Paradise in Gazankulu is the 27th and final studio album by Harry Belafonte, released by EMI Records in 1988.[ Allmusic entry for Paradise in Gazankulu] Retrieved November 2009. The album deals with the plight of black South Africans under the Apartheid system at the time of its release.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 MP3 download in the U.K in 2010. The title is in reference to the former South African Bantustan of Gazankulu that was intended by the apartheid-era government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Tsonga people.
Track listing "We Are the Wave" (Jake Holmes, 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, Dominic M. Zuma) – 4:05 "Kwela (Listen To The Man)" (Holmes, S. M. Nkabinde) – 4:00 "Monday to Monday" (Holmes, Dominic M. 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 Harry Belafonte – vocals Alistair Coakely – guitar Jose Alves – guitar Themba “Stompie” Dlamini – guitar Laurence Matshiza – guitar, background vocals V. Mkhize – guitar Maxwell "China" Mngadi – guitar José Neto – guitar Oben Ngobeni – guitar Marks Makwane – guitar Alex Acuña – percussion Neil Clarke – percussion Youssou N'Dour – percussion Chi Sharpe – percussion Assane Thiam – percussion Babakar Meaye – percussion Richard Cummings – keyboards Christopher Dlathu – bass Bakithi Kumalo – 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 – pennywhistles Victor Paz – trumpet Francis Bonny – trumpet Wilmer Wise – trumpet Lemmy "Special" Mabaso – saxophone Ricky Ford – saxophone Morris Goldberg – saxophone Dick Griffin – trombone Carlos Ward – saxophone Jennifer Warnes – vocals on "Skin to Skin" Bobby Allende – background vocals Jake Holmes – background vocals Ralph Irizarry – background vocals Selina Khoza – background vocals Brenda Fassie – background vocals and co-lead vocals on “Monday to Monday” 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 – 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 – assistant engineer Bernie Grundman – mastering David Nadien – concert master Chris Callis – photography Suzette Abbot – photography Carol Chen – design Henry Marquez – art direction
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