Nobesuthu Mbadu

Nobesuthu Gertrude Mbadu (26 Abriil 1945 - 31 Ut 2021) ko jimoowo mbaqanga to Afrik worgo, kadi ko jimoowo e nder fedde lollunde wiyeteende Mahotella Queens.

Nguurndam adanɗam Mbadu jibinaa ko to Durban, Afrik worgo, ko baaba makko Ferguson Mbadu e neene makko, Selinah Mbadu njibini mo.[1] O woniino jimoowo e nder koorɗi duɗal makko e ekkol makko, kadi o jeyaa ko e fedde Amangeyami lollunde. O yiytaa ko e ƴeewoowo talannde EMI ‘black music’ biyeteeɗo Max Gcaba, o ƴetti mo e EMI ɗo o waɗi nate keewɗe e innde ‘Gcaba Sisters’. Rupert Bopape, ƴeewtotooɗo doole jimɗi ɓaleeɓe to Sosiyetee Gallo Record (e peewnoowo fedde jimɗi ɓaleeɓe Gallo Mavuthela Music Company) dañii waawnude mo ngam yahde to galle makko e hitaande 1965. O jaɓi, caggal ɗuum o naatnaa e fedde makko rewɓe hesere, wiyeteende Mahotella Queens[1] wondude e banndiraaɓe fedde ndee, hono Hilda Tloubatla, Mildred Mangxola, Juliyet Mazamisa e Ethel Mngomezulu. Ndeen laamɓe joyo ɓee kawritii e fedde jimɗi mbaqanga, fedde Makgona Tsohle e jimɗi Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, "ɓurɗi ɓuuɓde", fedde ndee fof heɓi innde ɗoon e ɗoon.

E hitaande 1971, Mahotella Queens asliiji keewɗi, ina heen Mbadu, njalti ngam jokkude golle goɗɗe e nder njulaagu jimɗi, ko noon kadi fedde Queens hesere timmunde sosaa. Mbadu naatii e fedde wiyeteende Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje, wondude e jimoowo Queens biyeteeɗo Hilda Tloubatla.