Madala Kunene
Affectionately known as "Bafo", Madala Kunene (born 17 April 1947) is a South African musician born in Kwa-Mashu, near Durban. Kunene started busking on Durban’s beach-front at the age of 7, making his first guitar out of a cooking oil tin and fish gut for the strings, soon becoming a popular performer in the townships. Biography Madala Kunene has recorded and collaborated with a host of artists namely Guy Buttery, Max Lässer, Debashish Bhattacharya, Steve Newman, Busi Mhlongo, Mabi Thobejane, Syd Kitchen, Madosini, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim and many others. Discography Madala Kunene (1990) Outernational Meltdown – Healers Brew Compilation (1995) Outernational Meltdown – Free At Last Compilation (1995) King Of The Zulu Guitar Live Vol. 1 (1995) Kon'Ko Man (1996) Outernational Meltdown / Madala – Music With No Name (12") (1996) Freedom Countdown – Compilation (1996) Madala Kunene & Max Lässer – Madamax (1998) Oppikoppi – Bushveld Blast Live '98 – Various Artists Compilation (1998) Madala Kunene & Bernard Mndaweni – Uxolo (2005) Madala Kunene & Syd Kitchen – Bafo Bafo (2005) African Classics - King Of The Zulu Guitar – Compilation (2008) Madala Kunene & Baba Mokoena Serakoeng – First Double 1 & 2 1959 (2015) Khaya Records