platforms in Malawi. Other than
selling CDs on my own, I get roy-
alties in US and UK. A lot of artists
in Africa have the same stories and
some just distribute for free. How
long can one do that?
CLS: Which platforms are you us-
ing to distribute your music on the
continent?
JJB: Itunes, Spotify, Amazon, Cd-
baby and all major platforms. My
debut project “I am Somebody EP”
is available there. Go and support a
brother.
CLS: Are you for the unity of the
continent or are you part of those
whothink we are doing great indi-
vidually?
JJB: Unity is ideal. The more we
come together the better. But we
all have this individual mentality
which is unity in disguise as well.
CLS: Which African music artistes
are you looking forward to working-
with?
JJB: M.anifest, Faith Mussa, Kim of
Diamonds, Siya Makuzeni and Nico
& Vinz
CLS: What is the future for Julius
Jules Banda?
JJB: Longevity and legacy. How
long will I be here and what would
my legacy be while I’m around and
when gone. Let’s wait and see
CLS: If you have the power to
change something in Africa, what
will it be?
JJB: I already have the power and
so does everybody. We just need
mindset awakening because every-
thing is inside us.
CLS: This has been an awesome
conversation.
JJB: Thanks for having me
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Some of his key
performance
include; Qabaniso
Malewezi “peo-
ple” spoken word
album launch at
BICC(2016), TEDx
in Zomba (2016),
Ovation Fusion
Festival at BICC
(2016/2017), Tumaini
Festival at Dzaleka
Refugee Camp
(2016/2017/2018),
Ufulu Festival at
Civo Stadium
(2017/2018), Lake of
Stars festival in Sali-
ma(2018). He is also
a featured artist on
Zimbabwe’s Revo-
lution Music Group
album “Scars of
Wisdom”. On 30th
June, 2018 Jules
released his debut
project called I
am Somebody EP
whereby he ad-
dressed his strug-
gles and pursue to
inspire his commu-
nity and beyond.
The EP gained him
commercial suc-
cess when it broke
through the local
and international
scene with listeners
in over 20 countries.
He is currently doing
his country tour and
has confirmed his
second EP is in the
works.
Click to download
I Am Somebody
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