Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa

{{short description|1971 studio album by Hugh Masekela}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa

| type = studio

| artist = Hugh Masekela

| cover = Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = May 1971

| recorded = 5–7 April 1971

| venue =

| studio = Poppi Studios, Los Angeles, California.

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Chisa Records 73041

| producer = Stewart Levine

| prev_title = Reconstruction

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Home Is Where the Music Is

| next_year = 1972

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Hugh Masekela – Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hugh-masekela-the-union-of-south-africa-mw0000625550|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=6 May 2016|first=Lars |last=Lovén }}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=May 27, 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&dq=The+Encyclopedia+of+Popular+Music+-+hugh+masekela&pg=PA1202|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|page=1203|access-date=26 April 2017}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |last1=Swenson |first1=John |title=The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Random House |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swens |url-access=registration |quote=Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album). |access-date=23 September 2019 |language=en}}

}}

Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa is the thirteenth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, released via the Chisa Records label in May 1971.{{cite web|title=Hugh Masekela - Biography|url=https://www.amoeba.com/hugh-masekela/artist/116209/bio|website=Amoeba Music|publisher=amoeba.com|access-date=13 July 2017}}{{cite web|title=Hugh Masekela: Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa|url=https://www.discogs.com/Hugh-Masekela-The-Union-Of-South-Africa-Hugh-Masekela-The-Union-Of-South-Africa/release/3561152|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|access-date=6 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979|url=http://www.dougpayne.com/hmd7079.htm#RECONSTRUCTION|publisher=dougpayne.com|access-date=6 May 2016}} The album was re-released on CD in 1994 on the MoJazz label.