Sing Me a Song (Miriam Makeba album)

Sing Me a Song

Studio album by Miriam Makeba

Released

1994

Recorded

1993

Genre

World music, African music

Miriam Makeba chronology

'Eyes on Tomorrow (1991)
(1991)

Sing Me a Song
(1994)

'Homeland'
(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

Sing Me A Song
Bass Rap
N'Diarabi
Moody Moods
Thula Mntanami
Generation Rap
Known Unsung Hero
I Long To Return
Serenade Me
Bambarana
Choo Choo Train / Shuku Shuku
Ivory Song
My People
Laktushona Ilanga
Good Grunge
Prendre Un Enfant

References

↑ 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. "
↑ 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."

Miriam Makeba
Studio albums	The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1960) Miriam Makeba (1960) The World of Miriam Makeba (1963) The Voice of Africa (1964) Makeba Sings! (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) The Magic of Makeba (1965) The Magnificent Miriam Makeba (1966) All About Miriam (1966) Pata Pata (1967) Makeba! (1968) Keep Me in Mind (1970) A Promise (1974) Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975) Country Girl (1978) Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979) Sangoma (1988) Welela (1989) Eyes on Tomorrow (1991) Sing Me a Song (1994) Homeland (2000) Reflections (2004)
Compilations	Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (1975) The Queen of African Music (1987) Africa (1991)
Singles	"The House of the Rising Sun" (1960) "The Click Song" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1963) "Malaika" / "Malcolm X" (1965) "Pata Pata" (1967) "Mas que Nada" (1967) "I Shall Be Released" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969) "Soweto Blues" (1988) "Brand New Day" "Chauffeur Blues" "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
People	Bongi Makeba (daughter) Hugh Masekela (3rd husband) Stokely Carmichael (4th husband)

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