From 1972 to 1991 Zambia was a single-party state with the UNIP as the sole legal political party under the motto 'One Zambia, One Nation'.
Go tsweng ka ngwaga wa 1972 go ya kwa go wa 1991 lefatshe la Zambia e ne e le lefatshe la phutlhego e ngwefela, maikaelelo a se e ne e le go kopanya lefatshe go nna lengwefela ka sekano sa 'Zambia o mongwefela, lefatshe le lengwefela'.