TAKE music out of my life and I’m gone; I can’t live without it and I’m unapologetic about that, says folk musician Mumba Yachi. Mumba Yachi has also reflected on his 2017 deportation, saying he never thought he was Congolese until his deportation by the Immigration Department, which made him embrace his roots and realise that his life has always been a mix of Zambia and Congo. Speaking on Pacman’s Late Night Show, Mumba revealed that he was born in Mokambo, near the Zambia-DR Congo border and later moved to Lusaka after completing Grade 12 to pursue a music career. “Mumba is one of my names. Shadrick is [also] my name, so Chitenta Yamfwa. Yamfwa and Chitenta, when you put...




