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Kantu (Artist)
Kantu Habanji Siachingili(born 5 April 1990 ), known professionally as Kantu, which is also written as Kan 2, is a Zambian singer and songwriter, and an ambassador to the Triple V Campaign. She first came onto the Zambian music scene when she featured on Slapdee's track titled "Remember". Her first single "Mungeli" was released in May 2014. She was nominated twice at the 2015 Mosi Zambia Music Awards event, for Best Collaboration and Best New Artist and won the Best Female Artist award 2016 at the Zambian Music Awards. Life and career Early life Kantu Habanji Siachingili was born in Choma and is the fifth born daughter in a family of six. Kan 2 did her primary education at Adastra Primary School in Choma and secondary education at Hillcrest Technical High School in Livingstone where she studied with fellow singers Judy Yo and Wacheda. She did her tertiary education at the University of Zambia in 2009 where she studied for 4 years and has a bachelor's degree in Art with E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Yo
Judy is a short form of the name Judith. Judy may refer to: Places * Judy, Kentucky, village in Montgomery County, United States * Judy Woods, woodlands in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Animals * Judy (dog) (1936–1950), Royal Navy Second World War ship's dog awarded the Dickin Medal *Judy of Punch and Judy (dogs) (fl. 1946), British dog awarded the Dickin Medal * Judy the Beauty (foaled 2009), Canadian-American racehorse People and fictional characters * Judy (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Judy (surname) Music * ''Judy'' (Judy Garland album) (1956) * ''Judy'' (Judy Rodman album) (1986) * "Judy" (Elvis Presley song) (1961) * "Judy" (The Pipettes song) (2005) * "Judy" (Thomas Anders song) (1980) * "Judy", a song from the album '' Lost & Found (1961–62)'' by The Beach Boys * "Judy", a song from the album '' On the Double'' by Golden Earring * "Judy", a song from Tony Bennett's album '' When Lights Are Low'' by Hoagy Carmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Zambian Women Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Zambia National Arts Council
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the region into the British protectorates of Barotseland-North-Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandy Norwood
Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. She is known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layering, and intricate riffs, which has earned her the title of " the Vocal Bible". As of August 2020, she has sold over 40 million records worldwide, with approximately 8.62 million albums sold in the United States alone. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award and an American Music Award. Born in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Norwood ventured into acting with the UPN sitcom ''Moesha'' (1996–2001), which won her an NAACP Image Award, and resulted in numerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Zambia
The University of Zambia (UNZA) is a public university located in Lusaka, Zambia. It is Zambia's largest and oldest learning institution. The university was established in 1965 and officially opened to the public on 12 July 1966. The language of instruction is English. History The beginnings of UNZA can be traced back to before the Second World War when the idea to establish a University in Northern Rhodesia was conceived. However, plans were halted when the war broke out and only revived after. The colonial government instituted plans to set up a Central African University College, for Africa, due to the development of higher education institutions in most parts of Africa. The Central Africa council (CAC) appointed a committee to investigate requirements for a college for higher education and, it subsequently recommended that a college for higher education be established. A subsequent investigation into the need for higher education for Africans in Central Africa was conducted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacheda
Chimwemwe Chihana, also known by her married name Chimwemwe Chihana Mtawali, is a Zambian photographer known as Qcheda. She is also a Digital Media Specialist, and has written and performed Afro-pop, reggae and dancehall songs under her stage name Wacheda. Early and personal life The youngest of five children, Chihana-Mtawali was born on 13 May 1991 to Dudwa Wellington Chihana and Irene Ngwengwe-Chihana in Lusaka, Zambia at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). Her parents lived in Kabwe but, shortly after her first birthday, Wacheda's father died. She then moved with her mother to Livingstone in Southern Zambia where she lived her formative years. She is married to entrepreneur Masuzgo William Mtawali. They have a five-year-old daughter. Career and education Chihana-Mtawali completed her secondary school education at Hillcrest Technical High School in 2008 where she went to school with fellow songbirds Kantu and Judy Yo and then relocated to Lusaka to study accounting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livingstone, Zambia
Livingstone is a city in Zambia. Until 1935, it served as the capital city of Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia). Lying 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north of the Zambezi River, it is a tourism attraction center for the Victoria Falls and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Victoria Falls. A historic British colonial city, its present population was enumerated at 134,349 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It is named after David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer and missionary who was the first European to explore the area. Pre-colonial History Mukuni, to the south-east of present-day Livingstone, was the largest village in the area before Livingstone was founded. Its Baleya inhabitants, originally from the Rozwi culture in Zimbabwe, were conquered by Chief Mukuni who came from the Congo in the 16th century. Another group of Baleya under Chief Sekute lived near the river west of the town. The predominant people in the area, though, wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slap Dee
Slap or slapping may refer to: * Slapping (strike), a method of striking with the palm of the hand * Slapping (music), a musical technique used with stringed instruments * Slap tonguing, a musical technique used on wind instruments * ''Slap'' (magazine), American skateboard magazine 1992–2008 * Slap (professional wrestling), an attack in professional wrestling * Slap, Tržič, a municipality in Slovenia * ''Slap!'', a 1990 album by English band Chumbawamba * "Slap" (song), a 2006 song by American musician Ludacris * Saboted light armor penetrator, a family of ammunition designed to penetrate armor more efficiently than standard armor-piercing ammunition * SLAP tear, a tear of the superior glenoid labrum from anterior to posterior * Secret large-scale atmospheric program, a set of conspiracy theories * Slap tagging or sticker art * Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation, a reference material for stable isotope analysis See also * The Slap (other) * Strategic lawsuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillcrest Technical High School
Hillcrest National STEM Secondary School (formerly known as Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School) is a Government High School running from Grade Eight (8) to Grade Twelve (12). The school is located in Livingstone, Zambia, and was established in 1956. It is one of the biggest schools in the country selecting students from all provinces in Zambia. The school offers both O Level and A Level education and is a boys school, formerly co-education but reverted to single sex in 2021. Notable alumni *Chimwemwe Chihana-Mtawali, a singer-songwriter *Kan 2 Kantu Habanji Siachingili(born 5 April 1990 ), known professionally as Kantu, which is also written as Kan 2, is a Zambian singer and songwriter, and an ambassador to the Triple V Campaign. She first came onto the Zambian music scene when she fe ..., a singer-songwriter * Nevers Mumba, Former Vice President of the Republic of Zambia. References Schools in Livingstone Secondary schools in Zambia Educational institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choma, Zambia
Choma is a town that serves as the capital of the Southern Province of Zambia. It is also the capital of Choma District, one of the 15 administrative districts in the province. Location Choma lies on the Lusaka–Livingstone Road, approximately south-west of Lusaka, the national capital and largest city in Zambia. This is approximately , by road, northeast of Livingstone, the largest city in Zambia's Southern Province. The geographical coordinates of Choma are:16°46'16.0"S, 26°59'32.0"E (Latitude:-16.771111; Longitude:26.992222). Choma sits at an average elevation of above mean sea level. Population In 1990, the population of Choma was 30,143. In 2000, there were 40,405 people. The 2010 population census and household survey enumerated the population of the town at 51,842 inhabitants. The table below illustrates the same data. Overview Choma Town is home to a museum dedicated to the cultural heritage of the Tonga people of southern Zambia. The ''Nkanga River Conservatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
