Letta Mbulu
Letta Mbulu | |
|---|---|
 Mbulu ka ngwaga wa 1971 | |
| Background information | |
| Tsalo | 23 August 1942 Soweto, South Africa |
| Ditiro | Seopedi |
| Dingwaga tsa a le mo boopeding | 1962–gompieno |
| Labels | Capitol, Chisa, Fantasy, A&M |
| Spouse(s) | Caiphus Semenya |
Letta Mbulu (o tshotwe ka 24 Lwetse 1942),[1] ke moopedi sa mmino wa jazz wa Aforika Borwa yo a sa bolong go simolola boopedi ka bo 1960.
Baokerafi
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Mbulu o tsetswe a bo a golela mo Soweto, Aforika Borwa, kwa a sa bolong go simolola go opela a sa le monnye. Fa a ne e sa ntse le moša, o ne a sepelela bodiragatsi le ba motshameko wa King Kong,[2] o o neng o tshamekiwa ke baanelwa ba bantsho, mme a tla a siela Amerika bakeng la mmuso wa thaolele.[1]
Mo toropong ya New York, o ne a kopana le batshabi, jaaka Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela le Jonas Gwangwa, a bo a ya go dira le Cannonball Adderly, David Axelrod le Harry Belafonte.[1]
Mo ditshwantshong, kopelo ya gagwe e tlhagelela mo filimi ya 1973 ya A Warm December, thulaganyo ya thelebišene ya Roots, le filimi ya 1985 ya The Color Purple; o ne a boa a nna moanelwa wa moeti mo kgasong nngwe ya paka ya borataro ya Soul Train. Mbulu o ne gape a tlerebetsa ka teme ya seSwahili mo pineng ya ga Michael Jackson ya "Liberian Girl". Morulaganyi e bong Quincy Jones o ne a bua ka ga ene, a re: "Mbulu ke mme wa setswerere, o supa bonokopila le bobelonomi jo bo nayang tsholofelo ya gore golo gongwe, lorato lwa mmannete, bontle, le kopano motho o ka di bona."[3]
Ke ene mosimolodisi wa South African Artists Union (SAAU), mokgatlho o o simolodisitsweng ka 1986.[4]
Metswedi
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]- 1 2 3 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1650. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ↑ Douglas Payne, "Letta Mbulu", Douglaspayne.com
- ↑ Craig Harris, Artist Biography, AllMusic
- ↑ Rajgopaul, Jeeva (26 August 2011). "Letta Mbulu". South African History Online. Retrieved 17 November 2018.