Janta (Malawian musician)

Shukuran Mwachumu (born 22 October 1989) better known by his stage name Janta, is a Malawian Afro Pop artist. In 2015, his song titled Wangongole (Debt collector) won a Nyasa Music Award in Best Song of the Year category. In 2019, his music video won Best video of the year in UMP Awards.

Early life
Mwachumu on 22 October 1989 in the southern District of Mangochi in Malawi. He started his music career when he was 9 years old when he taught himself to play a piano and guitar. His associated genres include Afro Pop, Hip-Hop and RNB. Mwachumu's major breakthrough came in 2015 after releasing "Divorce" (Banja Ndalilephela) Music video which toped charts in Malawi and its music video was premiered on Trace Africa and other major platform across the East Africa making him the most Trending artist in Malawi then.

In 2015, he won a UMP Awards in video of the year for his song "divorce" which also saw achievement within the SADC region. In 2017, he was a winner for song of the year titled "wangongole" in Nyasa Music Awards. In 2018, he was a nominee among the best producer of the year UMP Awards.

He has also produced songs for so various Malawian urban artists such as Gwamba, Onesimus, Lucius Banda, Lulu, Suffix, SamSmak, Martse, Nepman, Sangie, Dan Lu, Kelly kay, and Tay Grin, among others.

UMP Awards
Source:


 * 2018
 * Himself
 * Producer of the Year
 * 2015
 * Divorce
 * Best Video Artist of the Year
 * Won
 * Divorce
 * Best Video Artist of the Year
 * Won

Nyasa Music Awards

 * 2017
 * Wangongole (Debt collector)
 * Song of the Year
 * Won
 * Won