By Draxon Maloya A Malawian based in Dublin, Ireland, Henry Mkumbira has emerged winner of this year’s Vomi Chess Championship. From the word go, Mkumbira showed no remorse when he smartly conquered all his opponents including another vocal Malawian also based in Dublin, Alinafe Malinda. An equally determined Ireland national, Kap Kazad was likely to…
By Thomson Kanyinji Mzuzu City based underground Rapper Morden Kho real name (Mordecai Nkhonjera) is set to release an EP Early October this year. According to the artist, the EP contains eight songs in which he has corraborated with famous music icons such as Dare Devil’s and he is planning to feature Young Kay in…
Man of the moment Malawi’s Patience Namadingo Mapulani song has become the first ever Malawian video and song to hit 1 million views on YouTube, making it the most ever watched Malawian piece worldwide. Writing on his Facebook wall Namadingo acknowledged this phenomenon; Mapulani by Namadingo has become the 1st Malawian music video and not…
Barely a few months before Zambia’s Presidential election, the Lungu Administration has launched an investigation into main opposition’s Hakainde Hichilema privatisation dealings that saw him become a millionaire overnight some years back. However, HH writing on his Facebook wall has bemoaned this as an act of silencing opposition and warned the government of an imminent…
Vomi Entertainment Desk Efforts to assist musician William Kachikamba raise funds to travel abroad for medical assistance have paid dividends following the overwhelming support the fundraiser Patience Namadinga got on Tuesday afternoon. Namadingo has managed to raise over K3 million, meant for Kachikamba who was diagnosed with cancer. The musician needs K3 million to travel…
Mafikizolo singer, Theo Kgosinkwe has finally walked down the aisle with his model heartthrob, Vourne Williams. The 47-year-old singer had proposed to Vourne on her 26th birthday in July 2019. He serenaded her with a guitar before getting down on one knee at the end of the song to ask her to marry him. Theo and Vourne got married in…
55 year-old former R&B sensation R.Kelly’s supporters have demanded his immediate release from prison, a year after the star was locked for a myriad of sex offences. A group of demonstrators took to the streets in Chicago, in the State of Illinois, protesting for troubled singer and songwriter Robert Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan Correctional…
Talented Malawian circular musician, Mask is set to release his new music album. Maskal whose real name is Masiye Kasalu says he has been absent on the music scene for a while due to other commitments. “Indeed I have not done enough as far as music is concerned but once things normalize I am assuring…
MEET: Lovemore Mponda OCCUPATION: Visual Artist PRODUCER: Kondwani Nyamasauka HISTORY Lovemore Mponda is a visual artist based in Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre. He specialises in graphite/charcoal portraits. He is the first-born of the three sons of Mr and Mrs Mponda born on 27th October in 1992 at Thyolo district hospital, southern Malawi. He’s as…
MY BIOGRAPHY Giddes Chalamanda was born on 15 January 1931, and almost 90 years old…. he goes in history as the oldest musician in Malawi. Geddes Chalamanda was born in Madzuwa village T/A Mpama in Chiradzulu. Giddes Chalamanda’s musical career started in mid 1940s when he started teaching himself playing gallon guitars. By the time…
