''Africa'' is a collection of songs from the 1970s by
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
n singer
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she w ...
. The collection was produced and released on
CD by
Novus Records
Novus Records (later Arista Novus and RCA Novus) was an American jazz record label run by Steve Backer. Backer worked at Impulse! Records until 1974, when Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records, asked him to oversee the jazz division at Arista.
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in October 1991.
Album details
(in ''Italian'').
Track listing
# "Mbube"
# "Nomeva"
# "Olilili"
# "Suliram"
# "Retreat Song"
# "Click Song
''Qongqothwane'' is a traditional song of the Xhosa people of South Africa. It is sung at weddings to bring good fortune. In the western world it is mainly known as ''The Click Song''. The Xhosa title literally means "knock-knock beetle", which i ...
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# "Saduva"
# "Iya Guduza"
# "Lakutshon Ilanga"
# "Umhome"
# "Amanpondo"
# "Dubula"
# "Kwendini"
# "Umhome"
# "Pole Mze"
# "Le fleuve"
# "Qhude"
# "Mayibuye"
# "Maduna"
# "Kilimanjaro"
# "Kwazulu (In the Land of the Zulus)"
# "Nongqongqq (To Those We Love)"
# "Khawuleza"
# "Ndodemnyama (Beware Verwoerd)"
References
1991 compilation albums
Miriam Makeba albums
Novus Records albums
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