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
"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, D. Zuma) – 4:05
"Kwela (Listen To The Man)" (Holmes, S. M. Nkabinda) – 4:00
"Monday to Monday" (Holmes, Zuma, R. Klaas) – 4:14
^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."