Mabspro/Zambia-Untold

# 🇿🇲 ZAMBIA UNTOLD **The history you were never taught.** An interactive 3D globe experience cataloguing Zambia's deep history — from 900 million years of geological formation through kingdoms, colonialism, and sovereignty. A living archive where community stories, folk tales, and historical events are mapped onto the planet. > *"Before there were nations, there was a substrate."* --- ## ✨ Features ### 🌍 Interactive Globe - **Three.js / React Three Fiber** powered 3D Earth with crisp satellite textures - **Responsive FOV** — globe sizes correctly on mobile, tablet, and desktop - **CameraRig** with smooth fly-to animations when selecting markers - **Auto-rotate** with Africa-centered idle snap - **Data overlays**: Zambia boundary, province highlights, Zambezi river evolution, Katanga formation ### 📅 Historical Calendar (Zambia's Living Calendar) - **41 events** across all 12 months — ceremonies, independence milestones, geological discoveries - **Category filtering**: ceremonies, politics, archaeology, nature, culture, geology - **"On This Day"** feature highlights nearby events - **Places to Visit** — each event links to a physical location with globe navigation - **Global Context** — situates each event in world history ### 🔥 Inganji (Folk Tales & Mythology) - **9 flagship folk tales**: Nyami Nyami, Kuomboka, Chitimukulu, Makishi, Gule Wamkulu, and more - **Tradition filtering** by ethnic group (Tonga, Lozi, Bemba, Lunda, Chewa, Lamba) - **Tier system**: Flagship, Regional, Urban & Living - **Cultural review** badges for validated content ### 📍 Village Search ("See Your Village From Space") - **Nominatim geocoding** — search any town, village, river, or landmark in Zambia - **Fly-to navigation** — globe camera flies to selected location - **Curated suggestions**: Lusaka, Livingstone, Kabwe, Kasama, Solwezi, Mongu, and more - **Debounced search** with loading states and province display ### ✦ Isibalo (Community Contributions) - **Submit memories**, oral tr …