Also known as Solomon Popoli Linda
South African musician
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Solomon Popoli Linda (1909 – 8 October 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the popular music success "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a cappella later popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Solomon Popoli Linda was born near Pomeroy, on the labor reserve Msinga <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Solomon+
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