Joe Mafela
Joe " Sdumo " Mafela (an haife shi ranar 25 Yuni 1942 - ya mutu a ranar 18 Maris 2017).  ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Afirka ta Kudu, marubuci, furodusa, darekta, mawaƙa, kuma ɗan kasuwa.

Sana'a 
An haifi Mafela a Sibasa, Transvaal, Afirka ta Kudu, kuma ya girma a Kliptown da White City Jabavu, a cikin Soweto, kusa da Johannesburg, sannan danginsa sun kasance har zuwa shekara ta 1990 a cikin Garin Tshiawelo da aka keɓe don mutanen Venda a ƙarƙashin mulkin wariyar launin fata . Ya fara fitowa a fina-finai tun yana dan shekara ashirin da biyu. Ya taka rawar edita a cikin fim din, Labaran Gaskiya . Ya shiga kamfanin fina-finai na Afirka ta Kudu SA Films, kuma a cikin shekaru 20 da suka biyo baya ya yi aiki a matsayin furodusa da darakta da kuma jarumin fina-finai. Ya kuma jagoranci kungiyoyin rawa na kabilu daban-daban na Mzumba, Sangoma, da Gold Reef Dancers, wadanda suka yi a cikin fitattun fina-finai, da gidajen kallo, da otal-otal da suka fito a nahiyoyi hudu.  A cikin 1974 Mafela ta yi tauraro a cikin fim ɗin baƙar fata na farko da aka yi a Afirka ta Kudu, a matsayin Peter Pleasure a Udeliwe . Ya yi aiki tare da darekta Peter R. Hunt (wanda aka sani da fim din James Bond A kan Sabis na Sirrin Sarauniya ) a cikin fim ɗin 1976 Shout at the Devil. 

Tare da zuwan talabijin a Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekara ta 1976, Mafela ya yi aiki kusan ci gaba a wannan matsakaicin. A cikin 1986 an jefa shi a matsayin mai masaukin baki S'dumo a cikin jerin barkwancin harshen Zulu 'Sgudi 'Snaysi. Nasarar  Sgudi 'Snaysi ("Yana da kyau, Yana da kyau") - wanda ya gudana zuwa sassa 78 akan SABC - ya haifar da matsayi a cikin wasu jerin, wanda kamfanin Mafela na kansa ya samar da Penguin Films. Har ila yau, ya ƙarfafa Mafela ya shiga masana'antar talla, yana aiki a matsayin Daraktan Ƙirƙirar Sadarwar Baƙar fata a BBDO Afirka ta Kudu kuma, tun 1992, a matsayin darektan Tallace-tallace ta Sharrer a Johannesburg. 

Mafela yayi la'akari da alamar tauraro a farkon tallace-tallacen talabijin na Chicken Licken, kuma ya rubuta kamfanin "Yana da kyau, mai kyau, mai kyau, yana da kyau" jingle a lokacin yin tallace-tallace na Chicken Licken a shekara ta 1986.   

A cikin 1996, Gallo Records ta fitar da kundi na Shebeleza Fela, tare da mashahurin hit "Shebeleza (Congo Mama)".  Ya kasance babbar nasara, kuma "Shebeleza" ta kasance waƙar jigo a lokacin gasar cin kofin Afrika a 1996.  Tun daga wannan lokacin, Mafela ya yi rikodin kuma ya fitar da wasu albam masu yawa na waƙoƙin harshen Zulu. 

Wani lokacin ake kira "fuskar Afrika ta Kudu nisha", kuma "Afrika ta Kudu ta Bill Cosby",  ya alamar tauraro a matsayin kwanan nan a matsayin shekarar 2011 a cikin mai ban sha'awa azãbar rãmuwa.  Duk da haka, Mafela da ya tsufa ya koka a 2012 cewa yana da wahala a gare shi ya sami aikin wasan kwaikwayo. Ya ce an gaya masa cewa “ya tsufa da sanyi”.  Ya yi hatsarin mota a ranar 18 ga Maris, 2017, a kan M1 arewacin Johannesburg, inda motoci biyu suka shiga. Nan take ya rasu ya bar matarsa da ‘ya’yansa hudu. An binne shi a ranar 29 ga Maris 2017 a makabartar Westpark a Johannesburg.

Kyauta 
A cikin shekara ta 2004 Mafela ya sami lambar yabo ta Duku Duku na musamman saboda ayyukan da ya yi a masana'antar talabijin ta Afirka ta Kudu.  A cikin 2005 an ba shi lambar yabo ta Gudanar da Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka ta Kudu lambar yabo ta Rayuwa a Naledi Theater Awards .

Finafinai 

 Zulu (1964)
 Tokoloshe (1971)
 Ihu ga Iblis (1976)
 Gudu daga Angola (1976)
 Inyakanyaka (1977)
 Wasan Vultures (1979)
 Dole ne alloli su zama mahaukaci (1981)
  Snaysi (1986) (TV)
 Red Scorpion (1989)
 Khululeka (1993) (TV)
 Madam &amp; Hauwa'u (2000) (TV)
 Fela's TV (2004) (TV)
 Tafiya! (1998) (TV)
 Zamani: Gado (2015-2017)

Hotuna 

 "Shebeleza Felas" (1995) 
 "Fort E No. 4" (2007) 
 "Mafi Girman Lokacin" (2015)

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Bayanan Bayani na Jarumin TVSA
 Snaparazzi Gallery
Fina-finan Afirka
Fina-finai
Fina-finan 1972
Marubutan Afirka
Sinima a Afrika