GNL Zamba
GNL Zamba, born Ernest Nsimbi is a popular and influential hip hop artist in Uganda, who is credited with bringing rap and Lugaflow style music to mainstream radio and other media in Uganda.
His stage name GNL refers to “Greatness No Limits.” He is the founder and C.E.O. of the independent hip hop record label Baboon Forest Entertainment, which nurtures new talent in Kampala, Uganda. He is also an actor, film maker, and ambassador for Ugandan brands and social initiatives
He initiated a professional music career in 2007, after completing a bachelor's degree in environmental science at Makerere University in Uganda. He was signed originally to Platinum Entertainment, and formed his own company Baboon Forest Entertainment in 2008.
Music style and career
GNL sings in a Ugandan hip hop style that is called Lugaflow. Lugaflow is rap in Luganda, the indigenous language in Uganda's Central Region.[1] Lugaflow has, since the late 2000s, inspired a new generation of Ugandan rappers to create popular music in their native languages.[3]
Zamba
Zamba can mean:
Zamba (god)
Zamba is the Supreme Creator-God of the Yaoundé people of the Cameroons. According to the Yaoundé people, he made the Earth and all its creatures except human beings. He left that job to his four sons, Ngi (gorilla) the strong, N'Kokon (mantis) the wise, Otukut (lizard) the fool, and Wo (chimpanzee) the curious - and each made human beings in his own image, which is why we are the way we are.
References
Zamba (artform)
Zamba is a traditional dance of Argentina. It is a style of Argentinian music and Argentinian folk dance. Zamba is very different from its homophone, the samba - musically, rhythmically, temperamentally. It is afro-indigenous compared to the Samba, in the steps of the dance and in its costume. It has six beats to the bar and is a majestic dance, performed by couples who circle each other waving white handkerchiefs very elegantly. It has common elements with the cueca.
Zambas are composed about every genre, from those that celebrate people or events of Argentinian history, to those that describe the beauty of a region, or of its women. There are zambas of political protest, and even one called Aerolíneas Argentinas. The bombo legüero drum is prominent in the playing of the zamba.
Name and Origin
The name "zamba" refers to a colonial term for zambo (descendants of European Spanish, Amerindian mixed with African people). It is therefore called zamba because its lyrical content was aimed at its native listeners.
GNL
GNL may refer to:
GNL3
Guanine nucleotide-binding protein-like 3, also known as nucleostemin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GNL3 gene. It is found within the nucleolus that binds p53. Nucleostemin regulates the cell cycle and affects cell differentiation, decreasing in amount as this differentiation progresses. It is a marker for many stem cells and cancer cells.
Interactions
GNL3 has been shown to interact with Mdm2 and P53.
