Country Girl (Miriam Makeba album)

1978 studio album by Miriam Makeba

Country Girl

Released

1978

Miriam Makeba & Bongi
(1975)

Country Girl
(1978)

Comme une symphonie d'amour
(1979)

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Country Girl is a 1978 album by Miriam Makeba. The album was recorded in Kumasi, Ghana, but completed in New York City with members of Ipi Tombi.

Track listing

Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
Max Mojapelo, Sello Galane - Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South Africa 2008 It may interest some readers to note that though her album Country Girl was recorded in Kumasi, it was completed in new York with some members of Ipi tombi. Some of them like Julia Mathunjwa, Betty hlela and nomsa caluza formed a group called Shikisha.

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Studio albums	Miriam Makeba (1960) The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962) 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" "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
People	Bongi Makeba (daughter) Hugh Masekela (3rd husband) Stokely Carmichael (4th husband)