associated_acts years_active background birth_date article_title name
ladysmith black mambazo 1974 -- present non_vocal_instrumentalist 12 march 1954 abednego mazibuko
 abednego mazibuko
abednego mazibuko

mpindela abednego mazibuko is a member of ladysmith black mambazo , a south african choral group founded in 1960 - and still led - by his cousin joseph .
abednego was born in ladysmith , south africa , and was the youngest of six sons ; the others being albert , milton , funokwakhe , mehlo , and joseph mazibuko .
abednego joined the group in 1974 as a bass singer .
also joining the line-up that year was joseph 's brother jockey , whilst walter malinga left the line-up the following year .
after the death of his brother milton in 1980 , abednego remained in the line-up with albert and has been a full-time member of the group since the early 1980s .
