The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday. He was 78. Shabalala died at a hospital in ...

On Wednesday, February 27, the Arlington welcomes legendary Grammy Award-winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo. This musically, culturally, and historically significant South African group will bring its ...

In the ’70s, when it was a crime in South Africa for black people to drive around the country without government permission, the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo had a political strategy: They sang.

Before every performance, the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo go through the same ritual. They warm up their voices. They stretch out, so nobody pulls a muscle doing all that dancing. And they joke ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The a cappella voices of Ladysmith Black Mambazo first reached most American ears on Paul Simon’s ...

Any scholar of South African music can tell you Ladysmith Black Mambazo — who perform at the WOW Hall Thursday, Jan. 26 — are a force to be reckoned with. When Mambazo formed in the early ’60s, they ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform July 18 in Mechanics Hall. The male a cappella vocal group from South Africa dates back to 1960. The group's songs are centered around "hope, peace and love," says ...

South Africa's award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo are first and foremost a family. Members Albert Mazibuko and Babuyile Shabalala tell host Michel Martin what's kept the group together for 50 ...

South Africa’s LadySmith Black Mambazo won a fifth Grammy award at Sunday’s award ceremony. Their album “Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration” won in the Best World Music Album category.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been singing the story of South Africa for more than 40 years. The a cappella group gained worldwide fame when Paul Simon featured it on his 1986 album Graceland. Since ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday.