UFelix Magalela Mafa Sibanda owazalwa ngoFebhuwari 5, 1951 uyisishoshovu saseZimbabwe, umgqugquzeli womphakathi, usopolitiki futhi oyilungu lephalamende laseMagwegwe kwaBulawayo eqenjini leMDC-T,kanye nokuba ngumkhulumeli waleso sifundazwe esifundazweni.Ungowesigungu sangaphakathi sasebukhosini bakwaNdebele, ubaba wakhe omkhulu omkhulu, uMasonginyoka wafika evela eTransvaal noMzilikazi njengodokotela uqobo lweNkosi. UTshokomela, ubaba wakhe futhi wayengudokotela weNkosi uLobengula owakhulisa ubaba wakhe uMaphahla, naye owabizwa ngegama elithi Mafa Sigodo okusho ukuthi "indlalifa" yingakho kwathiwa uMafa noma u- Ilifa. Ngo-1980 wayelilunga leZimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) owayemele isigaba seMashonaland Central eHarare .