When Paul Simon introduced Ladysmith Black Mambazo during the Graceland Concert at Rufaro Stadium, Harare, in 1987, he explained that they were named after the mbazo, "a small axe, because of the power of their vocals".
Ladysmith was their home town in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
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