IN 2019, Zambia’s music industry lost an upcoming yet influential artiste David Phiri, popularly known as Daev Zambia. His demise shocked the music industry and nation at large. So many questions were asked, social media was flooded with news of his passing; conspiracy theories and blame games were also rampant. It was messy. But perhaps the biggest issue which emerged were questions about the financial sustainability of Zambia’s entertainment industry. Artistes are now making deliberate efforts to secure their future by signing up for insurance schemes as well as venturing into other revenue generating activities away from the entertainment industry. As they do this, they don’t want to leave Daev’s family behind so they have now come together to raise...