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The Republic of Zambia is a southern African nation, home of the Victoria Falls (one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World|World’s Seven Natural Wonders]]) and, as the quote indicates, one of the places seen by Dr. Livingstone.
 
The country was an English colony for a long time, then known as Northern Rhodesia (there was a Southern Rhodesia, now named [[Useful Notes/Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]], infamously known for its president, Robert Mugabe, and his unlikely politics). It achieved its independence in 1964 and it was renamed Zambia (after the Zambezi river). Kenneth Kaunda assumed the presidency, holding onto it firmly until 1991.
 
Zambia had a lot of troubles, most of them coming from the civil wars, communist regimes and political pressures from its neighboring countries. All that, combined with the fall of the copper prices in the ‘70s threw the country into an economical hellhole, which eventually brought the downfall of Kaunda’s government.