Musician Keturah has collaborated with legendary musician Giddes Chalamanda on her new single Khalidwe.
Released on Saturday evening, the song talks about the
importance of respect and treating everyone with kindness.
In an interview, Keturah said she decided to work with Chalamanda as she has admired him for years.
“We actually worked on the song together. He wrote part
of the song while I wrote the other part,” she said.
Keturah said her mother is the inspiration behind the new
song.
“She used to tell me moral stories and always advised me
to be kind. Growing up, I applied the theories and now I decided to turn my
mother’s pieces of advice into a song,” she said.
In part, the song goes: “Keturah: Khalidwe ndi chuma,
khalidwe ndi chuma, mwana wa mama
Kukhala bwino ndi wanthu ndikofunika mwanawe
Poti chidza mawa sudziwa
Yemwe umunyoza lero
Mawa ndiye adzakutole
Mwano supindula
Mwano sadyera nsima
Giddes: Musamuone kukongola nkhope, kuba ali nako
Anaba nsomba pa Chigumula, pa Chigumula amayi
Anaba kabichi ku Kawale, ku Kawale mai
Kukongola sadyera nsima,
Mwano sadyera nsima, chipongwe sadyera nsima
Chikondi ndicho chimamanga dziko, ulemu ndiwo
umathandiza…”
Keturah described Chalamanda as a genius who knows music
and loves to have fun.
“He actually behaves like a teenager when it comes to
music. But he has very strong opinions about music and once he listened to the
beat, the lyrics just flowed from him,” she said.
Keturah said her manager Pemphero Mphande made it
possible for her to work with Chalamanda after she expressed her desire to
collaborate with the legendary musician.
Khalidwe runs for three minutes and 14 seconds and has
been released alongside its music video.
(THE NATION)
