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'''Peter Juma Fwambo''' professionally known as '''Peter "Tsotsi" Juma''' (born 1932 in [[Mbala District]] was a [[Zambia]]n musician | '''Peter Juma Fwambo''' professionally known as '''Peter "Tsotsi" Juma''' (born 1932 in [[Mbala District]]) was a [[Zambia]]n [[musician]], folk teller and social commentator who sung mostly traditional love songs based.<ref name=times>[http://www.times.co.zm/?p=17685 PETER TSOTSI JUMA: LEGACY LIVES ON] by Davies M.M Chanda, [[Times of Zambia]], 4 April, 2014</ref> He was also known for his hit song, ''[[Muka Muchona (song)|Muka Muchona]]'' which was extensively aired on the [[Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation]] (ZNBC). | ||
He migrated to Tanzania in 1949 and then Kenya where he met fellow Zambian [[Nashil Pichen Kazembe]] in 1962. | |||
==Personal life and death== | |||
Juma married a Kenyan by the name of Margaret Njiru. They later divorced and he came back to Zambia in 1980. He lived in [[Lusaka]]'s [[Mtendere Township]]. | |||
==Death== | |||
In 2000 he went to [[Kabwe]] to live with his relatives and it was while there that a bout of malaria subdued him. He was admitted to [[Kabwe General Hospital]] where he succumbed and died. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Nashil Pichen Kazembe]] | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Zambian musicians]] | |||
[[Category:Births in 1930s]] | |||
