10 things you didn’t know about Alick Nkhata

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Alick was born in 1922 in the Kasama District to a Tonga father and Bemba mother whose characteristics were later reflected in his art
Was a popular Zambian musician and broadcaster in the 1950s
He broadcasted in the 1950s through to the mid-1970s
Alick Nkhata was a director at Zambian Broadcasting Service
He formed the Lusaka Radio Band
The band was later called the Big Gold Six Band
His band promoted Zambian music
Alick’s Band used to translate original rural recordings into Westernized scored music
Nkhata road, on which Zambia National Broadcasting Cooperation (ZNBC) mass media complex is located is named after Nkhata
He also contributed to Zimbabwean Music Significant

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