Tag Archives: Marriage

Beyond “House, Money, Car”: Why Ms. Kay Figo Deserved Compensation

Posted on by 7 comments

By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The facts of the 2012 case of one Ms. Kay Figo and her lover Mr. Van are very well defined. Around 2007 a 55 year-old Mr. Van  met a 21-year Ms. Kay Figo at a Kabwata nightclub. Due to love at first sight, Mr. Van that night invited Ms Kay to his Makeni home.

Read more

Besa Nabakolwa: Dora Siliya, Mulemena Boys & Politics of Sex & Gender Imbalance

Posted on by 7 comments

 By E. Munshya wa Munshya In the song “Umuti wa Bufyashi”, the late Zambian music maestro Emmanuel Mulemena and his Mulemena Boys penned a song that was ahead of its time. In the song, a young couple could not have children. Typical of Zambian tradition, the blame fell on the woman. And so she went to both Chiwempala and Mikomfwa

Read more