🎺 1. INTRODUCTION — DJ AND CHOIR
(Fast drums begin. Guitar plays a lively Kalindula rhythm. The choir claps and dances.)
LEAD SINGER:
Awe! Awe! Zambia, muli bwanji?
CHOIR:
Bwino! Bwino! Tili bwino!
LEAD SINGER:
Pa 24 October, tikondwere!
CHOIR:
Independence! Tiyeni tikondwere!
LEAD SINGER:
Mulamba Primary School, are you ready?
CHOIR:
Ready! Ready! We are ready!
LEAD SINGER:
Who brought us freedom?
CHOIR:
Our freedom fighters!
LEAD SINGER:
What are we celebrating?
CHOIR:
Zambia's Independence!
ALL:
Eeeh! Zambia!
Tiyeni tivine! Tiyeni tiyimbe!
(Let us dance! Let us sing!)
🎶 2. MAIN CHORUS — CALL AND RESPONSE
(The choir dances side to side while the lead singer calls.)
LEAD: Zambia wathu, dziko lathu!
CHOIR: Timakukonda, dziko lathu!
LEAD: Twenty-fourth October!
CHOIR: Independence forever!
LEAD: One Zambia!
CHOIR: One Nation!
LEAD: Unity!
CHOIR: Together we stand!
ALL SING:
Independence, independence,
Zambia our home!
We celebrate together,
Wherever we may roam!
Tiyeni tonse tikondwere!
Tiyeni tonse tivine!
Zambia wathu, ndife amodzi!
One Zambia, One Nation!
🎤 3. VERSE ONE — OUR FREEDOM HEROES
LEAD: Kenneth Kaunda, our first president!
CHOIR: We remember you with great respect!
LEAD: Harry Mwanga Nkumbula!
CHOIR: We honour your contribution!
LEAD: Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe!
CHOIR: Your name lives in our history!
LEAD: All freedom fighters, where are you?
CHOIR: We honour what you helped us do!
ALL SING:
They fought for freedom, they stood for the land,
They dreamed of a nation where all could stand.
They worked for freedom, they carried the flame,
Today we celebrate and honour their names!
LEAD: Who fought for freedom?
CHOIR: Our heroes!
LEAD: Who remembers them?
CHOIR: Zambia!
LEAD: What do we celebrate?
CHOIR: Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
💃 4. FAST DANCE SECTION — TONSE PAMODZI
(The drums become faster. Add whistles, clapping, and energetic choir movements.)
LEAD: Move to the left!
CHOIR: Hey! Hey!
LEAD: Move to the right!
CHOIR: Hey! Hey!
LEAD: Shake your shoulders!
CHOIR: Hey! Hey!
LEAD: Zambia is free!
CHOIR: Free! Free!
ALL SING:
Tiyeni tivine, tivine tonse!
Tiyeni tiyimbe, tiyimbe tonse!
No more hatred, no more fighting,
Zambia's future is shining!
Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga and Lozi,
Luvale, Lunda, Kaonde and more!
Different languages, one great nation,
Peace and love are our foundation!
LEAD: Are we together?
CHOIR: Pamodzi!
LEAD: Are we united?
CHOIR: Pamodzi!
LEAD: What is our motto?
CHOIR: One Zambia, One Nation!
🎵 5. VERSE TWO — THE FUTURE OF ZAMBIA
LEAD: Children of Zambia, what is our duty?
CHOIR: Learn and work for our country!
LEAD: Teachers of Zambia, what do you do?
CHOIR: We teach the children to build a future!
LEAD: Farmers of Zambia, what do you bring?
CHOIR: Food for the nation, a wonderful thing!
LEAD: Young people, what shall we do?
CHOIR: Build a peaceful Zambia, strong and true!
ALL SING:
From every village to every town,
Let peace and unity always abound.
We love our country, we cherish our land,
Together as Zambians, united we stand!
Tiyeni tigwire ntchito,
Tizikonda dziko lathu!
(Let us work hard and love our country!)
Twenty-fourth October, we celebrate,
Zambia's freedom, a day so great!
🇿🇲 6. GRAND FINALE — PARTY CHOIR
(All choir members join together. Drums, guitar, clapping, and whistles build to a powerful finish.)
LEAD: Zambia, are you happy?
CHOIR: Happy! Happy!
LEAD: Zambia, are you proud?
CHOIR: Proud! Proud!
LEAD: Twenty-fourth October!
CHOIR: Independence forever!
ALL SING:
Zambia, Zambia, our beloved land,
We shall protect you, together we stand!
Freedom and peace, let them always remain,
We celebrate independence again and again!
LEAD: One Zambia!
CHOIR: One Nation!
LEAD: Zambia forever!
CHOIR: Forever and ever!
ALL — REPEAT WITH ENERGY:
Independence! Independence!
Zambia is free!
One Zambia, One Nation!
Together in unity!
Tiyeni tonse tikondwere!
Tiyeni tonse tivine!
Happy Independence Day, Zambia!
24 OCTOBER — ZAMBIA FOREVER! 🇿🇲🎉