W.I.T.C.H. 

In recent years, we’ve witnessed the incredible renaissance of W.I.T.C.H., a pioneer of Zamrock, boosted by recent reissues of their early albums on prominent indie labels like Now Again and Partisan.

​

While they forged their legend in the 70s, we won’t delve into the legend of these veterans of Zambian rock known as W.I.T.C.H. (witch in French), an acronym for We Intend to Cause Havoc. Today, the two survivors of the group, Jagari Chanda and Patrick Mwondela, have resurrected the band accompanied by young European musicians fascinated by those already dubbed “the Beatles of Zambia”.

​

Born in the 1970s from the fusion of African rhythms and Western rock filtering through radio waves, Zambian rock quickly gained ground in Zambia, and for us, their best representative remains W.I.T.C.H.

​

According to their own words: “We were influenced by artists like James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and Grand Funk Railroad,” explains Emmanuel Chanda, whose nickname, Jagari, is a reference to his childhood hero, Mick Jagger.