Myekeleni

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Myekeleni is the seventeenth studio album by South African singer Brenda Fassie, released on December 5, 2002 in Johannesburg by CCP Records. In 2004 EMI Records re-issued this recording on a digital platform. Myekeleni is composed of mid-tempo Pop, Afropop, Mbaqanga and Kwaito songs.

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Myekeleni
Myekeleni.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 5, 2002
Studio
Genre Afropop, Kwaito
Length40:28
Label CCP Records,
Rhino (February 4, 2003 Re-release)
Producer Sello "Chicco" Twala, Brenda Fassie
Brenda Fassie chronology
Brenda: The Greatest Hits
(2001)
Myekeleni
(2002)
Mali
(2003)

DJ CALL ME has sampled the album song "Mama I'm Sorry" in his House Music version of "Mama I'm Sorry", found on his 2006 EP. [2]

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The album was a hit in South Africa and around Africa, selling over a million copies. [4]

Tracklist

Credits adapted from Allmusic. [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sgubu Se Zion"5:12
2."Duma Duma"
  • Twala
  • Thami Mdluli
5:13
3."Baxakekile Oxam' (Live)"5:44
4."Shikhebe Shamago"
  • Twala
  • L. Twala
4:47
5."Kesiyile Bana Baka"Twala4:45
6."Hintoni"
  • L. Twala
  • Twala
4:45
7."They All Want Me Down"
  • L. Twala
  • Twala
4:42
8."Duma Duma - Gospel Mix"
  • L. Twala
  • Twala
2:52
9."Come Duze"
  • O. Mdlongwa
  • Fassie
4:47
10."Mama I'm Sorry"
  • Fassie
  • Twala
4:23
11."Sgubu Se Zion (Zion Mix)"
  • L. Twala
  • Twala
5:13
12."Thixo Ongiphile"
O. Mdlongwa
  • Fassie
6:13

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