Sangoma (Miriam Makeba album)

Sangoma
Studio album by
Released1988
GenreSouth African music
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerRuss Titelman
Miriam Makeba chronology
Comme une symphonie d'amour
(1979)
Sangoma
(1988)
Welela
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
New Musical Express9/10

Sangoma is an album by the South African musician Miriam Makeba, released in 1988. It was a comeback album after a long pause since Comme une symphonie d'amour, in 1979, spurred by touring with Paul Simon, who was promoting his album Graceland. The album's chants were taught to Makeba by her mother. While recording this album she was in a wheelchair due to fracturing her leg while on the Graceland tour.