Mzilikazi Khumalo

UJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo (20 Nhlangulana 1932 - 22 Nhlangulana 2021) wayengumqambi wezingoma waseNingizimu Afrika kanye noprofesa wezilimi zase-Afrika eNyuvesi yaseWitwatersrand.

 Isiqalo sokuphila 
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.

 Isazi sezilimi zase-Afrika 
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.

 Umqambi 
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.Kuqoshwe yiSouth African National Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir yeSouth African Broadcasting Corporation, ebiqhutshwa nguRichard Cock.Izingoma ezimbili kwezinhlanu zingesiXhosa, kanti ezinye ezintathu ngezesiZulu.Ucezu luye lwahlelwa nguPeter Louis Van Dijk.

Ngo-1986 waqamba umsebenzi wamakhwaya wokubekwa kuka-Archbishop Desmond Tutu esihlalweni sobukhosi. Khumalo futhi umqambi we cantata UShaka KaSenzangakhona, ositshela indaba Zulu inkosi, uShaka.

 Ukufa 
Ngo-22 Nhlangulana 2021, uMzilikazi Khumalo washona ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kokuzalwa kwakhe eneminyaka engama-89 kulandela ukugula isikhathi eside.
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