Inside Chakolwa Wa Nzeru: How Vinchenzo M’bale Built a Modern Cultural Movement

Thu Sep 10 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Vincent Daka, professionally known as Vinchenzo M’bale, is a prominent Zambian recording artist born on October 11, 1996. Raised across the Eastern Province and the industrial hub of Kitwe on the Copperbelt, he built a dual-regional perspective that deeply connects to his Chewa heritage. Despite being the son of a Reverend in the Reformed Church in Zambia, Daka adapted his early ecclesiastical choral arrangement training into secular music, using traditional call-and-response structures to address contemporary social conditions. Continue reading →