# The 6 Best Zamrock Tracks of All Time

Zambia in the seventies, a few years after independence and briefly rich on copper: heavy psychedelic rock played on cheap equipment, sung in English and Bemba, with a broadcasting quota that required Zambian records on the radio.

- **Origin:** Lusaka and Kitwe, Zambia, 1972
- **Tempo:** 100–150 BPM
- **Also known as:** zambian rock, zam rock
- **Tracks:** 6
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/zamrock/

## The list

### 1. [WITCH](https://waxonia.com/artist/witch/) — [Introduction](https://waxonia.com/track/witch--introduction/)

*1975*

From Lazy Bones, and the best-known Zamrock record by some distance. Emanuel Chanda's voice is playful over a band playing considerably harder than he is.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/WITCH%20Introduction) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OqFhpe3ZBlg)

### 2. [Amanaz](https://waxonia.com/artist/amanaz/) — [Khala My Friend](https://waxonia.com/track/amanaz--khala-my-friend/)

*1975*

From the only album they made. A guitar figure of real melancholy, and a lyric about a friend who has died, recorded in Kitwe on the copper belt.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Amanaz%20Khala%20My%20Friend) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2QxeDecgNWg)

### 3. [Ngozi Family](https://waxonia.com/artist/ngozi-family/) — [Nizakupanga Ngozi](https://waxonia.com/track/ngozi-family--nizakupanga-ngozi/)

*1976*

Paul Ngozi, the scene's most prolific figure, threatening the listener over a riff that does not let up. The heaviest thing Zambia produced.

Also on: [1976](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Ngozi%20Family%20Nizakupanga%20Ngozi) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNuku4mjis)

### 4. [WITCH](https://waxonia.com/artist/witch/) — [Waile](https://waxonia.com/track/witch--waile/)

*1976*

From Lukombo Vibes, and the point where the band start folding local rhythms further in. Less indebted, more itself.

Also on: [1976](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/WITCH%20Waile) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCNRBnI4PA)

### 5. [Amanaz](https://waxonia.com/artist/amanaz/) — [Africa](https://waxonia.com/track/amanaz--africa/)

*1975*

A slow, sung plea about a continent, and completely unembarrassed. Zamrock was made in a country that had been independent for eleven years and it shows in the writing.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Amanaz%20Africa) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=x1yP_1Vm0B0)

### 6. [Ngozi Family](https://waxonia.com/artist/ngozi-family/) — [Day of Judgement](https://waxonia.com/track/ngozi-family--day-of-judgement/)

*1976*

Apocalyptic, distorted and recorded at what sounds like the edge of the tape. The scene collapsed shortly after, as copper prices fell and AIDS arrived.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Ngozi%20Family%20Day%20of%20Judgement) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=AzwFtRaB4Fk)

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