The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale, whether pentatonic or heptatonic in the case of many African and Asian instruments, diatonic in many western children's instruments, or chromatic for orchestral use.
The music of Zambia has a rich heritage which falls roughly into three categories: traditional, popular and Christian.
The Zambia national football team represents Zambia in association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). During the 1980s, they were known as the KK 11, after founding president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda ("KK") who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991. After the country adopted multiparty politics, the side was nicknamed Chipolopolo, the "Copper Bullets".
Western Province encompasses the area formerly known as Barotseland in the colonial era.
Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km². It is the second largest park in Africa and is home to over 55 different species of mammals.
Kabompo is a town in north-western Zambia, lying on the Kabompo River with a population over 88,000 people. It is surrounded by teak forest and is home to a Roman Catholic mission.
Kaoma is a town in Zambia. It is the headquarters of Kaoma District in the Western Province.
Southern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces, and home to Zambia's premier tourist attraction, Mosi-oa-Tunya, shared with Zimbabwe. The centre of the province, the Southern Plateau, has the largest area of commercial farmland of any Zambian province, and produces most of the maize crop.
Zambia has several major indigenous languages, all of them members of the Bantu family. English is the official language and the major language of business and education.
The Lambya, also known as the Nkoya, are an ethnic and linguistic group based along the border of northwestern Malawi and in Mbeya Region, Tanzania. A minority also exists in Zambia. In 2001 the Lambya population was estimated to number 85,000, including 45,000 in Malawi and 40,000 in Tanzania.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Zambia:
The Nkoya people are a Bantu people native to Zambia, living mostly in the Western and Southern provinces and the Mankoya area. As of 2006, they were estimated to number 146,000 people. Besides Nkoya proper, Nkoya dialects include Mbowela, Lushangi, Shasha, Lukolwe, Mashasha.
Kahare was a Nkoya kingdom in what is today Kasempa District, Zambia.
Mutondo was a Nkoya kingdom in what is today Kaoma District, Zambia.
Momba was a Nkoya kingdom in what is today known as the Kalomo District of Zambia.
Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
