Zambian Heritage Association of Chicago-ZHAC

10/31/2026

ZHAC Leadership…

10/08/2026

Our girl is coming home👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

10/03/2026

Come on guys, get your tickets asap, before the price goes up!

AMBASSADOR , Dr. Kanyama Headed to Chicago

Dr. Chibamba Kanyama, Zambia’s Ambassador to the United States will be our guest of honor at the 62nd National Independence Celebrations in Des Plaines, part of the Chicago metropolitan region in Illinois.

Join us for 3-Days of nonstop music, food, entertainment, and networking…💪🏿👌👌

Friday October 23rd 2026
Zambian Night formally known as Meet and Greet
Time: 6 pm
Ticket: $50

Saturday October 24th 2026 🎊💚❤️🖤🧡🇿🇲🍰
Dinner Gala
Time: Doors open at 5 pm
Ticket: $150

Sunday October 25th 2026
Farewell BBQ
Time: 2pm
Free free free

ZELLE: [email protected]
and text your name and email address to 352-988-7049 or to Matilda 816.916.1245 so your ticket can be mailed to you.

Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), located just about 3 to 4 miles away from the airport and free shuttle services are available from airport to venue

09/21/2026

The dynamic Dr Stella Syacika Banda, the Vice President for OZA invites you the other OZA ZAMBIA INDEPENDENCE EVENT to be held in Chicago and partnered with ZHAC AND AZM
It's a 3-day event! 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲 and here's the summary of what you need to know for the OZA ZAMBIA INDEPENDENCE EVENT to held in Chicago.

Friday
Zambian Night formally known as Meet and Greet
Time: 6 pm

Saturday
Dinner Gala
Time: Doors open at 5 pm

Sunday:
Farewell BBQ
Time: 2pm

ZELLE to [email protected] and text your name and email address to 352-988-7049 or Matilda so your ticket can be mailed to you

Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), located just about 3 to 4 miles away from the airport and free shuttle services are available from airport to venue

Hotel Accommodations information

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel is only 0.2 miles or 3 to 4 minutes walk away from the venue - Rivers Casino

$149 per night includes breakfast and free parking
There's also a shuttle from the airport.

Call the hotel at 847-296-8900 and ask for the group name (code: 95S)
or
Book by using the following group link.

Rooms should be booked before the cut off date of 09/25/26.

https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/ordchgi-95s-07968760-b66e-4774-aa94-b53cc6123e89/

Courtyard by Marriott is 1 to 2 minutes away from the venue.

Rooms are $139 per night, parking is covered. Breakfast is not included.

https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1784234868183&key=GRP&app=resvlink&_p=c11731dc9b077af1e1038ffb&__branch_flow_type=chrome_deepview&__branch_flow_id=1606696088119298135&inventoryMissing=true

09/13/2026

🇿🇲 LET’S SUPPORT OUR OWN! 🇿🇲

ZHAC is proud to highlight a Zambian-owned sports shop right here in our community! ⚽🏀🏈👟

We encourage our community, friends and families to check them out, shop with them, share their page, and spread the word. When we support one another, we help our community businesses grow and succeed. ❤️🇿🇲

Let’s show up and support our own!

08/30/2026

🇿🇲 THANK YOU, ZAMBIAN COMMUNITY! 🇿🇲

On behalf of ZHAC, we would like to extend our heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who came out and supported our Taste of Zambia celebration. Your presence, love, energy and support made the event truly special. We appreciate each and every one of you who took the time to come out, bring your families and friends, and celebrate our beautiful Zambian culture with us. ❤️🇿🇲

As we continue working to make our community events bigger and better, we would love to hear from you! Please feel free to share a short message with your feedback—what you enjoyed, what you think we could improve, and any suggestions you may have for future events. Your feedback is important to us and will help us serve our community even better.

And the celebrations are not over! 🇿🇲🎉

Our next major community event will be our Zambian Independence Celebration, organized by OZA in collaboration with ZHAC and AZM, on Saturday, October 24th, 2026, at Rivers Casino in Illinois.

We encourage everyone to purchase your tickets early, bring your loved ones, and come out in numbers! Let us continue supporting one another and showing the strength, unity and beautiful spirit of our Zambian community.

Yesterday was about celebrating the Taste of Zambia; next, we come together to celebrate the independence of the country we proudly call home. 🇿🇲❤️

One Zambia, One Nation! 🇿🇲

Thank you once again for your incredible support. We look forward to celebrating with you again on October 24th!

ZHAC

08/27/2026

🇿🇲 TASTE OF ZAMBIA — WE WILL NOT BE DIVIDED 🇿🇲

Dear Zambian Community,

We are aware of messages circulating that appear intended to create fear and discourage people from attending Taste of Zambia this weekend.

We encourage our community not to allow fear, intimidation, political differences, or personal disagreements to divide us.

Taste of Zambia is about our culture, our food, our music, our families and the beautiful country we all call home. 🇿🇲❤️

Whatever our differences may be, we are Zambians first. This is a time to come together, celebrate one another and show the strength and unity of our community.

Come out. Bring your families. Bring your friends. Wear your Zambian colors proudly. Let us eat, laugh, dance and celebrate Zambia together! 🇿🇲

We look forward to seeing you all at Taste of Zambia this weekend!

One Zambia, One Nation. 🇿🇲
Together we are stronger.

ZHAC

08/24/2026

🇿🇲 TASTE OF ZAMBIA IS THIS WEEKEND! 🇿🇲

Have you got your ticket yet? 🎟️ Don’t miss a beautiful day of Zambian food, culture, music and community! Come hungry and ready to enjoy a true taste of home. ❤️💚🖤🧡

📅 Saturday, August 29th
📍 Busse Woods – Grove 5

🎟️ Get your tickets today!
💵 Zelle: [email protected]

Come celebrate our food, our culture and our beautiful Zambian community! 🇿🇲

See you this weekend!