Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang their warm-hearted choral harmonies in honour of peace icon Nelson Mandela on Sunday, with a 45-minute forced intermission caused by one of the power cuts that have become a part of daily life in South Africa.
Members of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo gesture during the reahesals ahead of singing their warm-hearted choral harmonies in honor of peace icon Nelson Mandela at the at the Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg, South AfricaMembers of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo gesture during the reahesals ahead of singing their warm-hearted choral harmonies in honor of peace icon Nelson Mandela at the at the Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg, South...
“Madiba has been an inspiration for us,” Sibongiseni Shabalala, band member and son of the band’s late founder Joseph Shabalala, said, using Mandela’s clan name. Formed in the 1960s, the lilting choir jazzed up traditional Zulu music with a ragtime feel and exported it to the world – most famously through a collaboration with Paul Simon on his 1986 album ‘Graceland’.“My father taught us that a good song is one everyone can listen to.
“We were on the same page ,” he said. When they performed at his birthday in 1993, Mandela told them that their music had kept him going while in prison.
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