Solomon Linda
(1909-1962)
South African musician
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Solomon Popoli Linda (1909 – 8 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the popular music success "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a cappella later popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
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1909 Pomeroy, Colony of Natal
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8 October 1962 (aged 53) Johannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa
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