Isihlabani somculi waseNingizimu Afrika, umbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi kanye nomdidiyeli wezingoma, uMbongeni Ngema ushone engozini yemoto ngaseLusikisiki, e-Eastern Cape ephuma emngcwabeni abewuhambele. Lezindaba ziqinisekiswe umndeni wakhe. UMbongeni Ngema wazalelwa eVerulam ngo-1955, idolobha eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-20 enyakatho yeTheku.
UNgema waqala ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumsebenzi wezandla kanye nesigingci ngaphambi kokuthi aqale ukulingisa emidlalweni yeshashalazi ngeminyaka yawo-1970. Wayengazi ukuthi uthando lwakhe lokulingisa lwaluzomfaka ezingeni lomhlaba. Ngo-1981, wabhala ngokuhlanganyela umdlalo wokubhuqa odumile othi Woza Albert, owalandelwa owomculo we-Asinamali eminyakeni emibili kamuva.
Yomibili lemibukiso yamukelwa kahle ngababukeli baseMelika, yavula indlela yempumelelo enkulu kaSarafina ngo-1987, eyaxoxa indaba yokuvukela umbuso waseSoweto ngo-1976.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, uNgema waqokwa emklomelweni kaTony njengomqondisi ohamba phambili we-Asinamali, walandelwa abanye abathathu njengomqondisi ohamba phambili, amaphuzu angcono kakhulu kanye nomdwebi wokucula ongcono kakhulu weSarafina kanye nokuqokwa kweGrammy.
Eminye imisebenzi yakhe ihlanganisa ukujwayela kwefilimu ye-Sarafina kanye nomqondisi wekhwaya wesici sopopayi, i-Lion King. Ngo-1998, uNgema wakhethwa e-New York Hall of Fame njengomunye wababhali abahlonishwayo bekhulunyaka lama-21. Useke wahlanganisa nama-albhamu amaningi omculo okubalwa kuwo iTownship Fever, Laduma, Woza My Fohloza, Jive Madlokovu, lapho uzothola khona iStimela Sase Zola.
Ngo-2014, uNgema uthole indondo ye-lifetime achievement kumaNaledi Theatre Awards. Umndeni wakhe uthi uzokhunjulwa njengeciko eliqavile ngomsebenzi wakhe owakhombisa umoya wokuphikisa ngesikhathi somzabalazo wenkululeko.
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