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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ASPEN ” There are probably more than a thousand groups in South Africa who sing isicathamiya, a native, a cappella style that gets traced back to the Zulu tribe. Every Saturday in most cities in the ...

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 ...

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Joseph Shabalala, founder of the acclaimed South African musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, died in Pretoria on Tuesday. He was 78. Fans of the Grammy-winning South African vocal group Ladysmith ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo has lost its leader. Joseph Shabalala, the singer who formed the internationally renowned South African choral group, died Tuesday in Pretoria at age 78. The five-time Grammy ...

Joseph Shabalala, who helped introduce the sound of traditional Zulu music to the world, has died aged 78. The musician was best known as the founder and director of choral group Ladysmith Black ...