U-Headman uNksongelwa Shabalala (10 Okthoba 1945 - 10 Disemba 1991) wayeyilungu leLadysmith Black Mambazo, iqembu lomculo wesicathimaya laseNingizimu Afrika elasungulwe futhi liholwa ngumfowabo uJoseph Shabalala. U-Headman wazalelwa eLadysmith, eMnambithi futhi wakhula nabafowabo uJoseph, Jockey, Enoch, Makhosini noBen. Ngonyaka we-1960, wajoyina iqembu lokuqala lomfowabo uJoseph futhi waba yilungu elicgcwele eceleni komfowabo u-Enoch kanye nomzala wakhe kanye nezihlobo zakhe. Ukuhlabelela njengomsindo we-bass, u-Headman wanezela umsindo kumaculo azofana nomculo weqembu; amahlumela aphansi kanye nezikhukhula kanye nokukhala "kokuchofoza" (namuhla, bazwakala nguRussel Mthembu noSibongiseni Shabalala ngokulandelana). Maphakathi nawo-1980, lo mkhakha wawushintshile ngokushesha futhi uMongameli, kanye nomfowabo uJosefa nomzala wakhe u-Albert Mazibuko, babengamalungu kuphela okuqala kusukela ngawo-1960. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, i-Ladysmith Black Mambazo yayidume emhlabeni kabanzi. Ngomhla ka-10 Disemba 1991, ngesikhathi ehamba ekhaya evela emndenini wabantu KwaZulu-Natali, u-Headman wadutshulwa wabulawa ngumqaphi omhlophe, ongekho emsebenzini ekubulaweni okubangelwa ngokobuhlanga. Ukubulawa kuka-Headman kuboniswe engoma ethi "Emhlabeni Wonke" yiqembu Adam Again ku-album yabo Dig. Headman Shabalala.