Joseph Shabalala, founder of South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has died at age 78, state broadcaster reports.
FILE - In this Sunday Jan. 20, 2008 file photo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo founding member Joseph Shabalala gestures to the audience during the group's performance at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. . Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital Pretoria Tuesday Feb. 11, 2020, his family confirmed to local media.
He is world-known for his leadership of the choral group founded in 1964 that shot to world acclaim, collaborating with Paul Simon on the “Graceland” album and others. The haunting, often a cappella singing style known as isicathamiya helped to make the group one of South Africa's most recognized performers on the world stage.
The death was announced as the country prepared to mark 30 years since the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, which led to the end of the country's brutal system of racial oppression known as apartheid.
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