This paper will discuss weather Zambia is a peaceful nation or not in relation to the definition of peace as a state of law or civil government, a state of justice or goodness, a balance or equilibrium of power. This paper will first define the key terminologies like, peace as defined by different scholars, explain what it means by state of law or civil government, a state of justice or goodness and a balance of power coupled with discussion weather Zambia is a peaceful nation or not in line with the given definition.
Zambia is a tropical country landlocked between Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country, formerly Northern Rhodesia, gained independence from Britain in 1964. Since independence Zambia has not experienced any military war but has experienced violence mainly political and more than half of the population lives in poverty, no access to proper health care, employment, education and a lot of inequalities between the rich and the poor. To this day Zambian’s clam to be at peace, mainly because of lack of war, the peaceful transition of political powers from Kenneth Kaunda to late president Chiluba to late president Mwanawasa then Rupiah Banda and now president Michael Sata.
Peace is something which is vastly misinterpreted and misrepresented in today’s world. Everyone has their own perceptions about it. Peace isn’t just a cleaver way of showcasing your imposed superficial friendliness while brewing up violent tendencies from within. Peace is not just lack of wars, it’s about the victory of reality over virtual superiority, the realization that everyone in the world is nothing but equal. It means to give the due share of respect to