Emment Kapengwe was one of Zambia’s leading footballers in the ’60s
Kapengwe was born in Broken Hill in 1943
He lost his father at an early age but his mother got married again to Mr. Njalili Kapengwe whose surname young Emment adopted
Emment first went to the Catholic School in Broken Hill from 1949 to 1951 and when his father joined the mines on the Copperbelt
Emment and his family moved to Kitwe where he got interested in football and like many of Zambia’s soccer stars
He learnt the game the hard way
Due to lack of facilities, Kapengwe and his friends used to play on a bare ground at Bwafwano community centre in Kamitondo Township with tennis balls and home-made footballs
In 1956, his father was transferred to Bancroft (Chililabombwe) and so began Kapengwe’s induction in organised sport
Kapengwe hit the soccer limelight in 1963 when his club picked him to play against a visiting Southern Rhodesian side Magula FC
Kapengwe died on 17 September 1988 in Lusaka after suffering from a stroke.