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14/08/2023

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ZAMBIA FINISHES SECOND IN WORLD SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OUT OF 60 COUNTRIES

By Linosi Victoria

Zambia under 13 chess national team players has finished second in the under 18 world schools Chess Championships held in Kazakhstan.

This was in the team event competitions which had 60 countries participating from August 3rd to 8th 2023.

The Zambian team consisted of Four players namely Joshua Sauti , Tumelo Lweneka, Bupe Lweneka and Victoria Mwitwa.

Joshua Sauti got five points from eight points the highest points for the Zambian team to see them walk with Silver.

Andrew Zimba Chess Federation of Zambia treasurer says the team managed to win through government support to the team.

The team is scheduled to be back to Zambia today.
Credit:Crown TV Zambia

25/07/2023

History in the making! 📺 Netflix has debuted its first original African animation series, Supa Team 4.

Set in a futuristic version of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, the eight-part series tells the story of four female teenage superheroes who are on a mission to save their city.

Zambian writer and creator of the series, Malenga Mulendema, said that she hopes the series breaks ground for more African stories to be told on platforms like Netflix. The series will be available in English and Zulu.

More here: https://bbc.in/3DnsNHT

28/02/2023

Well now...

THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW AND WHY FELA KUTI MARRIED 27 WOMEN ON THE SAME DAY IN 1978 (A must read)

In 1978, the pioneer of Afrobeats, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, married 27 women in one day. This should not be strange to those who know the life and style of the Nigerian music legend nicknamed Abami Eda (strange creature).

Many of Fela’s band members became homeless after the devastating soldier attack on Fela’s commune (Kalakuta Republic) in 1977. In order to keep them together, Fela decided to do the unusual.

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He gave a piece of paper to his female band members requesting the names of those that would like to marry him; the entire twenty-seven female band members put down their names.

After getting their consent, Fela Kuti married the 27 women on the 20th of February, 1978, at the Parisona Hotel in Anthony, Lagos, with the blessings of twelve Ifa priests. It was alleged that some parents of the ladies objected the marriage.

Fela married the women to protect and keep them together. The marriage ceremony was attended by Fela’s families, friends and other band members.

During the marriage ceremony, Fela rendered a short speech, pressed naira notes on his new wives’ foreheads and gave them marriage certificates. Fela embraced a rotation system of 12 wives at a time. After the marriage, Fela took his 27 wives to Ghana for honeymoon.

However, in 1986, shortly after his release from prison, Fela Kuti divorced his 27 wives on the claim that marriage brings jealousy. It should be noted that they were not forced to leave his house after the divorce; some lived with him till his death in 1997.
Source: NIGERIA STORIES— Twitter