- Chilu Lemba
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Chilu Lemba 
Chilu Lemba at Ten 27 StudiosBorn Chilungu Lemba
August 27, 1975
Lusaka, ZambiaOccupation Radio Presenter, Voiceover Artist, Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer Years active 1994–present Spouse Caroline Madekurozwa Lemba Children Talitha Lemba, Liseli Lemba Website Official site Chilu Lemba' (born August 27, 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia) is a radio and television presenter, voice over artist and musician. Lemba shot to fame in his home country in 1996 as a radio presenter on the country's first privately owned radio station, Radio Phoenix. He has been MC at the Miss Zambia Pageant each year it has been held since 1997 (save 2005), and is a graduate of the - AAA School of Advertising in Johannesburg, South Africa. While in college, Lemba was a co-founder of popular African Urban Online magazine - BHmagazine.com
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Music
During his teenage years, Lemba developed a passion for writing music. A recipient of the - Chengelo Secondary School Music Award in 1992, he has been involved in numerous musical projects over the past fifteen years. Lemba is famed for writing and recording Afro Hip hop hits "Zambia Moto" and "Shibuka", featuring Alan Mvula and Kora Award nominee - Joe Chibangu respectively. Lemba's debut solo CD, Sound Legacy, which spurned a number of radio hits in his home country was released under Ten Twenty Seven Communications, a company he co-owns with his wife. Although Sound Legacy is Chilu's debut album, he previously - as a member of The Man X Crew - released a cassette single titled "Keep Moving". It was recorded at the Lemba family farm in Lusaka in 1994. Copies were printed and sold mostly to friends and relatives. In many interviews since, he credits his musical sound to encouragement he received from Beats International and particularly, Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) during a Rap workshop that the group held on their African tour in the early nineties. They encouraged delegates to express African originality and be less American sounding.
Television, Voice Overs and Radio
Chilu was until early in 2006 a freelance presenter on 94.7 Highveld Stereo. His voice is heard on many television and radio spots across Africa, probably most notably in the recent past, on the Coca Cola Popstars television series on which he was the voice narrator for three seasons. His voice also featured on inserts in FIFA's live broadcast of the 2010 Fifa World Cup round robbin draw seen across the world in 2008 as well as the narration for the animated introductory "Zakumi" video, chronicling the rise of Zakumi - the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa mascot.
He was the co-anchor of the lifestyle magazine television show Africa Within, which he hosted alongside Claire Mawisa during seasons 5 and 6 and with Sandy Ngema in Season 4. It was broadcast on SABC Africa on the DSTV Satellite Bouquet. Currently, re-runs of the show are aired on SABC 2. In 2007 he presented a weekly television show called Sports Stake featuring various South African sporting personalities as guests.
The Annual Lusaka Radio Summit
In 2009, Chilu founded an annual radio conference at which media practitioners share their experiences. The inaugural Lusaka Radio Summit took place in October at The Martin Luther King Center also known as the American Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Speakers included popular South African media personality Phat Joe, Kaya FM South Africa's Production Manager Maekanya "Mak" Morotoba, Rhythm 100 Internet Radio owner Kaunda Chama, Zambian radio personality Emanuel Nyoni Jr. aka Fresh, Chanda Mfula of the Media Institute of Southern Africa Zambia Chapter and Chilu. About thirty delegates attended. The 2010 event had double the number of delegates with just under 60. It was held at Alliance Francaise in Lusaka's Longacres neighborhood. Speakers included South African media personality Claire Mawisa, renowned speaker and strategist Musa Kalenga, music programming specialist Xylon van Eyck, Digital Media consultant Simunza Muyangana of Digital Ice as well as Maekanya and Chilu from the previous years line up. The Lusaka Radio Summit is organised by Ten 27 Communications.
Private life
He is married to Carol. They have two daughters; Talitha Lutanda Lemba born in March 2006 and Liseli Lemba born in June 2008.
Discography
- Shibuka (The Rhythm Nation Project) (2000) released by Mondo Music Corporation
- Sound Legacy (2006) released by Ten Twenty Seven Productions
External links
Categories:- People from Lusaka
- 1975 births
- Living people
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