Shaka Zulu (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Shaka Zulu
Type = studio
Artist = Ladysmith Black Mambazo


Released = 1987
Genre = World, A cappella
Length = 36:41
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Paul Simon

"Shaka Zulu" is an 1987 album by South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Following a collaboration on Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland, which brought the group to international prominence, "Shaka Zulu" - produced by Simon - marked the band's first genuine international hit, securing them an American audience which would be built upon by the successes of "Journey of Dreams" (1988) and "Two Worlds, One Heart" (1990). "Shaka Zulu" was a collection of newly recorded versions of older Mambazo hits, such as "Unomathemba", "Hello My Baby" and "Lomhlaba Kawunoni".

Shaka Zulu won a Grammy in 1988 for "Best Traditional Folk Recording".

The album was also featured in Robert Dimery's 2006 musical reference book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

Track listing

#"Unomathemba" - 3:47
#"Hello My Baby" - 3:09
#"At Golgotha" - 3:57
#"King of Kings" - 4:07
#"Lomhlaba Kawunoni" - 2:55
#"How Long?" - 3:05
#"Ikhaya Lamaqhawe" - 3:13
#"Yibo Labo" - 4:39
#"Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain" - 2:18
#"Wawusho Kubani?" - 5:31