Zambian Culture
I have become all things to all men so that by all
possible means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22
Wabota
• Wabota wabota
• wabota munsi waba Jesu, ulla se lugar
• wabota munsi waba Jesu, munsi
wangoli de
• Twimikile
• Twimikile njinjinji
• Tuli bana ba Leza
• Twimikile
• Twimikile njinjinji
• Tuli bana ba Leza
• Olomapezi avwule bute
• Tuli bana ba Leza
• Twimikile
• Twimikile njinjinji
• Tuli bana ba Leza
Greeting
• Mwabukàbuti (Have your risen well)
• Kabotu, mwabukàbuti aneywebo?
• Kwasiyàbuti (It’s getting dark)
• Mwapònabuti (greeting for anytime)
• Twalumba (Thank you, you’re welcome)
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Females in Mixed
Company...
No direct eye contact.
Female to male handshakes are limp.
Girls befriend girls, guys befriend guys.
Always be in threes.
Guy and Girl never out alone.
Beyond handshake, Male and Female do
not touch. NO HUGGING
Proposals: “I have other plans.”
RESPECT YOUR
ELDERS
Village Church
Seating:
Men and Women
Separate
Chapel
Formal Dress,
Repect
Eating
• Hand washing
• Always with your right hand
• Ball of nSima dip in juice (HOT)
• Cabbage
• Chicken
• Guests alone
Expectations
• Chapel attendance
• Leading chapel
• Performing in the chorus
• Learning the language
• Tonga tutors and relationships
• Doing a skit or presentation on AIDS