JOHANNESBURG –The U.S. publishing house responsible for “Wimoweh,” the Weavers’ hit that inspired “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” has agreed to pay future royalties to the family of the late South African ...

No fans gather at the grave of Solomon Linda Ntsele, the composer of the most famous melody to come out of Africa. In part, this is because few outsiders ever venture into the rougher edges of Soweto, ...

SOWETO, South Africa -- No fans gather at the grave of Solomon Linda, the composer of the most famous melody to ever come out of Africa. In part, this is because few outsiders ever venture into the ...

Millions of dollars in royalties from the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" will go to the heirs of the late South African composer Solomon Linda, who died in 1962. In 1950, when blacks had few ...