Flinto S. Chandia

Zambian sculptor, visual artist and musician. Chandia died in 2017 at the age of 64. While growing up in Kitwe’s Chamboli township, Chandia played with bands including The Peace, The Black Souls, Boyfriends and Kingston Market. In 1980, he was sponsored by the British Council to study fine arts for three years at the City & Guilds in London. While there, he co-founded the group Jimmy The Hoover. He returned to Zambia in the mid-1980s, where he concentrated on sculpture.