Dr. Mbozi Santebe is a Lecturer in the Department of Historical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Zambia. Dr. Santebe holds a PhD in History from the University of the Free State, South Africa. He researches on the development of official statistical systems in Central Africa from the colonial period to the present, with a particular focus on Zambia. His PhD Thesis analyses the historical development of the Zambian statistical system from the colonial period in 1939 up to 2018. He also researches on the impact of global economic crises on the national economy and, more recently, his research interests have extended to transport and safety history.
Mbozi Santebe, “Suppressed Data: The Controversy on Lynn Saffery’s Enquiry into African Living Conditions on the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt, 1942-1945,” 70, 2 (2025), 23-46.https://journals.unza.zm/index.php/zjh/article/view/1372
Mbozi Santebe, “Combatting Road Accidents and Fatalities: The Colonial State, Voluntary Organisations and Road Safety in Northern Rhodesia, c.1940s-1964”, Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies, 2, 1 (2025), 1-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8392/2025/v70n2a2
Mbozi Santebe, “Sources of Official Poverty Data: Reflections on Sixty Years of the Production of Statistics on Poverty in Zambia, 1964-2024”, Zambia Journal of History, 11, 1 (2024), 1-23.
- Economic and social history of Zambia
- History of official statistics
- History of transport and transport safety
Research on Road Safety in colonial Zambia