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==Early life and career== | ==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/> | ||
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== | ==Music career== |
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