{"id":53391,"date":"2017-09-13T07:54:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T05:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=53391"},"modified":"2017-09-13T07:54:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T05:54:39","slug":"ndikayima-pa-phiri-la-mulanje-star-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/09\/13\/ndikayima-pa-phiri-la-mulanje-star-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ndikayima pa Phiri la Mulanje\u2019 star dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

V<\/strong>eteran musician Dymon Kuzala, who was known as the \u2018Giant of Mulanje\u2019, is dead.<\/p>\n

For the young generation, Kuzala\u2019s name might not sound familiar but for those who follow music in the country, he is the name behind songs such as \u2018Ndikayima Pa Phiri La Mulanje\u2019 and \u2018Nanchunjule\u2019.<\/p>\n

The last time The Daily Times <\/em>covered the story of Kuzala was during the burial ceremony of T-man where he also performed.<\/p>\n

Kuzala died in the early hours of Tuesday at Mulanje Mission Hospital due to high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

Promoter Chiyembekezo Chidziwe, who worked with him for some time, confirmed Kuzala\u2019s death Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes it\u2019s true the \u2018Giant of Mulanje\u2019 is dead. He died at around 5 o\u2019clock this [Tuesday]. He was a great artist and his death is a big blow to the music industry,\u201d Chidziwe said.<\/p>\n

He said Kuzala came from Phalombe but moved to Mulanje where he spent much of his time.<\/p>\n

According to Chidziwe, Kuzala will be laid to rest today at Gulumba Village, Traditional Authority Chikumbu in Mulanje.<\/p>\n

Chidziwe said Kuzala was born in 1944.<\/p>\n

His death comes barely a week after the country also lost another veteran artist Bernard Kwilimbe.<\/p>\n

Kuzala is survived by a wife and six children as well as 16 grand-children.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a special needs teacher by profession. But he also concentrated more on music and taught great musicians such as the late Allan Namoko and Michael Yekha,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he did a lot in Mulanje, including teaching music to the youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany artists in Mulanje have drunk from his well and he was still teaching more youths, so it\u2019s a blow. He was nicknamed the \u2018Giant of Mulanje\u2019 because of his music exploits,\u201d Chidziwe said.<\/p>\n

He said Kuzala also had stints in Chikwawa and Nsanje where he also taught music.<\/p>\n

He used to perform with another veteran musician Luciano Mulimwa, famed for the song \u2018Abambo Ake Boyi\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople used to love his music because it was purely local,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chidziwe also managed to train a group known as Ngwezu, which was famous around the Lujeri area.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, as a promoter, I thought it wise to work with him because he was very talented. There is an album he recorded alongside Luciano Mulimwa but it did not go on the market due to funding problems,\u201d Chidziwe said.<\/p>\n

Kuzala also used to play different instruments, the favourite one being the accordion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe accordion is not a popular instrument these days but if you go outside the country you will see it is still on top. So, his idea mostly was to teach young ones how to play this instrument,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Musicians Union of Malawi (Mum) President, Reverend Chimwemwe Mhango, said Tuesday Kuzala\u2019s death is a blow to the creative industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still mourning Bernard Kwilimbe and to lose another veteran is sad. These are veteran artists whose music inspired a lot of musicians. Their music was mature and had quality. And our idea as Mum was to utilise these legends in our trainings,\u201d Mhango said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran musician Dymon Kuzala, who was known as the \u2018Giant of Mulanje\u2019, is dead. For the young generation, Kuzala\u2019s name might not sound familiar but for those who follow music in the country, he is the name behind songs such as \u2018Ndikayima Pa Phiri La Mulanje\u2019 and \u2018Nanchunjule\u2019. The last time The Daily Times covered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53395,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53391\/revisions\/53395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}