Letta Mbulu

Letta Mbulu (jibinaa ko ñalnde 23 lewru bowte hitaande 1942)[1] ko jimoowo jazz mo Afrik worgo, golloowo gila e kitaale 1960.

Nguurndam O jibinaa ko to Soweto, to Afrik worgo, o woni ko e yimde gila e kitaale 1960. Nde o woni suka o waɗii njilluuji e jimɗi King Kong[2] — kono o ummiima Amerik e hitaande 1964 sabu Apartaayd.[1]

E nder wuro New York, o jokkondiri e yimɓe woɗɓe jeyaaɓe e Afrik worgo, ina jeyaa heen Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela e Jonas Gwangwa,[2] kadi o yahdi e Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod e Harry Belafonte.[1]

E nder ekran, jimɗi makko ina mbaawi kadi naneede e filmo Roots, The Color Purple (1985), e filmo A Warm December (1973),[3] kadi o wonnoo koɗo e nder yeewtere 6ɓiire Soul Train. Mbulu kadi rokki jimɗi Swahili e nder jimɗi Michael Jackson, "Bojel Liberia". Producer Quincy Jones wi'i dow maako: "Mbulu woni debbo roots, ɗon holla softinaare e welwelo ko ɗon ummina tammunde ngam heɓugo yidde laaɓnde, belɗum, e ngootaagu nder duniyaaru."[3]

Ko kanko woni tergal sosngal fedde naalankooɓe Afrik worgo (SAAU), fedde sosaande e hitaande 1986.[4]