{"id":4,"date":"2016-11-09T03:25:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T03:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.bridgewater.edu\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2019-10-15T03:12:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T21:12:47","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.bridgewater.edu\/mtembo\/home-page\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.bridgewater.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2016\/12\/TemboHomePage.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor Mwizenge Tembo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwizenge S. Tembo obtained his B.A in\nSociology and Psychology at University of Zambia&nbsp; in 1976, M.A , Ph. D. at Michigan State\nUniversity in Sociology in 1987. He was a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the\nInstitute of African Studies of the University of Zambia from 1977 to 1990.\nDuring this period he conducted extensive research and field work in rural\nZambia particularly in the Eastern and Southern Provinces of the country. Dr.\nMwizenge S. Tembo is Professor of Sociology who has taught at Bridgewater\nCollege in Virginia in the United States since 1990 or for more than for twenty-eight\nyears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books Published<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Tembo has authored 5 books: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Satisfying\nZambian Hunger for Culture (2012), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Satisfying-Zambian-Hunger-Culture-Social\/dp\/1479702080\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1428611169&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Satisfying+Zambian+Hunger+for+Culture\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Satisfying-Zambian-Hunger-Culture-Social\/dp\/1479702080\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1428611169&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Satisfying+Zambian+Hunger+for+Culture<\/a>,<\/li><li>Zambian\nTraditional Names (2006), <\/li><li>The\nBridge (Novel) (2005), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bridge-Mwizenge-S-Tembo\/dp\/1607973324\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bridge-Mwizenge-S-Tembo\/dp\/1607973324<\/a><\/li><li>Legends\nof Africa (1996), <\/li><li>Titbits\nfor the Curious (1989). <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>He led in the building of&nbsp; a Zambia Knowledge Bank Libraries: Nkhanga\nBranch Village Library in Lundazi District in his native country of Zambia in\nSouthern Africa. The Nkhanga Village Library was opened December 8, 2012 and\nhouses 4,000 books. He is a weekly columnist for the Daily Newsleader Newspaper\nof Staunton in Virginia. He is a frequent column contributor to the Daily\nNews-Record of Harrisonburg in Virginia. He was also a frequent contributor to\nthe Sunday Times of Zambia in the 1980s. He contributes to Lusaka Times and\nother Online magazines. He has published at least 100 newspaper columns. He is\na freelance photographer who has sold many of his works. For more details: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hungerforculture.com\">www.hungerforculture.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>General\nAnthropology, (Soc. 300)<\/li><li>Racial\nand Ethnic Studies (Soc. 328)<\/li><li>Introduction\nto Sociology (Soc. 200)&nbsp; <\/li><li>Quantitative\nMethods (Soc. 350)<\/li><li>Cultures\nof Africa (Soc. 335) <\/li><li>Social\nInequality (Soc. 420) <\/li><li>Quantitative\nReasoning(GEC 111) <\/li><li>Advised\nPersonal Development Portfolio (PDP 150) class.<\/li><li>Advised&nbsp; Personal Development Portfolio (PDP 250)\nclass.<\/li><li>Supervised\none Honors Project. Aug. 1996 &#8211; May 1997<\/li><li>American\nCulture Seminar (Soc. 235)<\/li><li>Research\nMethods (Soc. 351) using the SPSS Computer Program and (National Opinion\nResearch Center) NORC data.<\/li><li>Research\nMethods (Soc. 351) using&nbsp; Student Systat\nand Mystat Computer Program. <\/li><li>Development\nand Underdevelopment (Soc. 325).<\/li><li>Sociology\nof the Caribbean with Jamaica as Case Study (Soc. 323)<\/li><li>Sociology\nof the Family (Soc. 320)<\/li><li>Social\nInequality or Stratification in the American society (Soc. 420)<\/li><li>Supervised\nan Honors Project for a graduating Sociology senior<\/li><li>Social\nStratification (Soc. 420) by appointment to another graduating Sociology\nsenior.<\/li><li>African\nTraditional Culture in the Elderhostel summer program at Bridgewater College:\nJuly 5 \u2013 11, 1992.<\/li><li>Social\nProblems Inteterm (Soc. 220) in the American society to Freshmen, Sophomore,\nand Junior students.<\/li><li>Criminology\n(Soc. 310)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Owns, Manages and writes articles for\nthese Web Pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web Pages: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>https:\/\/wp.bridgewater.edu\/home-page\/<strong>&nbsp; <\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Mwizengesustainablemodelvillage.com\"><strong>www.Mwizengesustainablemodelvillage.com<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hungerforculture.com\"><strong>www.hungerforculture.com<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zambiaknowledgebank.com\"><strong>www.zambiaknowledgebank.com<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sufferingsoul.com\"><strong>www.sufferingsoul.com<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/villagedrinkingwater.com\/\">https:\/\/villagedrinkingwater.com\/<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Edited\nand Published Videos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIDEO CLIPS&nbsp;\nON&nbsp; YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHgsBwgDsqQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHgsBwgDsqQ<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7jOyLHBTL9M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7jOyLHBTL9M<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mIzt5PwafJY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mIzt5PwafJY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YNRPnmd7iVE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YNRPnmd7iVE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FxBXl0c2Aj0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FxBXl0c2Aj0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NHz_bMRl2Rc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NHz_bMRl2Rc<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TYtuGF075dk\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TYtuGF075dk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FxBXl0c2Aj0\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FxBXl0c2Aj0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rIZ2bzc3MDE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rIZ2bzc3MDE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qzo7h3XUn4\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qzo7h3XUn4<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qzo7h3XUn4\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qzo7h3XUn4<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXtd3nsYBMQ\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXtd3nsYBMQ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v47kNLyxlxY\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v47kNLyxlxY<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BqoFDFcc0zg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BqoFDFcc0zg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LGu5E4fLl2U\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LGu5E4fLl2U<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6wpsNQp1ci4\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6wpsNQp1ci4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rtWE8eBhmrg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rtWE8eBhmrg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hW7u-cs5bqg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hW7u-cs5bqg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xYGn20P4v5E\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xYGn20P4v5E<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u8yfRriiuP0\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u8yfRriiuP0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BUabCqOpqi8\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BUabCqOpqi8<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rOCqCNQL2O\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rOCqCNQL2O<\/a>4<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.\nTembo has also published more than 50 scholarly articles, more than 35 book\nreviews, and more than 100 journalistic and opinion articles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story Teller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While growing up as a child in the\nvillage in the Lundazi district among the <em>Tumbuka<\/em>\npeople of Eastern Zambia in the Africa of the 1950s and 1960s, he developed a\nkeen interest in storytelling, African traditional dances and drumming. His\nwide range of cultural experiences and firsthand knowledge of African culture\nmake him an entertaining story teller, African drummer, African traditional and\nmodern dancer as well as an articulate teacher and academic. He calls his act\n&#8220;<em>BambaZonke<\/em>&#8220;, which in his\nnative language means &#8220;.variety show&#8221;. He has made presentations in\nhis classes at Bridgewater College as well as in many elementary and middle\nschools in Bridgewater, Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Charlottesville School\ndistricts and Roanoke Library system and the Staunton Public Library. Dr. Mwizenge\nTembo has a passionate interest in preserving traditional African culture such\nthat in his book Legends of Africa, he states: &#8220;I would like to\nexpress my strongest heartfelt wish that Zambians and Africans of all\npersuasions document in the many media (audio, video, and print) available\ntoday our rich traditions, knowledge, and culture that are, as you read this,\nunfortunately rapidly going to waste in both urban and rural areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Mwizenge Tembo Mwizenge S. Tembo obtained his B.A in Sociology and Psychology at University of Zambia&nbsp; in 1976, M.A , Ph. D. at Michigan State University in Sociology in 1987. 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