Born in 1936, Joseph Nangalambe was a prolific composer, guitar player and singer who disguised the underlying meanings of his songs through coded metaphors and allegory.
In the following track, Nangalambe sings in the Yao language about a mysterious man called Che Poison. The singer describes travelling to stay overnight in different districts of Malawi, knowing that when he awakes he will find Che Poison there. But who is this mysterious man Che Poison?
Che Poyi, makes me wonder, makes me wonder
Poison makes me wonder…
