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World Service,22 Mar 2025,26 mins

Zambia Ku Chalo: Part one

This Is Africa

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Join DJ Edu in Lusaka for the first of three on-the-road editions shining a light on the vibrant music scene in Zambia. Afrobeats and Amapiano dominate the African music landscape, but the continent consists of fifty-three countries, all of them with rich musical traditions. Zambia alone has seventy-three different languages and subcultures. In this edition DJ Edu talks to award winning singer songwriter Roberto and producer Magg 44 who has worked with Sampa the Great and many others, and asks whether it makes any sense to talk about a Zambian sound. He also visits one of Lusaka’s most popular nightspots to find out what Zambians are listening to, and gets resident DJ Twizie to prepare a 100% Zambian 10in10 music mix.

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