A “hub of decolonisation”: Lusaka, liberation movements and the struggle for black majority rule in Southern Africa, 1960‑1980
Journal: Revista crítica de ciências sociais/Revista crítica de ciências sociais
Year: 2024

The intensification of liberation wars in Southern Africa in the early 1970s led to the spontaneous influx of African nationalists into Zambia, the majority of whom settled in the country’s capital, Lusaka and adjacent areas. Lusaka became an important public space for the activists. Apart from embracing it as their second home, the nationalists used the city’s safe spaces to organise armed resistance. The city served not only as a crucial site for the recruitment of fighters and a transit centr