Soloist: [ Singing ] I have joy, peace, and happiness in my soul.

Group: [ Singing ] Joy, peace, and happiness.

Thulani Shabalala: For me, the voice is important because it comes from your soul.

The voice connects you with God.

Group: [ Signing ] Joy, peace, and happiness in my soul.

[ Cheers and applause ] Thulani Shabalala: Ladysmith Black Mambazo was formed in 1960.

Coming from South Africa, it's an a cappella group of 10 members.

The founder is my father, Joseph Shabalala.

[ Group singing in native language ] Joseph Shabalala: As you see, all these things here is where my music comes from.

Narrator: Joseph Shabalala formed Ladysmith Black Mambazo during one of South Africa's darkest chapters.

Thulani Shabalala: During the time, the time of apartheid, it was difficult for anyone, more especially Black persons, to move around.

Narrator: At the height of apartheid in the 1960s, South Africa was torn by brutal segregation.

Yet Ladysmith's music carried joy that would soon cross continents.

A meeting was coming, one that would change their lives, and the world, forever.

Thulani Shabalala: The group, they got a chance in 1985 to collaborate with an American artist, Paul Simon.

He's the one who paved the way for Ladysmith Black Mambazo to tour around the world.

Narrator: Their collaboration with Paul Simon on "Graceland" became a global anthem, shedding light on the injustices of apartheid far beyond South Africa.

Many say it's among the best albums of all time.

Group: [ Singing ] Homeless, homeless.

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake.

Homeless, homeless.

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake.

Homeless, homeless.

Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake.

Amlen: We're really excited that Ladysmith Black Mambazo is playing here.

Outpost in the Burbs, our legacy has sort of been to bring people together through the musical experience.

Group: [ Singing ] Homeless, homeless.

Amlen: Good art on any medium -- on film, on music, on stage -- can get people to think past themselves to maybe greater issues than oneself.

Man: It is with our great pleasure to share with you tonight that in South Africa we are celebrating 31 years of democracy.

[ Cheers and applause ] Group: [ Singing ] Long walk to freedom.

[ Soloist vocalizing ] Group: [ Singing ] Long way, long way.

Long walk to freedom.

Long way, long way.

Long walk to freedom.

[ Cheers and applause ] Narrator: Today, Joseph Shabalala's music lives on through his family.

His sons and grandsons now carry Ladysmith's legacy, weaving past and present in every song.

Thulani Shabalala: When I was very, very young, just like him -- he's my son.

He was like 70 years old.

My father called me and my -- and my brothers, and he said to us, "I feel that I'm going to retire now, but I want to bless you."

He said, "Whatever power I got from God, I'm transferring this power into you."

This year, we are celebrating the 65th year.

[ Group singing in native language ] [ Singing continues ] Gagamela Shabalala: My father and his brothers, they joined in 1993.

The grandchildren also now have entered in the group.

This is my first tour in the U.S.

So, that is how it is evolving from generation to generation.

It's more like we're keeping the tradition alive.

The Mambazo mission is to spread love, peace, and harmony.

That hasn't changed.

It's been Grandfather's idea from the beginning until now.

That is what we are trying to spread.

It's not going to stop anytime soon.

We're hoping for the next 65 years.

[ Both laugh ] Group: [ Singing ] I have joy, peace, and happiness in my soul.

Joy, peace, and happiness.

I have joy, peace, and happiness.

I have joy.

I have joy, peace, and happiness in my soul.

[ Vocalizing ] [ Cheers and applause ]