What is Joseph Shabalala?
'''Joseph Shabalala''' (28 August 1940<ref>{{cite web|title=Government Communications on Joseph Shabalala's date of birth|url=https://southafricatribune.com/government-communications-on-joseph-shabalalas-date-of-birth|website=South Africa Tribune|access-date=22 February 2020|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303071455/https://southafricatribune.com/government-communications-on-joseph-shabalalas-date-of-birth/|url-status=dead}}</ref>&nbsp;– 11 February 2020<ref>{{cite news |title=Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder, Joseph Shabalala, dies |url=https://www.channel24.co.za/Music/News/ladysmith-black-mambazo-founder-joseph-shabalala-dies-20200211 |access-date=11 February 2020 |agency=News24}}</ref>), born '''Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala''', was a [[South Africa]]n singer and musician. He was the founder and musical director of the choral group [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]].<ref name=eThekwini>{{cite web|title=2013 Award Description|url=http://ethekwinilivinglegends.com/portfolio-items/joseph-shabalala/|website=eThekwini Living Legends|publisher=eThekwini Municipality|access-date=13 July 2014|archive-date=8 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062949/http://ethekwinilivinglegends.com/portfolio-items/joseph-shabalala/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shabalala was born in [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]], South Africa. On 11 February 2020, Shabalala died at a hospital in [[Pretoria]] from back surgery-related problems at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/11/joseph-shabalala-ladysmith-black-mambazo-founder-dies-aged-78?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_us&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1hCe1qnRD3SJIM-qKcFj7A_vfcUOpNMX_Nk9IlvyF87W9S_2-JmsIC4QU#Echobox=1581429169|title=Joseph shabalala founder of ladysmith black mambazo dies aged 78|access-date=2020-01-11|publisher=theguardian.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shabalala, Joseph}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Catego