Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)

Hugh Masekela · 1987 · hymne anti-apartheid

Context

First track of the album "Tomorrow" (WEA, 1987), recorded in London in 1986 during the trumpeter's exile, inspired by a letter Nelson Mandela had sent him from prison. Banned by the South African government upon release, the song became an unofficial anthem of the anti-apartheid movement.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to South African jazz. Among the origins and influences of South African jazz: Free jazz, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Soweto Blues (1976)
• Stimela (Coaltrain) (1974)
• Grazing in the Grass (1968)

Sources

• EN: Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)
• EN: Tomorrow (Hugh Masekela album)

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