Timothy Holmes - Zambia

Published in 2014 by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published in 2018 by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Holmes, Timothy, 1936- author. | Wong, Winnie, author. | Nevins,
Debbie, author.
Title: Zambia / Timothy Holmes, Winnie Wong, Debbie Nevins.
Description: Third edition. | New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, 2018. |
Series: Cultures of the world (third edition) | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Grades 5-8.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017044406 (print) | LCCN 2017045837 (ebook) | ISBN 9781502632432 (library bound) | ISBN 9781502632449 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Zambia-Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC DT3042 (ebook) | LCC DT3042 .H64 2017 (print) | DDC 968.94--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044406

Writers, Timothy Holmes, Winnie Wong; Debbie Nevins, third edition
Editorial Director, third edition: David McNamara
Editor, third edition: Debbie Nevins
Art Director, third edition: Amy Greenan
Designer, third edition: Jessica Nevins
Picture Researcher, third edition: Jessica Nevins

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PRECEDING PAGE The waters of the Zambezi cascade over the edge of Victoria Falls.

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1.GEOGRAPHY

2. HISTORY

3. GOVERNMENT

4. ECONOMY

5. ENVIRONMENT

6. ZAMBIANS

7. LIFESTYLE

8. RELIGIO

9. LANGUAGE

10. ARTS

11. LEISURE

12. FESTIVALS

13. FOOD

Z AMBIA IS A BEAUTIFUL LARGE COUNTRY IN SOUTH CENTRAL Africa. It's a land where lions roam grassy plains, elephants plod through verdant bush, and hippos bathe in the great Zambezi River. It's a land where termites build sandcastles to the sky, and the rainy time of year is called the Emerald Season, because everything turns so green. Vast, remote stretches of wilderness provide astonishing vistas and a rich diversity of wildlife.

Although it's a landlocked countrymeaning it has no coastlineZambia has a wealth of water in its many rivers and lakes. There are at least eighteen spectacular waterfalls, some of them in such remote areas that there's no road leading to them. For hardier tourists, willing to hike to secluded places, waterfall tours are becoming a popular attraction. The greatest of the falls, however, is easily seen in the southern town of Livingstone. Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, which marks the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is not only Africa's grandest waterfall, but it is known as the greatest curtain of falling water in the world. Mosi-oa-Tunya (The Smoke that Thunders), as it is also called, lives up to its name.

Nature is a national treasure in Zambia. Another is the Zambian people themselves. Most are descendants of the indigenous Bantu-speaking tribes who lived in this region for centuries, and they have kept their traditional culture alive against great odds. Many of today's Zambians remain loyal to their tribal chiefs, successors of the precolonial African kings, even as they are patriotic, voting members of the modern state.

Lions rest in the shade at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.