A Family Adventure (English–Lunda / Wungezhi...)

About this book

A Family Adventure by Chanju Mwanza is a bilingual children's story presented in English and Lunda. The book is part of the Zambian Narratives Project, which was created to produce children's literature in Zambia's national languages and to give young readers stories and images that reflect their own environment. Through family vocabulary and scenes of everyday Zambian life, the book also challenges narrow gender stereotypes and encourages children to see family roles in a more open way. The English-Lunda format is useful for language learning, shared family reading and early literacy, especially in homes and schools where children may understand a local language but encounter most printed books only in English. It is also relevant to diaspora families trying to maintain cultural and linguistic connections. A Family Adventure combines reading practice, cultural representation and language preservation in an accessible children's book.