Teyeni Sport Research Centre: is a new, independent multidisciplinary think tank committed to transforming the Zambian sport sector through research, evidence-based strategic insights, and policy innovation. The Teyeni Center aims to strengthen the evidence base, visibility, and policy relevance of the sport sector in Zambia by producing high-quality, locally grounded research and insights.
Ifya KuAfrica Collective: is an informal platform for scholars across Africa and from Africa to connect for purposes of sharing, caring, and supporting one another and one anothers` scholarly explorations. The name Ifya KuAfrica translates from iciBemba as “matters or things of, from, or concerning Africa“. This refers to the focus of our work on topics and connectedness to Africa and its diasporas. At this stage this is for scholars thinking and writing on sport, leisure, physical activity, and physical education.
Global Black Geographies Collective: an international informal network of scholars working across disciplines that interact with the geographic. The collective provides a platform for support, development and engagement with key questions and practices of Blackness and geography in and beyond the academy.
The National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation: (NOWSPAR) is a Zambian organisation that advocates for women’s rights to and through sport. This women led organisation undertakes work ranging from practical support to community sports groups to enable them deliver sport programmes for girls and facilitating increased gender awareness within the sports sector, to lobbying the government to implement policies that will have a positive impact on sport and women’s access. Dr Mwambwa is the Secretary General of NOWSPAR. Contact: lombe@nowspar.org
Shaping Futures Foundation: is a Zambian organisation that provides advice, networks, and resources to young people who are at the stage of shifting into their careers in public and civil leadership. The Foundation facilitates education, mentoring, and connection to expertise and opportunities.
Women Sport Africa Network: is a network of individuals and initiatives across Africa that are aimed at promoting the engagement of women in sport while collaborating for mutual learning and support towards increased impact.
The Anita White Fund (AWF) is a Fund hosted by the International Working Group for Women and Sport. The fund supports women sport leaders around the world to create change.
Xclusive Sports Radio: is a Zambian community radio station developing to provide access to a diversity of news, features, stories, and engagement in a participatory format. Although sport is a big part of the culture and media content across the country, there is still many areas that are unexplored and many stories to tell. We are changing that.
Purple Cactus Book Club: An initiative to provide regular pop-up community reading spaces for leisure reading to children and adults within their neighbourhood. The pop-ups are on hold since the Covid 19 pandemic happened. When we closed, we gave out all the books to the members and guests to read during the lock down. For now we are collecting more books so that we can get more books to the members as we plan to restart. Young people are keen readers, so we are always in need of more books. We welcome books on a variety of topics, reading levels, and genres. So, if by any chance, you have the energy to check your shelves and storage for some of the books you can spare, we would love to receive them. Thank you for your contribution to this joy project that brings pleasure and world expansion to us all.
Contact us to contribute: PurpleCactusBooks@gmail.com
“Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.” —Mariame Kaba
Lombe Mwambwa, PhD 