Today is Unity Day, a public holiday in Zambia. The day always forms part of a two-day break as Unity Day always take place on the day after Heroes’ Day. Unity Day is intended to help foster solidarity between the diverse groups that make up the country.
The boundaries of most African nations were not based on communities of interest of ethnic/cultural similarities. Instead they were set by European colonial powers looking at maps in Berlin or elsewhere. This has created great difficulties for African nations as they try to weld together disparate groups into a single nation.
Zambia was no exception, and its population contains over 70 ethnic groups, with nine major groups. The population speaks over 72 local languages/dialects.
When the country gained its independence from Britain in 1964, this brought the differences between these ethnic groups to the fore. While Zambia has enjoyed a stable political environment since independence, it has been affected by instability in neighboring countries, with some ethnic groups feeling an affinity across ethnic rather than national lines.
To help create a sense of Zambian identity, Unity Day was established by Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia. It aims at fostering solidarity between the various ethnolinguistic groups and maintaining the spirit of national unity. The official slogan of Zambian Unity Day is the country’s motto “One Zambia, One Nation”.
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