{"id":158,"date":"2011-05-30T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2012-07-07T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T13:11:27","slug":"lazarus-tembo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/audio-photos-video\/zambia-historical-recordings\/lazarus-tembo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazarus Tembo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in eastern Zambia, blind, he rose to  become junior Minister of Culture, and arguably the country&#8217;s most  popular folk singer.  A Zambian folk music award was named after him. He  also supported the work of the Lusaka Nutrition Group, an organisation  which was a precursor to the work of Makeni Centre, before 1971. He once  sang at Carols By Candlelight, a fund-raising event for the LNG (before  1971) and later for MEC.<\/p>\n<p>The educational recording below was  distributed as a single on plastic (the original floppy disk!) with the  Dzithandizeni (&#8220;good health&#8221;) symbol in red on a white label, for the  National Food and Nutrition Commission of Zambia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lazarus-single3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-364\" title=\"Lazarus Tembo single label\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lazarus-single3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lazarus-single3-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lazarus-single3-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lazarus-single3.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/baby-feeding-song.mp3\">Baby feeding song<\/a> LYN 2433, 1971 (433K)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ulwimbo-mwana.mp3\">Ulwimbo mwana<\/a> LYN 2434, 1971 (693K)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5760707058912207\";\n\/* MEC music pages *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4238891420\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The lyrics talk about how to feed your baby well.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s  another one I&#8217;ve uncovered, one side of which is a version of Ulwimbo  Lwkaulisho Mwana in another local language.  The other side is another  charming little song about taking your baby to the clinic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Nyimbo-Ya-Podwetsa-Mwana.mp3\">Nyimbo Ya Podwetsa Mwana<\/a> LYN 2435, 1971 (688K)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clinic-Song-Lazarus-Tembo.mp3\">Clinic Song (Lazarus Tembo)<\/a> LYN 2436, 1971 (731K)<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Nyirenda has kindly provided us with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeni.org.uk\/LazarusLyrics.html\">translation of these Nyanja songs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Normal-P\">Clinic Song<\/h2>\n<p><em>Sister at the clinic weighs my baby on the scales<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When my baby sits on the scale, Sister can tell whether it&#8217;s growing strong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Sister at the clinic does three things to my child<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I take my baby every month to the clinic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Sister at the clinic gives my baby medicine in the arm<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When my baby takes this medicine it will grow very strong<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sister at the clinic teaches me food to give to my child<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When my baby takes this food it will grow very strong<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One day I will grow old, I will have a very strong baby<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I will be happy because this baby will take care of  its old mother<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Baby Feeding Song<\/h2>\n<p><em>My baby&#8217;s growing strong, he&#8217;s growing very strong<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And it&#8217;s because I feed it well<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I add strong food to its porridge for seven days:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On Monday I give my baby a spoonful of powdered milk&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> On Tuesday I give my baby some groundnuts&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> On Wednesday I give my baby a spoonful of mashed beans&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> On Thursday I give my baby a spoonful of powdered kapenta<\/em><br \/>\n<em> On Friday I give my baby some boiled fish<\/em><br \/>\n<em> On Saturday I give my baby some cooked meat<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Sunday I give him a boiled egg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All these nutritious foods when mixed to his porridge will make him grow very strong; and this is why this is my song&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My baby&#8217;s growing strong&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in eastern Zambia, blind, he rose to become junior Minister of Culture, and arguably the country&#8217;s most popular folk singer. A Zambian folk music award was named after him. He also supported the work of the Lusaka Nutrition Group, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/audio-photos-video\/zambia-historical-recordings\/lazarus-tembo\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/362"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}