Do you want to visit the real Africa? What about watching how great numbers of antelopes run in the savannah while lions are chasing them? Would you like to spend a day in a traditional settlement where local people still wear their national outfits and do same things as their ancestors centuries ago? If the answer is yes, it is time to visit Zambia, a country that is famous for its incredibly beautiful nature and peculiar national culture. You will also like this country if you enjoy fishing. Passionate fans of fishing from all over the world visit Zambia in order to catch a giant catfish or rare tiger fish.
Bushmen tribes lived in the territory of modern Zambia already several thousand years ago. Hunting and picking were the main occupations of these people. Aggressive Bantu tribes started settling in the region in the 11th century. They made other tribes leave and started mining copper here. The first country in the territory of modern Zambia appeared in the 18th century. At that time, it was called Barotse.
First Europeans and Arab merchants appeared in the region approximately in the same period. Large deposits of copper and a stock of ivory were like a magnet for foreigners. Great Britain took under protection a large part of the country in 1891 and called it Barotseland. With the help of Great Britain, Barotseland got new mines and the first railroad. The country officially became a British colony in 1924, but it became an independent country already in 1964.
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