OVER the years there has been a conversation about how the current Zambian music lacks identity as it has swayed away from Kalindula, a genre that many argue is the original Zambian sound. Zambian artistes are accused of always jumping on trending sounds from other countries, such as Kwaito, Rhumba, and recently Afrobeats and Amapiano. These sentiments are shared by legendary music figure Pontiano Kaiche, who strongly believes that Zambian artistes are too talented that they are the only artistes in the world who can make other people’s music. He however believes that not all hope is lost as there have been young fans who enjoy the kind of music that he used to make. Pontiano also revealed that among...
