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Sing Me a Song
Studio album by Miriam Makeba
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	World music, African music
Miriam Makeba chronology
Eyes on Tomorrow (1991) Sing Me a Song (1993) Homeland (2000)

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Sing Me a Song is a 1993 album by Miriam Makeba. It was her first album recorded in South Africa, in a studio in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana.

Track listing

1. Sing Me a Song
2. Bass Rap
3. N'Diarabi
4. Moody Moods
5. Thula Mntanami
6. Generation Rap
7. Known Unsung Hero
8. I Long to Return
9. Serenade Me
10. Bambarana
11. Choo Choo Train / Shuku Shuku
12. Ivory Song
13. My People
14. Laktushona Ilanga
15. Good Grunge
16. Prendre Un Enfant

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
2. 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. "
3. 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."

• 1994 albums
• Miriam Makeba albums
• Mercury Records albums