Country Girl (Miriam Makeba album)

Country Girl
Studio album by Miriam Makeba
Released	1978
Genre	World music, African music
Miriam Makeba chronology
Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975) Country Girl (1978) Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]

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. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Witch Doctor (Isangoma)"
2. "Country Girl"
3. "Tailor Man"
4. "Xica da Silva", Jorge Ben
5. "Meet Me at the River"
6. "The Lion Cries (Mbube)"
7. "Goodbye Poverty"
8. "Click Song"

References

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