Theresa Ng'ambi
I am an Afro-traditional musician from Lusaka, born 1983 in Tendere, Zambia nearby the border to Malawi. I am a singer, songwriter, folk acoustic guitarist, percussion player and storyteller. My artist name and signature is Kanjiba. The word Kanjiba comes from my native language Nsenga and means wild dove. My music is a reservoir of language and oral education.
Raised by a widowed mother and inspired by nature with influences from my grandmother's old folk songs I developed an interest in singing and dancing as a child. My grandfather, a retired miner, was a kalimba player. I lost my parents, my brother and my grandparents at an early age. Because of these tragic events, I decided to write a diary and express my experiences through music. I am a reservoir full of stories that demand acoustic implementation, always looking for new influences to create a new sound.
Written around a traditional Zambian story that Theresa Ng'ambi's grandmother told her when she was a girl, this is a song about the importance of conserving our resources & caring for our natural world so that there is enough for everyone: enough for this generation, and for generations to come. With additional lyrics in Urdu, by Zara Madani, based on a conservation-themed traditional saying from Pakistan.
Banthu Bamoo (We are One) is a melodic poetic piece depicting how we can achieve a better world by promoting balance. Black and white, male and female, hot and cold, and all opposite forms have a unique and equally significant role is keeping a healthy and better world. When we come together to celebrate our differences, we harness the strength of unity and achieve balance. The diverse tongues and styles used in the song perfectly depict harmony in diversity.
In these times of world conflict and wars, peace is the only message to preach. "We are Peace" brings voices from different cultures together to sound the alarm of unity and world peace.
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