The five-member female a cappella group Nobuntu will bring a new twist to the traditionally male “mbube” style of singing made famous by South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Friday at 7:30 p.m. in ...

Solomon Linda from Zululand composed an ethnic song called Mbube (meaning lion). Gallo Records released a record of it. Gallo took assignment of the worldwide copyright for a pittance. In the 1950s ...

Zimbabwean music mogul Munya Chanetsa felt his hackles rise when he learnt about the royalties battles that have been fought over the song Mbube - also known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight. It is arguably ...

In 1932 Solomon Linda wrote a song he called “Mbube.” He and the Evening Birds recorded it as a 78 in 1939 and by 1949, some 100,000 copies had been sold. If you were around in the ’60s, you’d have ...