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BIOGRAPHY OF BAFANA BENJABULO Abafana Banjabulo licembu lelisha endzaweni yalabamnyama eMafifty duze nelidolobha White River Besibafana lesitimisele kucula, njalo ngempelasontfo besiya edolobheni kuyewudlalela bantfuLiningi lebantfu lasitsandza saba sihambela nalatinye tindrawo khana e Lowveld. Lokwasinika umdlandla ngukut- si bantfu bebasikhutatsa batsi hangatsandza kuba babe nelirekhodi letfuInkinga yetfu bakungukutsi iLowveld indzawo leyisesaphans kakhuluBantfu labacabile bebangacondzisisi ngesponsorship, ngakho lokho bekusicedza mandla. Ngalalinye ilanga nga January 13, 1988, sabamba indlela emabombo siwabhekise eJozi sinenhloso yekutfola iStudio sirekhodi futsi silfurfukise indzawo yakwaNgwane, te nabo babane kutsi imphumelelo ayiti kuwa uhlali phansi. Saba nanhlanhla yakwamukelwa eBlack To lent Music lapho lesanikatwa khona idate yokwerekhodi Iwadzimate Iwafika lolo suku. "We started singing in the early 86's, and by that time we were only nine membersWe did some recordings with S.A.B.C., Radio Swazi, and they told us that we are one of the groups. ever to come and record in our home language SWAZI, and record SWAZI MBUBE, just like the LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO etcTo our surprise, at all the recording studios we went to, we were rejectedBLACK TALENT MUSIC opened the gates for us. KUBONGA LABA uMnumzane Gideon Magubane lowasitfola sidlalala bantfu etitaladini tasaJohannesburg, wabase esatisa uMnumzane Gerhard van Niekerk owatiwa kakhulu ngoMlungiti, ngoba uyalungita khana eBlack Ta- lent Music, kwitingoma tonke. Lababanye lababili lesitsandza kubabonga ngu Mnu. Alfred Mooke lowasinika indzawo yakuhlala eProtea,kusukela ngalanuary kwadzimate kwafika lilanga lekurekha- da, kanye na Mrs Thoko Mtshali wase Orlando East lowasincedza ngekudla kwadzimate kwafika lu suku lekurekhoda Lead Singer.....ELVIS SAMBO Alto... FONKIE MTSHALI Tenor....ESAU MATHABELA Bass.....SOLLY MAKOBANE, PHILLIP LUBAMBO, PHILEMON MABUZA Recording Studio Producer.....BLACK TALENT MUSIC-JOHANNESBURG Producer.....MLUNGITI Recording Engineer.....PHILLIP DUIKER Cover Concept..... GIDEON MAGUBANE Cover Design......GRAPHISCREEN Photography.....H.M. PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO MLUNGITI Director of Production and Album Co-ordinator.....MLUNGITI AND BLACK TALENT PUBLISHERS C.C. All rights reserved-unauthorised duplication is a violation of applicable Iaws