Kamwala Secondary School
Encyclopedia
Kamwala Secondary School, also known as Kamwala High School, is a high school located in Lusaka
, Zambia
.
n times, it was formerly known as Prince Phillip Secondary School, and was a segregated school for Asian
students. At the time, its hostels were some of the highest buildings in the city. It has since developed into a multiracial, multicultural school, with Christian, Hindu
, and Muslim
students.
Lusaka
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres . It has a population of about 1.7 million . It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia head...
, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
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History
During Northern RhodesiaNorthern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
n times, it was formerly known as Prince Phillip Secondary School, and was a segregated school for Asian
Indians in Zambia
There is a small community of Indians in Zambia. Unlike the better-known Indian communities of East Africa, they were little-studied by historians until the 2000s.-Migration history:...
students. At the time, its hostels were some of the highest buildings in the city. It has since developed into a multiracial, multicultural school, with Christian, Hindu
Hinduism in Zambia
-Hinduism in Zambia:Zambia is home to 25,000 Hindus as reported by Hinduism Today, 2003. Hinduism is the third largest religion in Zambia. Among the Asian-origin citizens Hindus constituted a sizeable percentage as reported in...
, and Muslim
Islam in Zambia
The arrival of Islam in Zambia dates to the fourth Hijri century when Muslims established emirates on the coast of East Africa. During that period Muslim slave merchants extended their business to the interior regions reaching Zambia in the period of the Omani dynasty Al Bu Said. Arab slave traders...
students.