Culture+of+Zambia

__Zambia's Culture__ __Major Languages__ The national language is English, but in more rural areas, native dialects are mainly spoken. There are about 80 different dialects and each of those dialects are split into several different area based dialects. __Major Religions __ Zambia's major religion, according to a census is 2000, is Christianity (a blend of indigenous beliefs and Christianity), with 87% of the population belonging to this religion, though there are also Muslims, Hindus, and other indigenous beliefs (witch doctors, etc.) __Education __ They have no compulsory education, and only give 7 years of free education. The functional literacy rate (they can read on a 4th grade reading level) is 25%.The percentile of the population that is enrolled in primary school (the 7 years of free schooling) is 67%. __Current Form of Government __ Zambia has recently undergone a change in leadership, electing a new President. The new president, who is also the 5th president of Zambia, is the leader of the patriotic front. This year was his 3rd year to run in the election, but his first time to win the presidency. He is known as "King Cobra" and the "Striking Cobra". Underneath the president are the Ministers of the State, one minister for every provence, with eight provinces. All these thing affect Zambia because it has some very controversial stuff that is coming up. They just had a major change in government and this could also cause a major change in the economy. The education in Zambia is not very good, which will make it hard to change their economy in the future when the majority of the population is not well educated making it hard for most of them to secure a good, successful job.