Ladysmith Black Mambazo represents the traditional culture of South Africa and is regarded as the country’s cultural emissary at home and around the world. In 1993, at Nelson Mandela’s request, Ladysmith Black Mambazo accompanied the future President to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Mambazo sang again at President Mandela’s inauguration in May of 1994. They are a national treasure of the new South Africa in part because they embody the traditions suppressed in the old South Africa.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Mavis Staples (front), Ry Cooder (behind Mavis), drummer Jim Keltner (far right) and Ry’s son Joachim (next to his dad) in the studio making wonderful music
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