By JOWIT SALUSEKI – THE Caine Prize Literary Award is often referred to as the ‘Booker’ equivalent for African writing. This year this prestigious award has been scooped by Zambia’s Namwali Serpell. Namwali was announced...

By HARBGUY MWAMBAZI – IF a show’s success is gauged by the number of people who attend it, then Curtis Young’s charitable concert at Lusaka’s Smugglers Inn last week on Friday evening was a flop!...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – A NINTEEN-YEAR-OLD female upcoming musician based in Livingstone, Ruth Mlalazi, has released her first album on the market. Ruth, whose music stage name is Twaila Rayson, has already released her music...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – THE battle for brains with beauty headlines this evening’s event with over 10 university and college students taking on each other; eyeing to be crowned Miss Intellect 2015. Lusaka’s City Lodge,...

“I FEEL like the world is anybody’s oyster. If you want something, go out and get it, pray, put your mind to it. There is power in the mind. “You know, if you wake up...

OUR point of departure for this week’s column is a slender volume of verse called ‘A Decade in Poetry’ produced and edited by Frank Chipasula and published in 1991, courtesy of Kenneth Kaunda Foundation. It...

IT was pleasant to notice that after a long spell, Nkana-Kitwe Arts Society (NKAS) resurfaced a fortnight ago with a play, a serious comedy ‘Husband for Breakfast’ which largely not only needed moral support, but...

I KNOW that many in the television broadcasting industry are at a glance at today’s edition of the TV review curious of the content. Although today I meant not to critique anyone or institution, on...

IT’s not for this column to compare Zambia’s current leading radio soccer commentators; ZNBC’s Leonard Chibasa Mwila and Amos Lombe from Radio Icengelo. Coincidentally, both commentators are based in Kitwe on the Copperbelt, each one...

By JOWIT SALUSEKI LUSAKA’S Hotel Inter-Continental last weekend threw an extravaganza night of music and fashion with performances by Muso Meyers, as patrons celebrated the two industries. Backed by a live band the young, gifted...