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Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

, released by EMI Records in 1988. It was his final studio album, prior to his death in 2023. The album deals with the plight of black South Africans under the

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system.The Guide to United States Popular Culture William Labov, Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne - 2001 - Page 78 "Belafonte focused consistent attention on the racist apartheid system in South Africa; in 1988 he issued an album about the South Africa system, Paradise in Gazankulu." The album was re-released as an official

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Track listing

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, Richard Cummings, The Soul Brothers) – 3:32 # "Paradise in Gazankulu" (Holmes, Oben Ngobeni) – 4:27 # "Skin to Skin" (Holmes, Godfrey Nelson) – 4:25 # "Amandla" (Holmes, D. Zuma) – 4:05 # "Kwela (Listen To The Man)" (Holmes, S. M. Nkabinda) – 4:00 # "Monday to Monday" (Holmes, Zuma, R. Klaas) – 4:14 # "Global Carnival" (Holmes, Alistair Coakley) – 3:43 # "Capetown" (Holmes, M. Xaba, R. Bopape) – 3:58 # "Sisiwami (Sweet Sister)" (Holmes, The Soul Brothers) – 4:49 # "Move It" (Holmes, Van Van, Vusi Khumalo) – 4:57

Personnel

– vocals *Alistair Coakely – guitar *Jose Alves – guitar *"Stompie" Themba Dlzmini – guitar *Laurence Matshiza – guitar, background vocals *V. Mkhize – guitar *Maxwell "China" Mngadi – guitar * José Neto – guitar *Oben Ngobeni – guitar *Marks Makwane – guitar *

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian-American drummer and percussionist. Background Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands such as La Orquesta de los Hermanos Nec ...

– percussion *Neil Clarke – percussion *

Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour (, wo, Yuusu Nduur; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine describe ...

– percussion *Chi Sharpe – percussion *Assane Thiam – percussion *Babakar Meaye – percussion *Richard Cummings – keyboards *Christopher Dlathu – bass *

Bakithi Kumalo Bakithi Kumalo (; born 10 May 1956) is a South African bassist, composer, and vocalist. Kumalo is most known for his fretless bass playing on Paul Simon's 1986 album ''Graceland'', in particular the bass run on "You Can Call Me Al". Biography and ...

– bass * Denny Laloutte – bass *Thembile Michael Masoka – bass *Joseph Mokwela – bass *Sicelo Ndlela – bass *Vusi Khumalo – drums, background vocals *Lucky Monoma – drums *Bongani Nxele – drums *Richie Marrero – keyboards, background vocals *Mduduzi Mlangeni – keyboards *Dumisane Ngubeni – keyboards *Moses "Crocodile" Ngwenya – keyboards *Hilton Rosenthal – keyboards, guitar *

West Nkosi West Nkosi (born Mkhubatseli West Nkosi, 1940 – 8 October 1998) was a South African music producer, saxophonist and songwriter. Nkosi was born in Nelspruit, South Africa. He was an original member of the Makgona Tsohle Band which backed Mahla ...

– pennywhistles *Victor Paz – trumpet *Francis Bonny – trumpet *Wilmer Wise – trumpet *Lemmy "Special" Mabaso – saxophone *

Ricky Ford Ricky Ford (born March 4, 1954) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Ford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States,) and studied at the New England Conservatory. Ricky Ford AllMusic In 1974, he recorded with Gunther Schulle ...

– saxophone *

Morris Goldberg Morris Goldberg is a South African saxophonist who is recognised as one of the early pioneers of Cape Jazz, along with Dollar Brand and Chris McGregor. Biography Born in Cape Town, Goldberg grew up in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town. He l ...

– saxophone *

Dick Griffin James Richard Griffin (born January 28, 1940, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American jazz trombonist known for his work on Strata-East Records, and with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. As a child he studied piano, soon switching to trombone. After earnin ...

– trombone *

Carlos Ward Carlos Ward (born May 1, 1940 in Ancón, Panama) is a funk and jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He is best known as a member of the Funk and disco band BT Express as well as a jazz sideman. Biography Ward was raised in Panama City, and at a ...

– saxophone *

Jennifer Warnes Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1987 for ...

– vocals on "Skin to Skin" *Bobby Allende – background vocals *

– background vocals * Ralph Irizarry – background vocals *Selina Khoza – background vocals *

Brenda Fassie Brenda Nokuzola Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) was a South African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist. Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she is also known as the "Queen of African Pop", the " Madonna of The Townships" or s ...

– background vocals *Sharon Brooks – background vocals *John Cartwright – background vocals *Jean Madubane – background vocals *Debbie Malone – background vocals *Ronnie Martin – background vocals *David Masondo – background vocals *Grace Ngobeni – background vocals *Jane Ngobeni – background vocals *Marilyn Nokwe – background vocals *Tu Nokwe – background vocals *Deborah Sharpe – background vocals *Ty Stevens – background vocals Production notes: *Hilton Rosenthal – producer, drum programming *Harry Belafonte – executive producer *Richard Cummings – arranger, conductor *Peter Thwaites – engineer *

Charlie Paakkari Christina Paakkari, also known as Charlie Paakkari, is an American audio engineer for Capitol Records and the recipient of a 2005 Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the ...

– engineer *David Belafonte – engineer *Larry Walsh – engineer *Chris Rudy – engineer *Tom Lewis – engineer *Fernando Perdigao – assistant engineer *Bobby Summerfield – mixer, engineer, drum programming, sampling, synthesizer programming *Scott Ansell – assistant engineer *Ellen Fitton – assistant engineer * Billy Straus – assistant engineer *Ben-Ben, Hahn – assistant engineer *

Peter Doell Peter Doell is an American recording and mastering engineer known for his work with Miles Davis, Toto, Céline Dion and The Beach Boys. Doell has been a staff engineer at Capitol Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders and Universal Mastering Studios W ...

– assistant engineer *

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...

– mastering *

David Nadien David Nadien (March 12, 1926 – May 28, 2014) was an American virtuoso violinist and violin teacher. He was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1966 to 1970. His playing style, characterized by fast vibrato, audible shifting noise ...

– concert master *Chris Callis – photography *Suzette Abbot – photography * Carol Chen – design *Henry Marquez – art direction

References

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