Sing Me a Song (album) explained

Sing Me a Song
Type:	studio
Artist:	Miriam Makeba
Cover:	Sing Me a Song (Miriam Makeba album).jpg
Released:	1994
Recorded:	1993
Genre:	World music, African music
Prev Year:	1991
Next Year:	2000

Sing Me a Song is a 1994 album by Miriam Makeba. It was her first album recorded in South Africa, in a studio in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

1. Sing Me a Song
2. Bass Rap
3. N'Diarabi
4. Moody Moods
5. Thula Mntanami
6. Generation Rap
7. Known Unsung Hero
8. I Long to Return
9. Serenade Me
10. Bambarana
11. Choo Choo Train / Shuku Shuku
12. Ivory Song
13. My People
14. Laktushona Ilanga
15. Good Grunge
16. Prendre Un Enfant

Notes and References

1. Billboard - Apr 30, 1994 - Page 89 She explains the title of her album, "Sing Me A Song" on RPM Records, as the final transition from her years in exile to establishing a home in South Africa. "
2. Miriam Makeba, Nomsa Mwamuka Makeba: The Miriam Makeba Story 2004 - Page 222- "Then just before the celebration of our newly found independence I did my album Sing Me a Song. I recorded Sing Me a Song, my first album recorded at home, in a studio in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana. The message of the album was a message of hope and peace. The era had arrived for the miraculous day of April 27th 1994."