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The melting pot of trade and commerce in present day Zambia dates to the interactions between the peoples who inhabited the territory, their new migratory neighbours fleeing regional conflicts and consequent interactions with European explorers attempting to penetrate the interior region of south central Africa. Today, Zambia is a blend of 73 multi-ethnic groups that have inter-married, coexisted and crossed paths with many central, eastern and southern African societies and empires in the name of trade, expansion and exploration. The Zambian chapter explores what practices were part of their societal structures and what has survived the fusion of migrants whether intra-continental or beyond. This chapter also presents the subsequent post-independence complex society under the Zambian identity and the author reflects on how Africans can manage affairs responsibly.