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===Lunda Lunda album===
===Lunda Lunda album===
His 2001 album ''Lunda Lunda'' won him several awards including Best Traditional National Award at the AZAMI Awards and a nomination at the Kora All Africa Music Awards. The title-track of the album talks about the Luba-Lunda migration with Ras Willie saying music was inspired by the mystics of [[Mwata Kazembe]] and the [[Mutomboko]] dance.
His 2001 album ''Lunda Lunda'' won him several awards including Best Traditional National Award at the AZAMI Awards and a nomination at the Kora All Africa Music Awards. The title-track of the album talks about the Luba-Lunda migration with Ras Willie saying music was inspired by the mystics of [[Mwata Kazembe]] and the [[Mutomboko]] dance.
===Songs of Joy album===
In 1993, Willie released his first album ''Songs of Joy'' and was was distributed the world over by Teal Records. The album hit number one in Japan on the African music charts.


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 14:11, 9 February 2018

Ras Willie
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Background information
Birth nameWilliam Wamudambo Mbewe
Born1970
Died2014
Lusaka, Zambia

Ras Willie (born William Wamudambo Mbewe) was a Zambian singer, composer, writer, percussionist and music engineer.

Early life and career

Ras Willie was born in 1970 in Kabwe.

Lunda Lunda album

His 2001 album Lunda Lunda won him several awards including Best Traditional National Award at the AZAMI Awards and a nomination at the Kora All Africa Music Awards. The title-track of the album talks about the Luba-Lunda migration with Ras Willie saying music was inspired by the mystics of Mwata Kazembe and the Mutomboko dance.

Songs of Joy album

In 1993, Willie released his first album Songs of Joy and was was distributed the world over by Teal Records. The album hit number one in Japan on the African music charts.

Discography

  • Luba Lunda — 2001
  • Songs of Joy — 1993

Death

A week before his death, he asked for friends to remember to pray for his mother who he said was not feeling well. Within that same week, he expressed sadness at the passing on of former National Soccer Team striker Dennis Lota. His death came shortly after he released his third album, Ras Willie and the Kings Rhythms Original Sounds of Zambia in Jazz.[1]

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