{"id":45404,"date":"2025-12-20T03:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45404"},"modified":"2025-12-20T03:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:10:46","slug":"cedx6vn5202oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/20\/cedx6vn5202oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;cool&#8217;, vintage Zambian genre enjoying a rebirth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gtLOOD\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tears-flowers-and-silence-in-Bondi-and-Streetings-fury.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/412a\/live\/c15bd6e0-db30-11f0-b26d-b14c5ffa4921.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/412a\/live\/c15bd6e0-db30-11f0-b26d-b14c5ffa4921.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/412a\/live\/c15bd6e0-db30-11f0-b26d-b14c5ffa4921.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/412a\/live\/c15bd6e0-db30-11f0-b26d-b14c5ffa4921.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/412a\/live\/c15bd6e0-db30-11f0-b26d-b14c5ffa4921.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/412a\/live\/c15bd6e0-db30-11f0-b26d-b14c5ffa4921.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Now-Again Records WITCH's members pose for a group photo, printed in black and white.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">Now-Again Records<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">WITCH was one of Zamrock&#8217;s most popular acts in the 1970s<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Artists and music fans from around the world have been rediscovering the 1970s sound of Zambia known as Zamrock in recent years, and now one of the country&#8217;s biggest stars is embracing it, hoping to give it a fresh twist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">When devising her third studio album, Sampa the Great looked to the niche, brief musical movement that ignited her birth country more than 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We were looking for a sound and a voice that was so post-colonial. And Zamrock was that sound &#8211; that sound of new freedom, that sound of boldness,&#8221; the Zambian-born, Botswanan-raised rapper &#8211; who has performed at the likes of Glastonbury, Coachella and the Sydney Opera House &#8211; told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Zamrock &#8211; with its heady blend of psychedelic rock and traditional Zambian sounds &#8211; rears its head on Can&#8217;t Hold Us, the first single to be released from Sampa&#8217;s upcoming album. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Fuzz guitars thrust the song forwards, as 32-year-old Sampa, full name Sampa Tembo, defiantly raps: &#8220;They don&#8217;t have the guts to match my prowess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">And she&#8217;s not the only contemporary artist who has been digging through Zamrock&#8217;s dusty crates. In the past few years US hitmakers Travis Scott, Yves Tumour and Tyler, the Creator have sampled tracks from Ngozi Family, Amanaz and WITCH &#8211; all popular bands in Zamrock&#8217;s 1970s heyday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Zamrock can also be heard on our screens &#8211; HBO superhero series Watchmen and Emmy-winner Ted Lasso have incorporated songs from the genre in their soundtracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It is an unexpected resurgence, especially given that in its heyday, Zamrock never really left the African continent. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gXrNRM\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tears-flowers-and-silence-in-Bondi-and-Streetings-fury.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/7ba9\/live\/1fffe830-d9dd-11f0-ba85-09c2975a5393.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/7ba9\/live\/1fffe830-d9dd-11f0-ba85-09c2975a5393.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766200245_929_The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/7ba9\/live\/1fffe830-d9dd-11f0-ba85-09c2975a5393.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/7ba9\/live\/1fffe830-d9dd-11f0-ba85-09c2975a5393.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/7ba9\/live\/1fffe830-d9dd-11f0-ba85-09c2975a5393.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/7ba9\/live\/1fffe830-d9dd-11f0-ba85-09c2975a5393.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766200245_929_The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sampa the Great sings into a microphone, wearing headphones.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Sampa the Great thinks Zamrock&#8217;s resurgence will be &#8220;huge&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The movement emerged in the 1970s, in a Zambia recently broken free from its British colonisers. The nation was basking in an economic boom and President Kenneth Kaunda had enforced a &#8220;Zambia first&#8221; policy which, among many other things, meant 95% of the music played by radio stations had to be of Zambian origin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The groundwork was laid for young creatives to forge a bold, distinctly Zambian musical identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We were influenced by rock bands like Deep Purple, Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown,&#8221; says WITCH frontman Emmanuel Chanda, better known as Jagari, after Mick Jagger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;But we were Africans. We wanted to play like those rock bands but then the African aspect was also calling: &#8216;You can&#8217;t leave me behind&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In the 1970s, Zambia&#8217;s recording studios were rudimentary and there was no established recording industry. Regardless, Zamrock thrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Musicians illuminated stages with bell-bottom jeans, platform shoes and colourful headbands. WITCH, an acronym for We Intend To Cause Havoc, lived up to their name, with fans clamouring outside sold-out venues, hoping to watch marathon shows that sometimes lasted from 19:00 to 02:00.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The fact that they mixed traditional music with psychedelic rock in a conservative country&#8230; and to be able to do that and be loud about it &#8211; it was something very bold to do in the 70s, let alone now,&#8221; says Sampa &#8211; who was pleased to recently discover that her uncle, &#8220;Groovy&#8221; George Kunda, was a founding member of WITCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">But for all of its impact, Zamrock could not last. The genre crumbled after roughly a decade, when Zambia was hit with a series of crises. The price of copper, Zambia&#8217;s main export, plummeted, leading to an economic decline that diminished the ability to tour, record and buy music. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Musical piracy also hit Zamrockers, as bootleggers made money by copying and selling their music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">And from the 1980s, the country was badly hit by the HIV\/Aids crisis, which led to the deaths of many musicians. Five of WITCH&#8217;s founding members died from Aids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Zamrock lay dormant for decades. Its surviving founders returned to civilian life &#8211; Jagari went to work in the mines to support his family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gXrNRM\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tears-flowers-and-silence-in-Bondi-and-Streetings-fury.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/6001\/live\/1b001d20-db34-11f0-9997-ed89cd5d199e.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/6001\/live\/1b001d20-db34-11f0-9997-ed89cd5d199e.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766200245_858_The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/6001\/live\/1b001d20-db34-11f0-9997-ed89cd5d199e.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/6001\/live\/1b001d20-db34-11f0-9997-ed89cd5d199e.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/6001\/live\/1b001d20-db34-11f0-9997-ed89cd5d199e.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/6001\/live\/1b001d20-db34-11f0-9997-ed89cd5d199e.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766200245_858_The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WireImage via Getty Images Tyler, the Creator poses wearing a furry hat, blue blazer, yellow shirt and gold chain.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">WireImage via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Tyler, the Creator had high praise for Zamrock&#8217;s Ngozi Family, who he sampled in his 2024 single Noid<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">But in the early 2010s, seemingly out of nowhere, record collectors in the West caught on to the genre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">US-based label Now-Again Records played a significant part in Zamrock&#8217;s revival, sourcing and reissuing albums from some of the genre&#8217;s biggest names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t sure if it had a market. I was just sure that it was very cool,&#8221; Now-Again label boss Eothen &#8220;Egon&#8221; Alapatt tells the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I figured: &#8216;If I&#8217;m curious about this, there&#8217;s probably other people who are curious about this&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Vinyl enthusiasts rushed to buy original Zamrock records, which only exist in small numbers, and their value naturally spiked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I started getting a lot of requests for original Zamrock records, and I didn&#8217;t understand why people were so interested,&#8221; says Duncan Sodala, a Zamrock fan and the owner of Time Machine, a record store in Zambia&#8217;s capital, Lusaka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mr Sodala went online and was &#8220;shocked&#8221; to find that records pressed in the 1970s were selling for between $100 (\u00a374) and $1,000 (\u00a3740).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In 2011, Now-Again Records released a compilation of WITCH&#8217;s music. The ensuing buzz led to a reincarnation of the band, featuring Jageri and Patrick Mwondela from WITCH&#8217;s old days, and a number of younger European musicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">WITCH have since released two albums, starred in a documentary, played at the iconic Glastonbury Festival and toured outside Africa &#8211; something the original band never managed to achieve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s like a new lease on life I never expected at my advanced age,&#8221; 74-year-old Jagari says on a call from New Zealand, the final stop on WITCH&#8217;s 2025 world tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;In Munich, there was crowd surfing, which I had never done before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Though Jagari is thrilled by a second chance to play Zamrock, new opportunities are a reminder of his sorely missed bandmates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;There are times that I wish the whole band, the original line-up, was there to showcase what it was like in the beginning,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The crowds at WITCH&#8217;s shows, comprising fans young and old, are proof of Zamrock&#8217;s fresh appeal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gXrNRM\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tears-flowers-and-silence-in-Bondi-and-Streetings-fury.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8eac\/live\/bd105220-da8e-11f0-9f97-57c07d0b6eae.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8eac\/live\/bd105220-da8e-11f0-9f97-57c07d0b6eae.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766200245_279_The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/8eac\/live\/bd105220-da8e-11f0-9f97-57c07d0b6eae.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8eac\/live\/bd105220-da8e-11f0-9f97-57c07d0b6eae.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/8eac\/live\/bd105220-da8e-11f0-9f97-57c07d0b6eae.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/8eac\/live\/bd105220-da8e-11f0-9f97-57c07d0b6eae.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766200245_279_The-cool-vintage-Zambian-genre-enjoying-a-rebirth.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Redferns\/Getty Images Emmanuel 'Jagari' Chanda sings into a microphone on stage, wearing a colourful outfit and hat\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">Redferns\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Jagari and the new version of WITCH played Glastonbury earlier this year<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Other Zamrockers are also being rediscovered &#8211; Tyler, the Creator, who sampled the Ngozi Family song 45,000 Volts on his 2024 track Noid, called the band &#8220;incredible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The whole country was just doing some, really, really good stuff,&#8221; he told popular interviewer Nardwuar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Go-to hip-hop producer Madlib and Mike D of the Beastie Boys have also voiced admiration for the genre, while Third Man Records, the label co-owned by blues-rocker Jack White, has released a recording of live WITCH music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Egon believes Zamrock&#8217;s surprise popularity is down to its exuberance. He also suggests that the genre was initially boosted by record collectors, as a lot of its songs are in English.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;There was a tremendous bias amongst collectors of rock and roll music from around the world against music in the native language of the country that it was created,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Sodala, on the other hand, thinks Zamrock&#8217;s newer fans are drawn to the music&#8217;s &#8220;innocence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I think people listen to it and feel how genuine it is,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Although the record-store owner welcomes Western artists sampling Zamrock, he feels the genre risks being reduced to curated snippets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I think this is the reason why an artist like Sampa is very important &#8211; because she doesn&#8217;t want [Zamrock] to be known just for the samples,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I think there is a fear that if we are not loud about Zamrock&#8217;s origins, we may be taken out of the equation. The more we think about that, the more we want to be loud about where it comes from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Although the likes of hip-hop and R&amp;B enjoy great popularity in Zambia, numerous young artists from the country &#8211; like Stasis Prey, Vivo and Sampa the Great collaborator Mag 44 &#8211; have also been experimenting with the genre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Lusaka restaurant Bo&#8217;jangles set up an annual Zamrock Festival three years ago and the city&#8217;s Modzi Arts institution has established a small museum dedicated to the genre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Sampa says her upcoming album, which does not yet have a release date, falls into a genre she calls &#8220;nu Zamrock&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Although she has experimented with Zamrock before, this time its rhythms will run through her entire album, mixed with other influences like hip-hop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I think Zamrock&#8217;s resurgence will be something that is really huge,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In New Zealand, Jagari is elated that Sampa and her counterparts are running with the genre he helped birth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The fire has been lit,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s up to the younger generation to put more firewood to it and let the flames burn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-f98b1ad2-0 gXmhTb\">More BBC stories on African music:<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 GunZh\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tears-flowers-and-silence-in-Bondi-and-Streetings-fury.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/0a19\/live\/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0a19\/live\/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1738025425_416_Why-Bill-Gates-is-being-dragged-into-a-row-over.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/0a19\/live\/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/0a19\/live\/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/0a19\/live\/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/0a19\/live\/7c722dc0-089d-11ef-b9d8-4f52aebe147d.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1738025425_416_Why-Bill-Gates-is-being-dragged-into-a-row-over.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images\/BBC A woman looking at her mobile phone and the graphic BBC News Africa\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">Getty Images\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#cool #vintage #Zambian #genre #enjoying #rebirth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now-Again Records WITCH was one of Zamrock&#8217;s most popular acts in the 1970s Artists and music fans from around the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45406,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45404\/revisions\/45406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}