attended primary school in Kawambwa and Chiwala Secondary School in Ndola. He then transferred to Munali Secondary School. Mwila was originally a member of the Movement for Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), whose other members included Frederick Chiluba. Chiluba was elected President of Zambia in 1991. Mwila was also elected to the National Assembly as an MP from the Luanshya constituency in the 1991 general election. President Chiluba appointed Benjamin Mwila as a member of his cabinet. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amusaa Mwanamwambwa
Amusaa Katunda Mwanamwambwa (born 15 May 1940) is a Zambian former politician. He was a member of the National Assembly for Liuwa between 1991 and 1998, also holding several ministerial posts. In 1998 he became Speaker of the National Assembly, a post he held until 2011. Biography Mwanamwambwa was born in 1940 into a family from Imwambo in the Kalabo District. He attended Mukola Primary School between 1949 and 1953, after which he was educated at Libonda Middle School, Lukona Upper Primary School and Mongu Secondary School, before going to Munali Secondary School between 1960 and 1964.Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) ''The Parliament of Zambia'', p40 Whilst at Secondary School he joined the Youth Brigade of the United National Independence Party. After spending a year working as an Information Assistant at the Zambia Information Services, he enrolled at Middlebury College in the United States in 1965, earning a BA in political science in 1969. In 1970 he was appointed Inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fwanyanga Mulikita
Fwanyanga Matale Mulikita (24 November 1928 – 2 September 1998) was a Zambian politician. He held several ministerial positions during the late 1960s and 1970s, and was later Speaker of the National Assembly Biography Mulikita was born in Sefula in the Barotseland Barotseland ( Lozi: Mubuso Bulozi) is a region between Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe including half of eastern and northern provinces of Zambia and the whole of Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga Province. It is the homeland of the ... region of Northern Rhodesia in 1928.John Dickie & Alan Rake (1973) ''Who's Who in Africa: The political, military and business leaders of Africa'', African Development, pp600–601 He attended Barotseland National School for his primary education, before moving onto Munali Secondary School in Lusaka.Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) ''The Parliament of Zambia'', p39 He then attended the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, earning a BA. After obtaining a scholarsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yotham Muleya
Yotam Siachobe Muleya (1940 – 23 November 1959) was a long-distance runner who represented Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Muleya broke racial barriers and opened a new era in Rhodesian sport when he beat the famous British four minute miler, Gordon Pirie, by 100 yards in a three-mile race at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in December 1958. Biography Early life Muleya was born in Mudukula Village, in Pemba District which was under Choma District at that time in the then Northern Rhodesia, the fourth surviving son of Jam and Munsanda Siakwambwa.Walubita, Moses (2011). "Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses," Bloomington, IN, iUniverse As his immediate elder brother had died in infancy, Tonga custom called for the next surviving child to be named after anything other than human so he was named ''Siachobe'' after a beetle which is associated with rain and means the harbinger of good news. He started school at Mudukula Prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Mudenda
Elijah Haatuakali Kaiba Mudenda (6 June 1927 ''The Times of Zambia'' (), 7 November 2008. – 2 November 2008) was a Zambian politician. He served as the 2nd from 27 May 1975 to 20 July 1977. Early life and education Mudenda was born in , in the Choma District of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
