Most African nations have achieved their independence only to find themselves too broke to enjoy it. Not Zambia, the copper-rich state that changed its name from Northern Rhodesia at independence ceremonies last year. Riding a world copper boom that has brought $400 million into the country in the past year alone, President Kenneth Kaunda is in the enviable position of having more money than can be spent.
Not that he isn't trying. The government this year is pouring $60 million into new schools, hospitals and administration centers, and building contractors are so overloaded that they cannot begin to meet the demand...
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