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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 Shem Michael Mlevhu''' (14 September 1950 - 5 March 1988) 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]]. | ||
== | ==Music career== | ||
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 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> | ||
As a young musician in 1969, Mlevhu led The Rave Five into winning a contest for bands dubbed ‘The Mini Woodstock’ held at [[Lusaka Showgrounds]]. The following year, he led another youthful outfit, ‘The End’ on a six-month tour of Congo-Kinshasa where the band was resident at a Lubumbashi club. When ‘The End’ returned home they split with Mlevhu forming a new band, [[The Aqualung (band)|The Aqualung]]. | |||
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. His very first piece to hit the airwaves was '[[You, Me and the Other Fellow (1975 song)|You, Me and the Other Fellow]]' in 1975. This song and its accompanying video were done as a political advert calling for love and unity in the nation. The same year his debut solo album, ‘[[Banafimbusa (1975 album)|Banafimbusa]]’ was released.<ref name=post/> | |||
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== | |||
===Albums=== | |||
*[[Banafimbusa (1975 album)|Banafimbusa]] (1975) | |||
*[[Love and Freedom (1976 album)|Love and Freedom]] (1976) | |||
*[[Through Fire To Heaven (1977 album)|Through Fire To Heaven]] (1977) | |||
*[[Touch of the Sun (1979 album)|Touch of the Sun]] (1979) | |||
===Compilations=== | |||
*[[The Bad Will Die (2014 compilation)|The Bad Will Die (1976 - 1979)]] (2014) | |||
*[[Can't You Hear Me: African Nuggets (2016 compilation)|Can't You Hear Me: African Nuggets]] (2016) | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Mlevhu died on 5 March 1988 in [[Luanshya]] on the [[Copperbelt]]. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Rikki Ililonga]] | |||
*[[The Witch]] | |||
*[[Paul Ngozi]] | |||
*[[Zamrock]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Zambian music]] | |||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Zambian musicians]] | |||
[[Category:Zamrock]] | |||
