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Joseph Tembo (18 September 1977 - 19 December 2019) was a musician and politician from Malawi. He had collaborated with Sally Nyundo, Lucius Banda, Mlaka Maliro and many other Malawian artists. He produced and promoted many upcoming artists including Andrew Matrauza, whose first successful single was Musadabwe. Tembo's style of music resembles Zimbabwean mbira music as he is a Sena, a southern Malawian tribe that has a common ancestry. For more than once he had performed and played alongside the late Oliver Mtukudzi.

Singles

• "Dimingu"
• "Mbudye"
• "Denga Denga"
• "Samalira"

Selected Songwriting and production credits

• Collins Bandawe - Tchekera Maluzi(Role: Music Producer)
• "Thandizo Langa album" – Artist: Grace Chinga (Role: Music Producer)
• " GOtv Malawi Theme Song Single" – Artists:Various Artists, (Roles: Music Producer, Vocalist, Instrumentalist)
• "Money and Power album" – Artist: Lucius Banda (Roles: Lead guitar and Keyboards)
• "Mwapindulanji album"(1997) – Artist: Billy Kaunda (Roles: Bass and Rhythm guitar ,Percussions, Drum programming and Keyboards)
• "Ndipatseni Yankho album"(2005) – Artist: Thocco Katimba (Role: Music Producer)
• "Ndili Pamzere album" – Artist: Ethel Kamwendo Banda (Role: Music Producer)
• "Chindendelinde album" – Artist: Mafumu Matiki (Role: Music Producer) together with Collin Ali)
• "Denga Denga song"(Role: Composer)
• "Satana walephera song"(Role: Composer)
• "Samalira song"(Role: Composer)
• Great Angels Choir - mwasankha ine (producer)
• Ndirande Anglican Voices -producer
• Thoko Suya- producer
• Confidence Voices- producer
• Mount olive CCAP main choir (formerly naotcha CCAP)- produced all their first six albums
• Ruth Missi Thindwa- Mdzakangamira yesu, Chisomo producer of the ulbum

Political life

He was the Member of Parliament for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for Chikwawa South from 2009 to 2014.

Illness and death

He died at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe after a short illness on 19 December 2019. Joseph Tembo died barely seven hours after former President Mutharika had appointed him into a Copyright Association of Malawi (Cosoma) board. He is survived by a wife and four children. He hailed from Tenesi Village, Traditional Authority Ngabu in Chikwawa district.

References

1. "Malawi music maestro Tembo to be buried at HHI: Tributes pour in - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". www.nyasatimes.com. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
2. "Joseph Tembo". Music of Malawi. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
3. "Malawi: Musician Joseph Tembo Dies". Nyasa Times – via AllAfrica.
4. ^ "Musician Joseph Tembo dies". Malawi 24. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
5. Austin Kakande. "The day the music died: Joseph Tembo laid to rest". Malawi Broadcasting Corporation.

• 1977 births
• 2019 deaths
• Malawian musicians
• Members of the National Assembly (Malawi)
• Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi) politicians
• People from the Southern Region, Malawi
• 21st-century Malawian musicians
• 20th-century Malawian musicians