BIOGRAPHY
WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) formed in Kitwe, Zambia, in the early 1970s, led by vocalist Emanuel "Jagari" Chanda alongside guitarist Chris Mbewe, bassist Gedeon Mulenga, and drummer Boidi Sinkala. Fusing Western rock and R&B with traditional Zambian sound, they became the most popular band of the Zamrock movement, and their 1972 debut Introduction was the first commercial album ever produced in Zambia. Economic collapse and government authoritarianism forced the band to play daytime shows to dodge curfews, and by the 1980s WITCH had dissolved. A 2011 reissue campaign by Now Again Records and Gio Arlotta's 2019 documentary We Intend to Cause Havoc sparked a revival: the band reunited in 2012, toured, and released Zango in 2023 via Desert Daze Sound and Partisan Records, followed by SOGOLO in 2025.