What's your favorite Zambian history fact?

I think mine is that during the 70's and 80's, there was a 95% rule in place that required Zambian radio stations to have programming that was 95% Zambian produced. the protectionism was instrumental in protecting the Zambian music industry against all the other regional music industries. for a time, it allowed local record companies, including Teal Records and Zambia Music Parlour to thrive. Through the mid-80s, Zambia had a kind of renaissance of music, despite the fact that the Zambia's consumer base for records was fairly small.

of course, even the protectionism couldn't ultimately save Zambia's music industry. Piracy and the AIDS epidemic wiped out a lot of it. When MMD got to power in the early 90s, they swept away a lot of Kaunda era rules. The 95% rule was one. Teal collapse in the early 90's and Zambia lost its last great record company. Music from American and the region flooded in and Zambian musicians found it really hard to survive in music. it wasnt until the early 2000's when some stability returned to the industry.