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'''Keith Mlevhu''' (14 September 1950 - ) was a [[Zambia]]n multi-instrumentalist musician, popularly known for his independence song, ''[[Ubuntungwa (song)|Ubuntungwa]]'', which was part of his 1976 album ''[[Love and Freedom]]''. | '''Keith Mlevhu''' (14 September 1950 - ) was a [[Zambia]]n multi-instrumentalist musician, popularly known for his independence song, ''[[Ubuntungwa (song)|Ubuntungwa]]'', which was part of his 1976 album ''[[Love and Freedom (1976 album)|Love and Freedom]]''. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Mlevhu was born on 14 September 1950 in the mining town of [[Chingola]]. | Mlevhu was born on 14 September 1950 in the mining town of [[Chingola]]. | ||
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He started his music career from the time he was still a juvenile and played in a number notable music bands in his formative years on the [[Copperbelt]]. He started with [[Dyna-Magic]] as an instruments handy boy in his early teens before graduating into a sensational guitarist for the same band. Keith later on pioneered and led several other pop groups, namely: [[The New Orleans (band)|The New Orleans]], [[Mac Beth (band)|Mac Beth]], [[The Rave Five (band)|The Rave Five]], [[The End (band)|The End]] and [[The Aqualung (band)|The Aqualung]].<ref name=post>[http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=4432 Ubuntungwa: remembering Keith Mlevu], [[The Post]], 5 December 2014</ref> | He started his music career from the time he was still a juvenile and played in a number notable music bands in his formative years on the [[Copperbelt]]. He started with [[Dyna-Magic]] as an instruments handy boy in his early teens before graduating into a sensational guitarist for the same band. Keith later on pioneered and led several other pop groups, namely: [[The New Orleans (band)|The New Orleans]], [[Mac Beth (band)|Mac Beth]], [[The Rave Five (band)|The Rave Five]], [[The End (band)|The End]] and [[The Aqualung (band)|The Aqualung]].<ref name=post>[http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=4432 Ubuntungwa: remembering Keith Mlevu], [[The Post]], 5 December 2014</ref> | ||
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It was after the disbanding of Aqualung that he pursued the new three-year diploma course in music at [[Evelyn Hone College]] in [[Lusaka]] where, because of his brilliance and competence, he was retained as a lecturer. During his lecturing days, Keith found time to enter the [[Zambia Broadcasting Services]] studios for recordings. | It was after the disbanding of Aqualung that he pursued the new three-year diploma course in music at [[Evelyn Hone College]] in [[Lusaka]] where, because of his brilliance and competence, he was retained as a lecturer. During his lecturing days, Keith found time to enter the [[Zambia Broadcasting Services]] studios for recordings. | ||
In 1976, | In 1976, Mlevhu travelled to Nairobi under the sponsorship of [[Teal Record Company]] to record his second album ''[[Love and Freedom (1976 album)|Love and Freedom]]''. Recorded at Sapra Studios, the album was still on the Mac Bullet label and set new record production standards. This was the first Zambian album to be presented in a full colour cover sleeve jacket. On the cover design, Mlevhu, with plaited locks, is depicted adorned in military camouflage breaking the chains strapped around the globe, his axe deliberately aimed at Southern Africa, where Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique and South Africa were still struggling for their freedom. The album design was accredited to the artiste himself.<ref>''[[Zambian Music Legends (book)|Zambian Music Legends]]'' by [[Leonard Koloko]]</ref> | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
