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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- South Africa
- Active from
- 1942
- Active to
- 2017-03-18
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- Total plays
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Joe "Sdumo" Mafela (1942 - 18 March 2017) was a South African actor, writer, producer, director, singer and businessman. In 1996, Gallo Records released the album Shebeleza Fela, with the popular hit "Shebeleza (Okongo Mame)". It was a huge success, and "Shebeleza" was a theme song during the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. Since then, Mafela has recorded and released several other albums of Zulu-language songs. Born in Sibasa, Transvaal, South Africa <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Joe+Mafel
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Sibasa
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Zulu
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1942-01-01
- date of death
- 2017-03-18
- nickname
- Sdumo
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
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