Mumba Yachie is a Zambian folk musician born in Mokambo, border town with the DRC . He developed interest in music at a tender age while listening to his mother singing in a church choir and the father playing his various records of African musicians like Franco Luambo, reggae artist Peter Tosh among others .
Mumba Yachi got seriously involved with music after spending one day in the university auditorium and felt that it wasn’t his passion, he found it boring and left to answer his music call. He has never looked back since than.
In 2009 he released his first album dubbed “INSPIRE ME” featuring hit songs like: “YOU ARE MY LOVE”,” WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ME”, “TUTE”,”WE MWANA WANDI”
In 2010 he was nominated for Born and Bred Music award in the Best Foreign Rhythm and subsequently invited to perform at the NGOMA AWARDS, he gave an impressive and outstanding performance. In 2011 he played at Alliance Francaise along side Mutinta for Journee mondiale de la musique. He signed a record deal with Vatice Mushauko (Inzy production and design), this resulted in the production of his latest album called Mongu Rice. The album features 13 songs with so many influences in it.
The album Mongu Rice is on sale online via Itunes.
THE MUSIC
What have you done to me
Kantemya Ntemya
BY KAPA187
How can a sane person leave university to pursue music? If he was to succeed, he should have pursued both.
He’s a Kasai mwebo! Born in Mokambo!
” who would do the actual work”
nubian, my proposal kaili. ati shani? ine ndefwaya ukupa!!!!!!
@Zagaze. Convince me kabili. What’s your net worth? Do you have good credit? What is your BMI?
I love this guys music.He has a very unique style and voice.However i don`t approve of his decision to drop out of university especially in a country like Zambia.
kwena, mulampapusha. and then you wonder why the countries you live in are doing so much better than zambia. you still insist to think within the box as prescribed to you by some entities. mwana wandi iskulu is the key. there is a difference between education and knowledge. not everyone was meant to go through you university. it is diversity whic builds. imagine if all zambians had degrees in all sorts of field, but no artisan skills. who would the actual work of building, electrifying a home, driving the trucks?
@Kolwe…You have a very good point, but you have to look at the social and economic dynamics of a country like Zambia to understand why an average person shouldn`t mess up an opportunity to study at university like he did.Yes here in the western world my son can wake and tell me that he wants to be a musician or driver in preference for university and i can side with him.In Zambia one has to be a good musician to make ends meet.You have to meet some of the powerful musicians of yesteryear’s in Zambia to understand what i mean.I remember meeting Mpundu Mutale the guy who sang that beautiful song “africa my africa” ,he was one of the most recognized faces and used to perform at statehouse at Independence and Africa Freedom day.He ended up dying as a pauper.Thats Zambia for you.
@saulosi, i guess when you look at it that way, you are right also. But i think it is time that we stopped fearing with our careers by always playing it safe. Nations become great because its citizens can dream the impossible dream. in trying to achieve that dream, so many things can be learnt and developed. I admire the young man, mumba yachi, because he was unafraid to follow his passion of singing. America has become the greatest country on the planet because people can dream and become what they want. they dont always play it safe. To have lived is to have followed your passion, your true self, your soul. Mark 8:36,”For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?”
Kasai ubufi , which University?
With this piracy in Zambia on the rampant, you will live to regret the chance you had at university. Only ZNBC will buy your crap music. A few days ago i downloaded a new tune from Pilato – FREE!!! It’s now available on this site.
alale webo ba Mumba yachi, how can you abandon University for crap, bubble gum zedian music. you shud ve done a double like Ballade Zulu & Victor kachaka. The guys sung with brains and school as a fall. moreover, yo music is boring & elitist good for younger age. The moment you start hitting forty yo songs will no longer be appealing thats when you will remember the fall back. I totally agree with saulosi not pa zed.