In the wee hours of June 30, 1990, a junior officer in the Zambia Army seized ZNBC Radio and announced that he had overthrown first republican president Dr Kenneth Kaunda. While his mission didn’t go as planned, he says he does not regret what he did because it contributed to the reintroduction of multi-party politics in Zambia. I know that for younger readers, this sounds like a strange occurrence but trust me, coup d’états were very common in Africa in the 70s and 80s, and Zambia was no exception. Reflecting on his attempt at a coup, Mwamba Luchembe brags that he managed to outwit Dr Kaunda’s tight intelligence system, lamenting that some people he worked with let him down. 34...