Ten years on and the tale just gets more exciting! Our particular tale, the Royal Chundu story, is inextricably linked to its storytellers ~ the Royal Chundu family. The people of Zambia, of the Zambezi. Our story started in 2010, but it has been in the making for generations, through…
Art of Life Community Family Time Royal Chundu Homeschool
“If you make it with your hands, you will better understand…”
There’s a line in the song, Mortal Man, by Jeremy Loops, a South African musician. “If you make it with your hands / You will better understand / So keep your feet out / To the calling.” It struck us that that’s just what our Homeschool has given us and many of…
For World Oceans Day today, we’re sharing a look at something known as Yabbies! This freshwater crayfish is found in the Zambezi River but is not endemic to it. Although a landlocked country, Zambia turns to indigenous rivers, lakes and wetlands to harvest fish which are part of the nation’s…
Introducing the Kankobela, Mbira, Kalimba… In our celebration of music and all things local with the release of our Zambezi music video collaboration with EC Bling, today’s Homeschool Lesson traces the tunes of Africa to one popular instrument – the African thumb piano. This piano has deep roots in African…
A Royal Chundu music video collaboration ~ “Zambezi” by local Zambian musician, Eric Choonga, aka EC Bling. As part of our hopes and purpose to create a platform for local artists and other local producers and suppliers through Royal Chundu, we bring you another talented Zambezi resident, our own lodge…
Community Essential Travel
“The Zambezi River Gave Me a New Life” ~ A Zambian Story by a Zambian Writer
An inspiring new voice from the Zambezi… We’ve been working with local seamstress, Mrs Aggie Kalota for some time. Many of us are wearing her dresses as you sit here reading these words… We’ve known the great skill she has with the needle and Chitenge cloth, we’ve seen her magic…
