South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazor founder, Shabalala, dies
Mr Shabalala died in hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, the band’s manager, Xolani Majozi told South Africa’s local newspaper,“Yes it’s true. Mr Shabalala passed on this morning. The group is on tour in the US, but they have been informed and are devastated because the group is family,” Mr Majozi said.According to the Times Live, the musician’s health had deteriorated in the past few years, resulting in him retiring from the group in 2014.
As a young boy, he nursed an ambition of becoming a teacher or a doctor but was forced to leave school at the age of 12 when his father died, working on the family farm and, later, in a local factory.As a young talent, he would sing with friends in a local group called the Blacks, in his spare time. The group was re-christened Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a name that was significant on several levels: Ladysmith represented his hometown, Black referenced the black oxen that were the strongest on the farm, and Mambazo, from the Zulu word for axe, symbolised the group’s ability to cut down the competition, he once said in an interview.
The band joined Simon on his subsequent world tour. In return, he produced their next three albums – with 1987’s Shaka Zulu winning a Grammy for best traditional folk recording.
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