Qualla: Lundazi https://qualla.com/lundazi 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: Lundazi https://qualla.com/lundazi Lundazi: Introduction https://qualla.com/lundazi/ A district officer was given money to build a simple government rest house. Most of his colleagues built concrete rectangles with corrugated iron roofs. Errol Button, stationed in Lundazi in what was then Northern Rhodesia, decided to build a Norman castle instead. Between 1949 and 1952 he got it done, overlooking a small lagoon in one of the poorest parts of colonial Africa. The Castle Hotel still stands. So does the story of how the castle got built, which is less charming than the turrets suggest.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/z/d/lundazi-wk/ktzd-lundazi-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lundazi: A BOMA Becomes a Town https://qualla.com/lundazi/ Lundazi began as a British Overseas Military Administration post, a BOMA, meaning a colonial headquarters from which a small district was governed. Today it is the district capital for Lundazi District in the central portion of Eastern Zambia, with government offices, a bank, a g...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/z/d/lundazi-wk/ktzd-lundazi-a-boma-becomes-a-town.mp3 0:06 2 full Lundazi: The Castle and Its True Story https://qualla.com/lundazi/ The Castle Hotel is unmistakable: a small Norman-style fortress of red brick, complete with a turret, sitting beside a lagoon where a hippo sometimes surfaces. It was built under District Officer Errol Button, whose daughter gave the place the nickname Rumpelstiltskin, recorded o...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/z/d/lundazi-wk/ktzd-lundazi-the-castle-and-its-true-story.mp3 0:06 3 full Lundazi: Everyday Lundazi https://qualla.com/lundazi/ Two generations later the castle is privately owned, a hotel with two dozen simple rooms at about US$25 per night. Guests still ask for the turret room with its view over the lagoon and the bar. Braais, the Southern African barbecue, run on most weekends. Simple meals of rice and...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/z/d/lundazi-wk/ktzd-lundazi-everyday-lundazi.mp3 0:06 4 full Lundazi: To the Dams and Onward https://qualla.com/lundazi/ Outside town a handful of small dams sit within walking distance, good for a picnic and for anyone who likes to fish. The Wildlife Conservation Society office in Lundazi sells It's Wild! brand honey, peanut butter and rice, bought from local farmers under a scheme to give them al...

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