ZAMBIAN MODERNITY
Tabitha Lilungwe, a mass communications graduate from the University of Zambia and content creator at Bloggers of Zambia, explained to me in an interview that “modernity has to do with popular culture and being up to date with what is trending…dressing, music, and having access to the Internet” (June 2020). In a separate interview, singer Jane Banda aka Adasa observes that “modernity is the lifestyle of nowadays...technology, fashion, infrastructure...” (June 2020). Matimba Choombe, Program’s Officer at Bloggers of Zambia who I interviewed on the same day I interviewed Lilungwe, remarks that “modernity …has elements of advancement…value addition, and trends…improving on…processes, state of being…” (June 2020) Anthropologist Debra Spitulnik (2008) notes that modernity in Zambia is the desire to move toward a better life and a more progressive society away from traditional life. “…Equated with novelty or newness, the present, urbanity, action, style, consumption, and progress (Spitulnik