Leleti Khumalo

**Leleti Khumalo** (a mụrụ na 30 Machị 1970) bụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri na South Africa nke a maara maka ọrụ ya na ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri *Sarafina*! na maka ọrụ ya n'ihe nkiri ndị ọzọ dịka Hotel Rwanda, Yesterday na *Invictus*, yana ihe nkiri ncha Imbewu: The Seed ebe ọ na-eme Nokubonga "MaZulu" Bhengu .

## Mbido ndụ na ''Sarafina''!
A mụrụ Khumalo na KwaMashu township, n'ebe ugwu Durban, South Africa. N'igosi mmasị n'ịrụ ọrụ site na nwata, ọ sonyeere otu ndị na-eto eto na-agba egwu n'azụ ụlọ a na-akpọ Amajika, nke Tu Nokwe duziri.

N'afọ 1985, ọ gara nyocha maka egwu Mbongeni Ngema nke ga-aghọ ihe nkiri mba ụwa Sarafina!; Ngema dere onye isi *Sarafina* maka Khumalo. O mechara lụọ ya, mana ha gbara alụkwaghịm. Ọ lụrụ onye ọchụnta ego Skhutazo Winston Khanyile ugbu a ma mụọ ụmụ ejima ha Ulwenzile na Yamukelani Khanyile.

Khumalo rụrụ ọrụ Sarafina na South Africa na Broadway, ebe ọ natara nhọpụta Tony Award nke afọ 1988 maka onye na-eme ihe nkiri kacha mma na Musical. *Sarafina*! nwere Broadway na-agba ọsọ ruo afọ abụọ, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị mmepụta ahụ malitere njem zuru ụwa ọnụ. N'afọ 1987, Khumalo nwetara onyinye NAACP Image Award maka onye na-eme ihe nkiri kacha mma. N'afọ 1992, ya na Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba na John Kani gbara na ihe nkiri Darrell James Roodt nke *Sarafina*!, nke nwere nkesa zuru ụwa ọnụ, wee bụrụ nnukwu ihe nkiri a ga-ewepụta na kọntinent Afrịka. A họpụtara Khumalo maka onyinye Image, ya na Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg na Janet Jackson. Dabere na nnupụisi ndị ntorobịa Soweto nke afọ 1976, Sarafina! na-akọ akụkọ banyere nwa agbọghọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ nke na-adịghị atụ egwu ịlụ ọgụ maka ikike ya ma na-akpali ndị ọgbọ ya ibili iji mee mkpesa, ọkachasị mgbe a tụrụ onye nkuzi ya na-akwalite, Mary Masombuka (Goldberg) mkpọrọ ma gbuo ya.

N'afọ 1993, Khumalo wepụtara abọm mbụ ya, *Leleti na Sarafina* .

A tọhapụrụ Sarafina! na South Africa n'abalị 16 ọnwa June afọ 2006 iji cheta ncheta afọ iri atọ nke nnupụisi ndị ntorobịa na Soweto.

## Ọrụ ndị ọzọ ọ rụrụ
Khumalo so mee ihe nkiri na Mbongeni Ngema's international musical Magic at 4 AM nke a raara nye Muhammad Ali. O mechara mee ihe nkiri ọzọ nke Ngema, Mama (1996), nke gara Europe na Australia. N'afọ 1997, ọ pụtara na *Sarafina 2*.

Khumalo pụtara na ihe nkiri nke afọ 2004 Hotel Rwanda na Yesterday; a họpụtara nke ikpeazụ maka 2005 Academy Award na ngalaba "Best Foreign Language Film". *Ụnyaahụ* nwetakwara ihe nrite Best Film na India's Pune International Film Festival ma nwee mmeghachi omume dị mma na Venice na Toronto International Film Festivals.

Khumalo sonyeere ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nke otu n'ime ihe nkiri ncha kachasị ogologo na South Africa, Generations n'afọ 2005 dịka Busiswe (Busi) Dlomo, *nwanyị dị* mma na nke na-adịghị achọ ọdịmma onwe ya n'obi nke na-eduzi alaeze mbipụta nke ya, nke dị na *Cape Town*. Omume ya bụ nwanne nwanyị nke Sibusiso Dlomo ma ọ nweghị ihe ọ bụla dị n'agụụ ike, mpako na enweghị obi ụtọ ọ (Sibusiso) nwere. O jirila ọgụgụ isi ya na amamihe ya gaa ebe ọ nọ taa, na-eduzi ụlọ ọrụ nkwukọrịta kachasị elu nke South Africa, Ezweni, nke ya na nwanne ya nwoke na onye guzobere Karabo Moroka na-elekọta.

N'afọ 2015, Khumalo sonyeere ndị na-eme ihe nkiri *Uzalo* ma kpọọ Zandile "MaNzuza" Mdletshe. Ọrụ ahụ gosipụtara ngosipụta mbụ ya na ihe nkiri mgbe afọ abụọ nke ime ihe nkiri iji zụlite ụmụ ya.

N'afọ 2015, a kpọrọ Leleti ka ọ gaa Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, dị ka onye isi ọbịa nke mmemme ihe nkiri Africa a ma ama nke a maara dị ka mmemme ihe nkiri Zanzibar, maka emume ncheta afọ iri na asatọ ya.

Ọ na-eme Mazulu ugbu a na e.tv's Imbewu .

## Ihe nkiri

## Edemsibịa

## Njikọ mpụga

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* Foto nke Khumalo na ihe nkiri Yesterday
* ''Ọgbọ'' Ndị na-eme ihe nkiri maka Khumalo
* Leleti Khumalo na Who's Who Southern Africa
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