Welela

Welela
Studio album by Miriam Makeba
Released	1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	World
Length	45:11
Label	Phonocomp, Mercury
Producer	Sipho Mabuse, Roberto Meglioli
Miriam Makeba chronology
The Queen of African Music (1987) Welela (1989) Eyes on Tomorrow (1991)

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Allmusic	[1]

Welela is a Miriam Makeba album mixed at Condulmer Recording Studios in Venice, Italy by Allan Goldberg of Phonocomp in 1989, except for "Pata Pata" which was mixed at Psycho Studio in Milan, February 1990.

Track listing

1. "Amampondo" (Miriam Makeba) – 5:20
2. "African Sunset" (Sipho Mabuse) – 5:49
3. "Djiu De Glainha" (José Carlos Schwarz) – 4:08
4. "A luta continua" (Makeba) – 4:40
5. "Soweto Blues" (Hugh Masekela, S. Todd) – 4:18
6. "Welela" (Nelson Lee) – 3:18
7. "Hapo Zamani" (Makeba, Dorothy Masuka) – 4:29
8. "Pata Pata" (Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy) – 3:53
9. "Saduva" (Makeba) – 4:43
10. "Africa" (Keith Mathela) – 4:33

Personnel

• Miriam Makeba — Lead vocal
• Sipho Mabuse, Dorothy Masuka, Doreen Webster — Backing vocals
• Keith Mathela — Guitars
• Claude Deppa — Trumpet
• Claudio Pascoli, Michael "Bami" Rose — Sax
• Emmanuel "Chulo" Gatewood — Bass
• Damon Duewhite — Drums
• Smith Ailar — Percussion

Production

• Produced By Sipho Mabuse & Roberto Meglioli
• Post-Production By Allan Goldberg
• Recorded & Engineered By Toby Alington & Jean Trenchant
• Mixed By Sipho Mabuse & Allan Goldberg

References

1. Welela at AllMusic