Peter Tsotsi Juma

Peter Tsotsi Juma (1932 – 2000), born

Peter Juma was a Zambian folk teller,
social commentator and musician. He
rose to fame with the popular song Muka
Muchona. Hespent most of his active
years both in Zambia and East Africa. He
migrated to Tanzania in 1940s and then
moved to Kenya where he married and
lived. His music is classified as Zam-
Rhumba.[1][2][3][4]
 Peter Tsotsi Juma
Birth name Peter Juma

Born 1932
Mbala District,
Zambia

Died 2000

Occupation(s) Singer

Years active 1940s – 1980s

Associated acts Nashil Pichen

Kazembe, African
Eagles Lupopo Band,
Benson Simbeye

He is well known for the hits "Bashi

Chanda (Njebeniko Njishibe Ichishinka)",
"Tyson" and "Muka Muchona" which were
recorded upon his return to Zambia from
Kenya.[1]

He lived in Kenya for a long time and

established it as his home. He was
married to a Kenyan woman named
Margaret Njiru, with whom he had five
children, three girls and two boys. In 1962,
he met fellow Zambian Nashil Pichen
Kazembe Kazembe and did a number of
songs together.

Peter Tsotsi Juma and Nashil Pichen

played a critical role in the development of
the Equator Sound Band's "twist" style,
modeled after the South African kwela
rhythm (see Before Benga Vol. Two: The
Nairobi Sound, Original Music).[5]

Discography

Selected singles …

"Umaume Tachepa"
"Congratulations KK"
"Bush Baby"
"Twist"
"Tamaa Mbaya"
"Nkumbuka Adija"
"Mulofa Moja (Poor Fellow)"
 "Emi Nitakufa Nae"
"Kajo Golo Weka"

- "Muka muchona"

See also
Music of Zambia

References
1. "Times of Zambia - Peter Tsotsi Juma:
Legacy lives on" . Times.co.zm.
Retrieved 4 August 2018.
2. "Zambia: Peter 'Tsotsi' Juma - All-Time
Zam-Rumba Maestro" . AllAfrica.com.
 27 April 2013. Retrieved 4 August
2018.
3. "Zambia: Peter Tsotsi Juma - Legacy
Lives On" . AllAfrica.com. 7 April 2014.
Retrieved 4 August 2018.
4. "Peter Tsotsi Juma, The Eagles
Lupopo - Kajo Golo Weka, by Various
Artists" . Soundway Records.
Retrieved 4 August 2018.
5. "Kenya : Music" . Afromix.org.
Retrieved 4 August 2018.

External links
Peter Tsotsi Juma at Allmusic.com
Peter Tsotsi Juma at Discogs.com
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