Paradise in Gazankulu
{{Infobox album
| name = Paradise in Gazankulu
| type = album
| artist = Harry Belafonte
| cover = Paradise in Gazankulu.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded = Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Evergreen Studios and MRC Studios, New York City, Powerhouse Studios, Johannesburg
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Folk, African music
| length =
| label = EMI
| producer = Hilton Rosenthal, David Belafonte
| prev_title = Loving You is Where I Belong
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Belafonte '89
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r24232|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2score = C+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|accessdate=August 16, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}
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Paradise in Gazankulu is the final studio album by Harry Belafonte, released by EMI Records in 1988.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r24232|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic entry for Paradise in Gazankulu] Retrieved November 2009. The album deals with the plight of black South Africans under the Apartheid system.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." The album was re-released as an official mp3 download 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
- "Global Carnival" (Holmes, Alistair Coakley) – 3:43
- "Capetown" (Holmes, M. Xaba, R. Bopape) – 3:58
- "Sisiwami (Sweet Sister)" (Holmes, The Soul Brothers) – 4:49
- "Move It" (Holmes, Van Van, Vusi Khumalo) – 4:57
Personnel
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
- Alistair Coakely – guitar
- Jose Alves – guitar
- "Stompie" Themba Dlzmini – guitar
- Laurence Matshiza – guitar, background vocals
- V. Mkhize – guitar
- Maxwell "China" Mngadi – guitar
- José Neto – guitar
- Oben Ngobeni – guitar
- Marks Makwane – guitar
- Alex Acuña – percussion
- Neil Clarke – percussion
- Youssou N'Dour – percussion
- Chi Sharpe – percussion
- Assane Thiam – percussion
- Babakar Meaye – percussion
- Richard Cummings – keyboards
- Christopher Dlathu – bass
- Bakithi Kumalo – bass
- Denny Laloutte – bass
- Thembile Michael Masoka – bass
- Joseph Mokwela – bass
- Sicelo Ndlela – bass
- Vusi Khumalo – drums, background vocals
- Lucky Monoma – drums
- Bongani Nxele – drums
- Richie Marrero – keyboards, background vocals
- Mduduzi Mlangeni – keyboards
- Dumisane Ngubeni – keyboards
- Moses "Crocodile" Ngwenya – keyboards
- Hilton Rosenthal – keyboards, guitar
- West Nkosi – pennywhistles
- Victor Paz – trumpet
- Francis Bonny – trumpet
- Wilmer Wise – trumpet
- Lemmy "Special" Mabaso – saxophone
- Ricky Ford – saxophone
- Morris Goldberg – saxophone
- Dick Griffin – trombone
- Carlos Ward – saxophone
- Jennifer Warnes – vocals on "Skin to Skin"
- Bobby Allende – background vocals
- Jake Holmes – background vocals
- Ralph Irizarry – background vocals
- Selina Khoza – background vocals
- Brenda Fassie – background vocals
- Sharon Brooks – background vocals
- John Cartwright – background vocals
- Jean Madubane – background vocals
- Debbie Malone – background vocals
- Ronnie Martin – background vocals
- David Masondo – background vocals
- Grace Ngobeni – background vocals
- Jane Ngobeni – background vocals
- Marilyn Nokwe – background vocals
- Tu Nokwe – background vocals
- Deborah Sharpe – background vocals
- Ty Stevens – background vocals
Production notes:
- Hilton Rosenthal – producer, drum programming
- Harry Belafonte – executive producer
- Richard Cummings – arranger, conductor
- Peter Thwaites – engineer
- Charlie Paakkari – engineer
- David Belafonte – engineer
- Larry Walsh – engineer
- Chris Rudy – engineer
- Tom Lewis – engineer
- Fernando Perdigao – assistant engineer
- Bobby Summerfield – mixer, engineer, drum programming, sampling, synthesizer programming
- Scott Ansell – assistant engineer
- Ellen Fitton – assistant engineer
- Billy Straus – assistant engineer
- Ben-Ben, Hahn – assistant engineer
- Peter Doell – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- David Nadien – concert master
- Chris Callis – photography
- Suzette Abbot – photography
- Carol Chen – design
- Henry Marquez – art direction