Paradise in Gazankulu
Studio album by
Harry Belafonte
Released1988
RecordedCapitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Evergreen Studios and MRC Studios, New York City, Powerhouse Studios, Johannesburg
GenreFolk, World music
LabelEMI
ProducerHilton Rosenthal, David Belafonte
Harry Belafonte chronology
Loving You is Where I Belong
(1981) 		Paradise in Gazankulu
(1988) 		Belafonte '89
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

Paradise in Gazankulu is album by Harry Belafonte, released by EMI Records in 1988.[3] It was his final studio album, prior to his death in 2023. The album deals with the plight of black South Africans under the Apartheid system.[4] The album was re-released as an official mp3 download by amazon.com, and iTunes in the U.K. in 2010.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Production notes:

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Allmusic entry for Paradise in Gazankulu Retrieved November 2009.
  4. ^ 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."
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