{{Short description|Malawi musical artist (1977–2019)}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Joseph Tembo | honorific_suffix = | image = | landscape = <!-- no, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Lucius Banda arriving at a music show in South Africa. | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Joseph Tembo | alias = Jozzy (Njombi) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1977|09|18}} | birth_place = Malawi | origin = Chikwawa South, Southern Region, Malawi | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|12|19|1977|9|18|df=y}} | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|Malawian Reggae|Reggae|Afro pop}} | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Singer-Songwriter-Producer, Multi-instrumentalist}} | instruments = Vocals, Keyboard,Guitars,Drums | years_active = 1997 –2019 | label = Groove Magic | associated_acts = {{hlist|Lucius Banda|Collin Ali|Sir Paul Banda|Billy Kaunda|Chuma Soko}} | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-20 |title=Malawi music maestro Tembo to be buried at HHI: Tributes pour in - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-music-maestro-tembo-to-be-buried-sunday-tributes-pour-in/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.nyasatimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-12 |title=Joseph Tembo |url=https://musicofmalawi.wordpress.com/artists/joseph-tembo/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Music of Malawi |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201912200012.html|title=Malawi: Musician Joseph Tembo Dies|website=Nyasa Times|via=AllAfrica}}</ref><ref name=Malawi24>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-19 |title=Musician Joseph Tembo dies |url=https://malawi24.com/2019/12/19/musician-joseph-tembo-dies/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Malawi 24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mbc.mw/q-a/item/8905-the-day-the-music-died-joseph-tembo-laid-to-rest|title= The day the music died: Joseph Tembo laid to rest|author=Austin Kakande|website=Malawi Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>
==Illness and death== He died at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe after a short illness on 19 December 2019.<ref name=Malawi24/> 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.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tembo, Joseph}} Category:1977 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Malawian musicians Category:Members of the National Assembly (Malawi) Category:Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi) politicians Category:People from the Southern Region, Malawi Category:21st-century Malawian musicians Category:20th-century Malawian musicians