Zambia is starting to look like Zimbabwe, the failure next door
The government blames covid-19. It should look in the mirror
IN HIS STUDIO Fumba Chama gets ready to play his new song. Unlike in most Zambian workplaces there is no photograph on the wall of Edgar Lungu, the president since 2015. Looking down instead is a young Kenneth Kaunda, who led Zambia for 27 years after independence from Britain in 1964.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Slouching towards Zimbabwe”
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