Kambisa!BeHeard.

Kambisa! on air.

Every tuesday afternoon UNZA 91.5 FM broadcasts a Kambisa!-radioprogramme. The show invites anybody to call in or send a SMS using the phonenumbers announced at the beginning of each show. Emails addressing the Kambisa!-show can be send to klaartjejaspers@gmail.com and have to be in the preceding monday by 15 hrs. The show will be inviting guests like authors and experts, but most of all... yourselves. If available, a Zambian song relating to the theme of that week is played and discussed.

Like the magazine, Kambisa!OnAir is allways waiting for your contributions....

Kambisa!OnAir started on tuesday 18.05.04 with a show that introduced the Kambisa!BeHeard.-concept and kicked off for the upcoming themes. The show was presented by Bellah Zulu, featured Klaartje Jaspers as guest and was livelied up by Danny's song on gays and Red Linson's hit on prostitution. Since then we have been dealing with different themes, guests and DJs, like:

> UNZA's Bellah Zulu presented a Kambisa!-show dealing with the lives of the kids in the streets, following Kambisa!'s third volume of the magazine: 'Streetkicks'. In the studio we had Chisanga and Chileshe, who explained how they had ended up in the streets, how they survived and how they looked at people dealing with them. The musical part of the show was provided by Desh who explained the backgrounds of his song Nokowamubiyo ('mother of my friend') and his views on people hypocritical enough to preach peace and respect in church but treat others, like the kids, like dirt the same time.

> on the 8th of June, Kambisa! - presented by Desmond Mumba, popularly known as DJ "Desmix" from Club Phoenix - dealth with the issue of skin bleaching, introduced in Kambisa!Nr.1. Mathew Tembo elaborated on his previous quote 'skin bleaching is a result of low self esteem', put the theme in a medical and historical context and played some of his music.

> Kambisa! failed to get a childworker into the studio, but found a mother of three willing to talk about her views and life selling sweets with her 10-year old daughter instead. UNICEFs Annie Kamwendo explained the difference between childlabour and childwork and explained how UNICEF attempted to protect the children. Simon, member of the a-capella formation Three Handsome Brothers introduced in Kambisa!Nr.1, introduced his song Mkaziuanga - urging women to be faithfull and obedient to their men. The show was presented by UNZA's Mabvuto Phiri.

> Desmond presented a show on prostitution, interviewing Mrs. Banda, a former prostitute, and two employees of Tashinta, a local NGO aiming to help sexual workers and their children, for whom she currently works as a peer-educator. Mrs. Banda told Kambisa! how she got engaged in prostitution and how she looked at her former colleagues. A more eleborate interview with her can be found in the (at that time upcoming) 4th issue of Kambisa!-magazine.

> Early 2005 we had a show on abstainance, presenting a student who thought it is useful to have sex before marriage as long as you do it in style, responsibly and selective, and somebody from Youth Alive, who thought it better to wait until after sharing the vows.

> In May 2005, Lennon made his debut as Kambisa!-DJ with a show on beer drinking. He was joined in the studio by MacCrowd, a barber and grade 12-pupil who rather spend his parents money on drinking than on girls, feeling beer helped him face poverty. Then there was Peacemaker, who just quit the bottle in attempt to face the consequences and take control over his life. The show was livilied up by a song of Peacemaker praising the freedom fighters in advance of Africa Freedom Day.

> Lennon continued making fame with a show questioning whether sex in a pre-marital relationship was neccessary, his guests debated the pro's and contra's and introduced some alternatives. Charles tought it necessary in order to feel safe the partner wouldn't run off, his friend Kawanga insisted is was better to wait. Overwhelmed by incoming phone-calls and sms-es, the show was continued in the following week.

> continueing on the sex-related subjects, Kambisa! invited Mrs Iress Phiri, a lady initiating girls into womanhood, and Mrs Florence, who reviewed initiation from a biblical point. Debating on the role of church and traditional cultures, they aired their view on what girls should be taught, what they should wear and why they didn't listen....

> how is American hip-hop, more especially its rude lyrics honouring guns and dishonouring women, affecting Zambian youth? DJ Lenn dedicated two shows to this sensitive topic, introducing guests from the audience as well as some wellknown and upcoming Zambian artists

hear for yourself!

Please check out the shows each tuesday between 15 and 16 hrs at UNZA at 91.5 FM
And if you want to know more... get in touch!

The Kambisa!-radioshow is produced by Klaartje Jaspers and the staff of UNZA 91.5 FM. But you are the ones making decisions on future steps, on which stories should be in or out, on the themes.... If you want to get involved, please don't hesitate and contact Kambisa!BeHeard. via klaartjejaspers@gmail.com, p.o.box 37657 in Lusaka, Zambia or +260 (0) 97 845019