Joe " Sdumo " Mafela (an haife shi a ranar 25 Yuni 1942 - ya mutu a ranar 18 Maris 2017) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Afirka ta Kudu, marubuci, furodusa, darekta, mawaƙa, kuma ɗan kasuwa. An haifi Mafela a Sibasa, Transvaal, Afirka ta Kudu, kuma ya girma a Kliptown da White City Jabavu, a cikin Soweto, kusa da Johannesburg, sannan danginsa sun kasance har zuwa shekara ta 1990 a cikin Garin Tshiawelo da aka keɓe don mutanen Venda a ƙarƙashin mulkin wariyar launin fata . Ya fara fitowa a fina-finai tun yana dan shekara ashirin da biyu. Ya taka rawar edita a cikin fim din, Labaran Gaskiya . Ya shiga kamfanin fina-finai na Afirka ta Kudu SA Films, kuma a cikin shekaru 20 da suka biyo baya ya yi aiki a matsayin furodusa da darakta da kuma jarumin fina-finai. Ya kuma jagoranci kungiyoyin rawa na kabilu daban-daban na Mzumba, Sangoma, da Gold Reef Dancers, wadanda suka yi a cikin fitattun fina-finai, da gidajen kallo, da otal-otal da suka fito a nahiyoyi hudu.