Mbongeni Ngema

**Mbongeni Ngema** (a mụrụ na 1 June 1956 - 27 Disemba 2023) bụ onye edemede South Africa, onye na-ede abụ, onye na'ede egwu, onye nduzi na onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri, a mụrụ na Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal (n'akụkụ Durban). Ọ malitere ọrụ ya dịla onye na-akwado ihe nkiri na-agba ụbọ akwara. O dere egwu Sarafina! nke nwetara ọtụtụ ihe nrite ma soro dee *Woza Albert*! nke nwetara ihe nrite ọtụtụ.

Ọ lụrụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri Leleti Khumalo, onye natara nhọpụta Tony Award nke afọ 1988 maka onye na-ese ihe nkiri kacha mma na Musical maka *Sarafina*! (onye sokwa mee ihe nkiri ya nke afọ 1992), yana ịpụta na ihe nkiri mbụ a họpụtara na Oscar nke South Africa bụ Yesterday .

## Mmalite
A mụrụ ya na Verulam ma zụlite ya n'etiti Zululand, Mbongeni Ngema emeela onwe ya dịka onye edemede egwuregwu a ma ama, onye edemede na onye na-ede akwụkwọ. Ngema na-etu ọnụ na ya sitere n'agbụrụ ndị agha Mbandama na Sigcwelegcwele kaMhlekehlekehleke nke ezinụlọ Ngema bụ ndị duziri ndị agha Ingoba Makhosi, ndị agha dị mkpa nke meriri ndị agha Britain na Agha nke Isandlwana na agha Anglo-Zulu, na 22 Jenụwarị 1879.

## Ọrụ
A maara ya nke ọma dịka onye edemede nke egwu egwu *Sarafina*! nke a ma ama na mba ụwa, nke a họpụtara maka Tony Awards ise, ma mesịa họpụta ya maka Grammy Awards. Egwú ahụ meriri 11 NAACP Image Awards nwere afọ abụọ na Broadway, gara US, Europe, Australia na Japan ma mesịa gbanwee ya ka ọ bụrụ ihe nkiri nke Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo na Miriam Makeba.

Ngema enweela ọtụtụ ihe nkiri nke gụnyere *Woza Albert*, Township Fever (1990), nke si na Market Theatre gaa USA na Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theatre; Mama (1995), *Asinamali* (1996), *Maria* (1997), *The Zulu* 化 the musical (1999), *1906 Bhambada* The Freedom Fighter, The House of Shaka (2005) na The Lion of the East (2006).

N'afọ 1995, Ngema mepụtara Sarafina II, egwu na-ekwu maka ọrịa AIDS na South Africa, nke malitere na mbido afọ 1996.

N'afọ 1997, a họpụtara Ngema dịka onye nkuzi nleta na Mahadum Zululand iji kụzie usoro nka ya pụrụ iche ma mepụta CD mbụ nke ngalaba egwu nke mahadum wepụtara.

N'afọ 1998, a nabatara Ngema na New York "Walk of Fame" n'ihu Lucille Lortel Theatre na Manhattan, New York City, dịka otu n'ime ndị edemede a na-asọpụrụ nke narị afọ nke 21. N'afọ 2001 n'oge emume Renaissance nke Africa, e dere aha ya n'ọnụ ụzọ nke Ụlọ Nzukọ Obodo dị na Durban n'akụkụ nke Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Miriam Makeba na ndị dike ndị ọzọ nke ọgụ nnwere onwe.

## Ihe ndị o mepụtara

* *Asinamali* (1987)
* *Sarafina*! (1988)
* *Ime anwansi* na 4 AM (1993)
* Circle of Life (olu ndị Afrịka) (1995)
* Mama (1996)
* Sarafina! 2 (1997)
* *Nikeziwe* (2005)
* *Ụlọ Shaka* (2006)
* *Ọdụm nke Ọwụwa Anyanwụ* (2009)
* *Were Abụ a* na mmekorita ya na Reggae Band Third World
* *Ndị Zulu* (2013)

## Nsọpụrụ na onyinye

* 1987 Tony Award - *Asinamali*! a họpụtara maka ntụziaka kacha mma nke egwuregwu
* 1988 Tony Award - *Sarafina*! nwetara nhọpụta ise: Best Choreography, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Actress in a Musical
* 1988 Grammy Award - *Sarafina*! a họpụtara maka Grammy Award
* 1988 NAACP Image Awards - *Sarafina*! egwu ahụ meriri 11 NAACP image Awards n'ọtụtụ ụdị
* Grammy Award - The Lion King, Disney Animated Film, maka nhazi olu
* 1998 - a nabatara ya na New York "Walk of Fame" n'ihu Lucille Lortel Theatre na Manhattan, New York City
* 2001 - E dere aha Ngema na City Hall Entrance na Durban n'akụkụ Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo na Miriam Makeba
* N'afọ 2004, a họpụtara ya dị ka onye nke 92 na Top 100 Great South Africans.
* 2008 Living Legend Award sitere na eThekwini Municipality, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
* 2013 - Lifetime Achievement Award na Simon Mabhunu Sabela Film and Television Awards
* 2013 - Ihe nrite mmeghe na SAMRO's Wawela Awards
* 2013 - Mahadum nke Zululand nyere ya nzere doctorate.
* 2014 - E nyere ya Lifetime Achievement Award na mmemme Naledi Theatre Awards.

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