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 ==Early life and career==
-Kazembe was born in [[Chief Nsama]]’s area close to the Congolese border in [[Kaputa District]], [[Luapula Province]] in 1932 and a relative of the [[Mwata Kazembe]] kingship of the [[Lunda people|Lunda kingdom]]. He taught himself how to play homemade banjos and later, a guitar and traversed Congo and Tanzania many times.
+Kazembe was born in [[Chief Nsama]]’s area close to the Congolese border in [[Kaputa District]], [[Luapula Province]] in 1932 and a relative of the [[Mwata Kazembe]] kingship of the [[Lunda people|Lunda kingdom]]. He taught himself how to play homemade banjos and later, a guitar and traversed Congo and Tanzania many times.<ref name=times/>
-Years later in 1953, he went to work in the mines in South Africa, where he formed his maiden band, the Bantu Negroes but disbanded after Kazembe returned to Zambia the following year, to become a business executive.
+In 1953 Kazembe got a job in South Africa to work in the mines, though he returned to Zambia a year later to become a business executive. During his time in South Africa, he collaborated with local musicians and formed a band called the "Bantu Negroes", which later disbanded after Kazembe returned to Zambia.
 ==Music career==