Miriam Makeba – The World of Miriam Makeba (1963/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Miriam Makeba – The World of Miriam Makeba (1963/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:20 minutes | 782 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Album by “Mama Africa”, the 1960s artist and activist who brought African music to the west.

Miriam Makeba returned to RCA Victor Records for her third album, which was given more of a pop sheen by producers Hugo & Luigi, who employed an orchestra conducted by Makeba find Hugh Masekela (soon to be the singer’s husband). As usual, the song list consisted mostly of originals sung by Makeba in her native language, but there were also some songs sung in English, such as the tango “Forbidden Games,” the Negro spiritual “Little Boy,” and “Where Can I Go?” (which appeared to comment directly on her stateless status since being banned from South Africa), while Makeba performed “Tonados de Media Noche” in Spanish and “Vamos Chamar Ovento” in Portuguese. Her profile had expanded since her self-titled RCA debut in 1960, and even since her Kapp Records release The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba a year earlier, both musically and in terms of her political status as an opponent of apartheid (the liner notes mentioned her appearance before the United Nations), and that may have helped make The World of Miriam Makeba her first commercial success on records. ~~ AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
01. Miriam Makeba – Dubula (02:50)
02. Miriam Makeba – Forbidden Games (02:59)
03. Miriam Makeba – Pole Mze (02:19)
04. Miriam Makeba – Little Boy (03:26)
05. Miriam Makeba – Kwedini (02:18)
06. Miriam Makeba – Vamos Chamar Ovento (03:25)
07. Miriam Makeba – Umhome (02:54)
08. Miriam Makeba – Amampondo (02:00)
09. Miriam Makeba – Wonders and Things (03:13)
10. Miriam Makeba – Tonados de Media Noche (Song at Midnight) (03:12)
11. Miriam Makeba – Into Yam (02:45)
12. Miriam Makeba – Where Can I Go? (02:53)

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