BRIDGEWATER, VA, August 05, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Mwizenge S. Tembo has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Backed by nearly 40 years studying the subject of sociology, Dr. Tembo has become a renowned as a researcher and educator. He initially earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and psychology, cum laude, from the University of Zambia in 1976 and a Master of Arts from Michigan State University in 1980. In 1987, Dr. Tembo concluded his academic efforts with a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology from Michigan State University.
Dr. Tembo has notably excelled as the president, the director and the co-founder of the Zambia Knowledge Bank in Virginia since 1995. The organization strives to encourage all Zambians in the Southern African country to document, preserve and enjoy their traditional and modern Zambian culture and technology among people who live in the rural villages, provinces, towns and cities of the vibrant country. Prior to spearheading a career in the United States, Dr. Tembo worked at the Institute for African Studies of the University of Zambia as a Lecturer, an Assistant Professor, a Research Fellow of Sociology and the Head of the Division for Cultural Research between 1977 to 1989.
Possessing a thriving career in education, Dr. Tembo dedicated many years of his time to Bridgewater College in Bridgewater. Beginning his tenure as an Interim Assistant Professor in Sociology in 1990, he flourished at the aforementioned college as an Assistant professor from 1991 to 1994, a tenured Assistant Professor from 1994 to 1998, a tenured Associate Professor from 1998 to 2009. He fulfilled the role of Acting Chair of the Sociology Department from 2003 to 2004. He became a tenured full Professor since 2010. Moreover, Dr. Tembo was a member of the Honor Council appeal board with the Committee on Cultural Activities and Committee of Faculty Social Life, a member of the Service Learning and Experimental Service Learning Committee and the Diversity, Spiritual Life and Sustainability Committee.
Dr. Tembo is an author and contributor to numerous works and internet publications. He hosts and writes for five web sites. Presently, he is a weekly columnist for the Daily-News-Record of Harrisonburg, the Daily News Leader, and a frequent contributor to Lusaka Times, The Times of Zambia, and the Zambia Daily Mail. He is a manuscript reviewer for the African Studies Review and Africa To Day: A Multidisciplinary Journal of African Studies. Furthermore, Dr. Tembo is the author of the books, "The Bridge," "Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture: Social Change in the Global World," "Zambian Traditional Names: The Meaning of Tumbuka, Chewa, Ngoni, Nsenga, and Tonga Names," "Legends of Africa," translated into Afrikaans "Afrikaanse Mythen en Lengenden" and "Tidbits for the Curious."
Dr. Tembo is a past member of the African Studies Association, the Association of Third World Studies, the LAMBDA Society of Bridgewater College, the Canadian Association of African Studies, the National Geographic Society and Alpha Kappa Delta. He also currently serves as the president for the Zambia Organization for the Documentation and Validation of Culture and Technology (ZADOVATA) or the Zambia Knowledge Bank International (ZANOBA). Dr. Tembo is proud that he led the construction of the Nkhanga Village library in Lundazi in Eastern Zambia which has four thousand books; the largest library in rural Zambia and Africa. He is currently the founder of the "Mwizenge Sustainable Model Village" outside Chongwe in rural Lusaka in Zambia. Dr. Tembo has previously been active as the co-president and a board member of the Virginia Storytelling Alliance, the co-president of the Virginia Storytellers Alliance, the president and the vice president of the LAMBDA Society of Bridgewater College, the president of the short-lived Central and Southern African Students Association and a member of the American Sociological Association. He was President and past member of the Virginia Social Science Association.
Always wondered why people behave the way that they do, Dr. Tembo became involved in his profession because he was always curious about people. When he enrolled at the University of Zambia, he wanted to learn about people, so he studied Psychology and Sociology. Living by the motto "I would rather know it than be threatened by it", Dr. Tembo hopes to live both in the United States and in Zambia part-time. He will expand upon his education, while learning, and pursuing his lifelong dedication and devotion to philanthropic work in the years to come.
Dr. Tembo greatly admires President Kenneth Kaunda as first President of Zambia. Dr. Tembo has studied President Kaunda's published philosophic works and had lived through President Kaunda's 27 years of leadership in Zambia. Among his numerous career achievements, Mr. Tembo recalls being honored for being personally invited by the former President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, to assist him in writing his Presidential memoirs in 2006. President Kaunda gracefully wrote the Foreword to his book; "Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture".
He has also been the recipient of various awards, The Mednick Fellowship Award of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges; 2012 and 2020. "The Life Time Achievement Award" by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Winner First Annual Photographic Calendar Contest, by the Farmer & Merchants Bank, Timberville, VA (2004); including the 1997 Distinguished Male Collegiate Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Shenandoah Valley Community by the Shenandoah Valley Hit Newspaper.
Dr. Tembo attributes his success to his passion for knowledge and compassion for others, as well as the influence of his parents, grandparents while growing up in his home village and teachers.
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