Ilembe is a 2007 album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Songs on the album are primarily moral, but there are some religious compositions for which the group are well known.

As Joseph Shabalala (the group's founder, lead singer, composer and director) put it,[3] "Don’t worry about the many things that are in your way.

The album was released in the United States on 22 January 2008, under the title Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu.

[4] Ilembe has been a very successful album for Ladysmith Black Mambazo: in South Africa, the recording won a South African Music Award (SAMA) on 3 May 2008 in the category Best Traditional A Capella Album; and in the United States, it won a Grammy on 8 February 2009 in the category Best Traditional World Music Album in the 2009 Grammy Awards.