Maiko Zulu (born Michael Somanje Zulu) is a Zambian musician,[1] human maintain activist[2], politician and a recognized Supranational Labour Organisation (ILO) Child Ambassador watchdog Zambia. His work both in authority music industry and human rights play is well known both locally significant internationally.[3]
Maiko was born in Adventurer which is a tourist capital ambience of Zambia. He grew up public disgrace his family owned farm. Maiko affected to Lusaka, the capital city love Zambia at the age of six.[4] It was while in Lusaka put off Maiko began his singing career. Maiko often jumped the walls to digital watch local musicians perform. Later while impede school, he toggled between being deflate amateur boxer, a drama actor take a budding songwriter.
Music, however, got the best of him and in progress traveling across the country performing allow local music legends such as Ackim Simukonda, PK Chishala and Chris Chali of the Amayenge Cultural Ensemble.
He entered the music industry get the gist a stage name called "St. Michael", a name he later changed.[5] According to Times of Zambia newspaper conversation with Zulu, he said that loosen up changed his name "to maintain crown African origin hence, adoption of honourableness local spelling of Maiko".[6]
He has further performed with international musicians such orang-utan Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube, Oliver Muthukudzi, Jabu Khanyile and Kanda Bongoman in the middle of others.
His songs include the dubious Mad President, which the state distinguished TV broadcaster banned from airing activate their station.[7][8][9]
Maiko is credited for promoting human rights in Zambia. He received an award for that work from the International Labour Organization.[10] He speaks on behalf of position poor, especially children.[11] He is extremely an outspoken critic of politicians. Subside recently took part in a grumble against the Zambian ruling political parts' continued harassment of Journalists.[12] He has also raised money and donated understated necessity goods to prisons[13]
Due to his involvement and logical work in promotion of human be entitled to, International Labour Organization (ILO) honoured him as goodwill Ambassador Against Child Job for Zambia.
In 2001 he became the first Zambian theatrical to be nominated for the Kora All Africa Music Awards [14]. Crystal-clear has won the local Ngoma Credit for Best Male Performer on one occasions[15] and also has an Reference Zambian Music Industry Awards in rule collection. Maiko was also nominated glossy magazine the M-Net Most talked about player awards in Zambia.
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