Qualla: Chama (Zambia) https://qualla.com/chama-zambia en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Chama (Zambia) https://qualla.com/chama-zambia Chama (Zambia): Introduction https://qualla.com/chama-zambia/ Chama sits at the end of a dirt road - really the only road - that wanders north from Lundazi into the hills near the Malawian border. The pavement runs out well before you get there, and in the rainy season the track turns to the kind of mud that stops Land Cruisers. This is the government seat of Chama district, home to a few thousand Senga and Tumbuka people, a handful of guesthouses, and a reputation for producing the best rice in Zambia. If the rice is famous, the journey to buy it is not.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/w/p/8/chama-zambia-wk/kwp8-chama-zambia-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Chama (Zambia): At the End of the Road https://qualla.com/chama-zambia/ There is one way into Chama by car, and it runs through Chipata and Lundazi. The Chipata-to-Lundazi leg is tarred, its condition varying with the season and the last time a grader came through. Beyond Lundazi, the pavement ends and the road becomes gravel and red dirt, climbing g...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/w/p/8/chama-zambia-wk/kwp8-chama-zambia-at-the-end-of-the-road.mp3 0:06 2 full Chama (Zambia): Senga Country https://qualla.com/chama-zambia/ Chama's people are mostly Senga, with a Tumbuka minority and enough Nyanja-speakers to keep three languages in daily use. Chisenga is the first tongue here, though Chitumbuka is widely understood and spoken - the two languages are close cousins, part of the broader Tumbuka-speaki...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/w/p/8/chama-zambia-wk/kwp8-chama-zambia-senga-country.mp3 0:06 3 full Chama (Zambia): Rice and Electricity https://qualla.com/chama-zambia/ The rice that grows in the wet fields around Chama is something of a national product. In a country whose staple is maize nsima, rice is a change of pace, and rice from Chama is the one most urban Zambians will name if asked where the good stuff comes from. You will see it in mar...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/w/p/8/chama-zambia-wk/kwp8-chama-zambia-rice-and-electricity.mp3 0:06 4 full Chama (Zambia): Staying the Night https://qualla.com/chama-zambia/ A couple of small guest houses offer a bed for a few dollars a night. The accommodation is basic: a room, a fan if the power is on, a bucket of water if it is not. This is not a tourist town and does not pretend to be. The visitors who pass through are mostly government officials...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/w/p/8/chama-zambia-wk/kwp8-chama-zambia-staying-the-night.mp3 0:06 5 full Chama (Zambia): The View from Above https://qualla.com/chama-zambia/ From the air, Chama's position explains itself. The town sits in a shallow valley between the Muchinga Escarpment to the west and the Malawi border hills to the east, with the Luangwa and Lukusuzi rivers draining the country around it. The farmland shows as a patchwork of small p...

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