Homeland (Miriam Makeba album)


Homeland is a 2000 album by South African singer Miriam Makeba. It was released in 2000 on CD by world music label Putumayo. It includes a duet starring Makeba and Zenzi Lee in a renovated version of Makeba's trademark hit song "Pata Pata", entitled "Pata Pata 2000". Congolese pop star Lokua Kanza also contributed to this album both as a songwriter and as a singer.
Both the title-track and the whole record are largely conceived as a celebration of the end of apartheid. The record was released a few days before the South African Freedom Day on 27 April 2000. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category.

Track listing

  1. "Masakhane" – 4:42
  2. "Amaliya" – 3:12
  3. "Pata Pata 2000" – 3:49
  4. "'Cause We Live for Love" – 4:35
  5. "Liwa Wechi" – 3:30
  6. "Lindelani" – 3:14
  7. "Homeland" – 4:06
  8. "Umhome" – 5:09
  9. "Africa Is Where My Heart Lies" – 4:39
  10. "In Time" – 5:01