31/08/2026
🇿🇲 Lusaka helped prepare Namibia for independence.
On 26 August 1976, Zambia's founding President, Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, inaugurated the United Nations Institute for Namibia (UNIN) in Lusaka.
At the time, Namibia was still under apartheid South African rule, and many Black Namibians were deliberately denied access to quality higher education and opportunities to prepare for leadership.
So, from Lusaka, something remarkable happened.
The United Nations Institute for Namibia became a place where Namibians were prepared for the future. Civil servants, teachers, legal experts, administrators and development planners were trained for a country that had not yet been born.
Among the people connected to this historic institution was Hage Geingob, who served as its founding Director and would later become President of an independent Namibia.
For 14 years, Lusaka played host to an institution helping prepare Namibians to govern their own country. When Namibia finally achieved independence in 1990, UNIN had fulfilled its mission.
🇿🇲 This is one of Zambia's important contributions to the liberation and development of Southern Africa.
And this is why Lusaka is more than just Zambia's capital city.
Its streets, buildings, monuments, and historic sites hold stories of liberation movements, independence struggles, regional solidarity, and the leaders who helped shape Southern Africa.
There is so much history hidden in plain sight.
Come and discover the Lusaka you may not know.
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