Kuyabila of Southern Zambia

About this book

Kuyabila of Southern Zambia is a cultural poetry title associated with Zambia's Ministry of Tourism and focused on kuyabila, a traditional expressive form from Southern Zambia. The book is important for readers interested in oral literature, indigenous performance, poetry, cultural heritage and the preservation of local forms of expression. By placing kuyabila within a published volume, the work helps document traditions that are often carried through performance, memory and community practice rather than through conventional print literature. It is relevant to students, researchers, teachers, cultural practitioners, museums and libraries seeking material on Zambian heritage and indigenous literary forms. The book also offers general readers an opportunity to encounter poetry within its cultural setting, where words, performance and social meaning are closely connected. Kuyabila of Southern Zambia therefore serves both as literature and as a contribution to the documentation of Zambia's intangible cultural heritage.