Welela

Welela
Studio album by Miriam Makeba
Released	January 1, 1990
Recorded	late 1989
Genre	World
Length	45:11
Label	Phonocomp, Mercury
Producer	Sipho Mabuse, Roberto Meglioli
Miriam Makeba chronology
Sangoma (1988) Welela (1990) Eyes on Tomorrow (1991)

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Welela is a Miriam Makeba album mixed at Condulmer Recording Studios in Venice, Italy by Allan Goldberg of Phonocomp in the end of 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 Galinha" (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
• Loulou Laguerre — Keyboards

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