Showing posts with label Zambia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zambia. Show all posts

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls Listed Under UNESCO World Heritage Site

Zambia 100 Kwacha 2003 UNC
Front: African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
Back: Water buffalo, Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya

The falls are some of the largest in the world. The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders) is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
‘The Smoke that Thunders’, rainy season, 1972
and dry season, September 2003

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Zambia 5 Kwacha


Zambia 5 Kwacha 1980-1988 UNC
Front: President K. Kaunda
Back: Kariba Dam

The Kariba Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is one of the largest dams in the world.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Zambia


Zambia 10 Kwacha UNC 1989-1991
Front: President K. Kaunda

Kenneth David Kaunda, affectionately known as KK (born April 28, 1924) served as the first President of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. Kaunda was the youngest of eight children. He was born at Lubwa Mission in Chinsali, Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. His father was the Reverend David Kaunda, an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and teacher, who was born in Malawi and had moved to Chinsali to work at Lubwa Mission. He attended Munali Training Centre in Lusaka (August 1941–1943). Read more

Kaunda during an official visit to the United States in 1983.

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