Shalawambe

Shalawambe are a Zambian Kalindula band formed in 1985 consisting of core members Dolenzy Kabwe (guitar, vocals), Claudie Kabwe (bass), Julius Chanda Kabwe (drums) and Ricky Chota (lead guitar, second vocals). Three of the band members are brothers and one cousin. The brothers make their living as farmers when not recording or performing.

Links To Peel
Peel seemed to have discovered the band in 1987 and invited the group for his session a year later, which they performed for. According to Margrave Of The Marshes, Peel sang some of the lyrics of the band's Samora Machel track when he was trying to impress the border guards when crossing from Zimbabwe to Zambia with his wife Sheila in 1988 to see the other side of the Victoria Falls. At the end of the year listeners of his show voted for Shalawambe's session track Samora Machel at number 37 in the 1988 Festive Fifty.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Samora Machel #37

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1988-08-23. Broadcast: 12 September 1988. Repeated: 21 December 1988
 * Mulemena / Samora Machel / Mulamu

Other Shows Played
1987 1988
 * 14 October 1987: unknown
 * 13 April 1988: Mulemena (12" - Mulemena / Samora Machel) Kariba


 * 19 September 1988: Mulemena (12" b-side 'Samora Michel')

1989
 * 21 September 1988: Kamusisi (Part 1) (v/a LP - Shani! The Sounds Of Zambia) WOMAD FF #37
 * 02 January 1989: Kambowa (LP - Zambiance) Globe Style
 * 17 October 1989: Abantu Balafwa (album - Samora Machel) Mondeka
 * 31 October 1989: Kambelenkete (LP - Samora Machel) Mondeca
 * 22 November 1989: Ifilamba (LP - Samora Machel) Mondeca

1990 1991 1992
 * 25 November 1989 (BFBS) / Peel 123 (BFBS): 'Samora Machel (LP-Samora Machel)' (Mondeca)
 * 18 December 1989: Twasanswar (album - Samora Machel) Mondeka
 * 15 January 1990: Samora Machel (album - Samora Machel) Mondeca
 * 23 June 1991: Samora Michel (12" - Mulemena / Samora Machel) Kariba
 * 08 May 1992: Kambowa (Comp. LP - Zambiance) Globe Style

1993 1994 1995
 * 17 May 1992 (BFBS): Kambowa (Comp. LP - Zambiance) (Globe Style)
 * 28 February 1993 (BFBS): Zaswanswa(Unknown) Unknown
 * 29 October 1994: ‘Chingolongolo (LP – Zambia)’ Mondeca
 * 06 January 1995: 'Chingolongolo (Compilation LP-Zambia! An Introduction To Shalawambe, Amayenge And More )' (Mondeca)

1997 2003
 * 14 January 1995 (BFBS): 'Chingolongolo (LP-Shalawambe)' (Kariba)
 * 10 July 1997: 'Samora Machel' (12" single) Cariba
 * 17 April 2003 (Radio Eins): Samora Machel (album - Samora Machel)