Chilu Lemba
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Chilu Lemba (born August 27, 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia) is a radio and television presenter, voice over artist and musician. Lemba shot to fame in his home country in 1996 as a radio presenter on the country's first privately owned radio station, Radio Phoenix. He has been MC at the annual Miss Zambia Pageant four consecutive times and is a graduate of the - AAA School of Advertising in Johannesburg, South Africa. While in college, Lemba was a co-founder of popular African Urban Online magazine - BHmagazine.com
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[edit] Music
During his teenage years, Lemba developed a passion for writing music. A recipient of the - Chengelo Secondary School Music Award in 1992, he has been involved in numerous musical projects over the past fifteen years. Lemba is famed for writing and recording Afro Hip Hop hits "Zambia Moto" and "Shibuka", featuring Alan Mvula and Kora Award nominee - Joe Chibangu respectively. Lemba's debut solo CD, Sound Legacy, which spurned a number of radio hits in his home country was released under Ten Twenty Seven Productions, a company he co-owns with his wife. Although Sound Legacy is Chilu's debut album, he previously - as a member of The Man X Crew - released a cassette single titled "Keep Moving". It was recorded at the Lemba family farm in Lusaka in 1994. Copies were printed and sold mostly to friends and relatives. In many interviews since, he credits his musical sound to encouragement he received from Beats International and particularly, Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) during a Rap workshop that the group held on their African tour in the early nineties. They encouraged delegates to express African originality and be less American sounding.
[edit] Television, Voice Overs and Radio
Chilu was until early in 2006 a freelance presenter on 94.7 Highveld Stereo. His voice is heard on many television and radio spots across Africa, probably most notably in the recent past, on the Coca Cola Popstars television series on which he was the voice narrator for three seasons. He is also the co-anchor of Season 4 of the lifestyle magazine television show Africa Within, which he hosts alongside Claire Mawisa. It is broadcast on SABC Africa (DSTV Channel 53). He presented the previous season with Sandy Ngema and also does the voice narration for the series.
[edit] Private life
He is married to Carol. They have a daughter named Talitha Lutanda Lemba born in March 2006.
See also: The Lemba people
[edit] Discography
- Shibuka (The Rhythm Nation Project) (2000) released by Mondo Music Corporation
- Sound Legacy (2006) released by Ten Twenty Seven Productions
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