UJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo (20 Nhlangulana 1932 - 22 Nhlangulana 2021) wayengumqambi wezingoma waseNingizimu Afrika kanye noprofesa wezilimi zase-Afrika eNyuvesi yaseWitwatersrand. UKhumalo wazalelwa epulazini laKwaNgwelu eNatali ngo-1932.Ngemuva nje kokuzalwa kukaKhumalo abazali bakhe bagcotshwa njengongqongqoshe beSalvation Army, eyayiphethe ipulazi ngaleso sikhathi.Umndeni uthuthele kwaHlabisa, nokuyilapho uKhumalo aqale khona isikole. Ngemuva kokuqeda isikole samabanga aphezulu uKhumalo wabhalisa ekolishi lokuqeqesha othisha eMamelodi.Waqhubeka nezifundo zakhe, wathola iziqu ze-bachelor neziqu ze-English nesiZulu ngo-1956 e- University of South Africa.Waqhubeka nokuthola iziqu ze-master futhi, ngo-1988, wenza i-PhD, bobabili base-University of Witwatersrand, eGoli. Umsebenzi kaKhumalo eMnyangweni Wezilimi Zase-Afrika wase- University of the Witwatersrand, eGoli waqala ngonyaka we-1969, ngesikhathi esesikhundleni sokuba ngumfundisi. Wadlulela ekubeni nguprofesa wezilimi zase-Afrika nenhloko yoMnyango Wezilimi Zase-Afrika eWits. Ingoma yakhe yokuqala kwakunguMa Ngificwa Ukufa, eyaqala ukukhonjiswa ngonyaka we-1959. Izingoma zakhe ziqukethe ikakhulukazi izilungiselelo zemibhalo yesiZulu. Izingoma zakhe ezinhlanu zase-Afrika zihlelwe izingoma ezine zendabuko kanye nomculo owodwa wesimanjemanje wekhwaya kanye ne-okhestra ye-symphony.