Kampire has curated a new compilation of East and Southern African music, ‘A Dancefloor in Ndola’. The double-vinyl and digital package will land on 3rd August via Strut Records.
The album’s title is taken from the Zambian town where Kampire grew up, having been born in Kenya to Ugandan parents. Over 13 tracks, the collection spans decades and genres, from the 1980s bubblegum popularised in South Africa’s townships, through guitar-led kalindula and Congolese rumba and soukous.
A particular emphasis is placed on female artists from the…
