▁T ues day " ▁by ▁Jess ica ▁Jones ▁on ▁G res ham ' s ▁N itt y ▁G rit ty ▁Records . ▁ ▁Z om ba ▁in ▁London ▁The ▁tri o ▁of ▁Cal der , ▁Simon ▁and ▁L ange ▁decided ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁get ▁out ▁of ▁South ▁Africa . ▁ ▁" We ▁were ▁polit ically ▁very ▁much ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁old ▁apart heid ▁regime " ▁says ▁Simon . ▁ ▁They ▁po o led ▁together ▁what ▁little ▁money ▁they ▁had ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁London . ▁ ▁Having ▁land ed ▁right ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁punk ▁rock ▁movement , ▁they ▁felt ▁their ▁experience ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁best ▁util ized ▁in ▁market ing ▁and ▁promotion ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁different ▁context . ▁ ▁Instead , ▁they ▁opt ed ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁publishing ▁company ▁and ▁Z om ba ▁Corporation ▁was ▁officially ▁registered ▁in ▁Switzerland ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁operating ▁out ▁of ▁Cal der ' s ▁bed room ▁space ▁in ▁London . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁" Z om ba " ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁African ▁country ▁Mal aw i ▁( L il ong we ▁su pers eded ▁Z om ba ▁as ▁Mal aw i ' s ▁capital ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ). ▁ ▁Next , ▁Cal der ▁and ▁Simon ▁began ▁looking ▁for ▁song writ ers . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁Henri ▁Bel olo , ▁the ▁French ▁producer ▁who ▁helped ▁create ▁the ▁Village ▁People . ▁ ▁Z om ba ▁became ▁the ▁disco ▁group ' s