Religion in Zambia

[3] Before the arrival of European missionaries, the various ethnic groups residing in the territory of modern day Zambia practiced a variety of African traditional religions.

[8] Christianity is believed to have arrived in Zambia in the form of European Protestant missionaries and African explorers during the mid of 19th century.

Many African chiefs and tribes held him in high esteem and it was one of the major reasons for facilitating relations between them and the British.

[13] The William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation, an organization founded in 1995 and run by the Zambian Baháʼí community, is particularly active in areas such as literacy and primary health care.

Notable Jewish Zambians have included Simon Zukas, retired Minister, MP and a member of Forum for Democracy and Development and earlier the MMD and United National Independence Party.

Additionally, the economist Stanley Fischer, who is both the former governor of the Bank of Israel and the former head of the IMF, respectively, was born and partially raised in Zambia's Jewish community.

A nonprofit organization, Humanists and Atheists of Zambia (HAZ)[19] was founded in 2018, promoting secular humanism and aiming to normalize atheism in the country due to the stigma of the topic.

[20] In June 2019, the President of HAZ, Larry Tepa, released a press statement announcing a youth conference to be held in October the same year.

[21] Following the release hundreds of Zambians were displeased about the presence of atheists in Zambia,[19] and called on The Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs (MNGRA)[22] to stop the event through social media.