Nyami Nyami is a novel that highlights the Zambezi River God who existed in the 1950s before the construction of the largest Man-made Lake in Zambia, Lake Kariba. He was said to be the protector of the Tonga and Lozi people. The Tonga’s lived in the Gwembe Valley, Zambezi Valley both in Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are also known as the ‘River People’. Nyami Nyami features resemble the face of a fish and the torso of a snake. He is like a dragon living in water and never showed his entire body to the people but only a part. It is believed that if one happens to have come face to face with him, he/she would become blind. Nyami Nyami is the holder of both love and hate. He loved his people and always protected them, and provided meat to them in times of need like his name Nyami Nyami means ‘Nyama Nyama’. He could allow them to keep cutting pieces of meat from him till the situation was normal again. Up to date, Nyami Nyami is furious with the white man for separating him from his wife Kitapo who at that time had gone to the other side of the Zambezi when the Dam Hall was constructed. To show his fury he would stir the waters and disturbed the constructions for some time till the elders of the land offered sacrifices to him that was the only time he allowed the works to be completed. He is said to be coming back for revenge and to reunite with his wife. What will happen to the dam hall when he gets back? What about the displaced Tonga’s and Lozi’s who lost their homes during the construction? Will the white man be spared from doing what he did? Enjoy the tale of the legendary Nyami Nyami