title: Abednego Mazibuko
text: # Abednego Mazibuko
  
  Mpindela Abednego Mazibuko is a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African choral group founded in 1960 - and still led - by his cousin Joseph.
  
  Abednego was born in Ladysmith, South Africa, and was the youngest of six sons; the others being Albert, Milton, Funokwakhe, Mehlo, and Ngali Mazibuko. Abednego joined the group in 1974 as a bass singer. whilst Walter Malinga left the lineup in 1972
  
  After the death of his brother Milton in 1984 after the Ibhayibheli Liyindlela album , Abednego remained in the line-up with Albert and has been a full-time member of the group since the early 1980s.
  
  