Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation: Broadway Cast Recording (1988 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

Mbongeni Ngema | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WCP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,871 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture - Band

2. Zibuyile Emasisweni - Company

3. Sarafina! - S'Ginci/Stimela Sasezola/Students

4. The Lord's Prayer - Siboniso/Magundane/Mistress It's A Pity/Students

5. Yes, Mistress It's a Pity - Mistress/Policeman/Company

6. Give Us Power - Priest/Magundane/Thandi/Thandekile/Students

7. Afunani Amaphoyisa Soweto - Company

8. Freedom Is Coming Tomorrow - Magundane/Company

9. Excuse Me Baby - Band

10. Meeting Tonight - Thandekile/Students

11. Stand and Fight - Students

12. Uyamemeza Umgoma - Thandi/Students

13. Voster Sisolilwela - Thandekile/Students

14. Wawungalelani - Thandani/Students

15. Mama - Magundane/Thandekile/Mistress/Students

16. Sechaba - Students

17. Isizwe - Thandani/Students

18. Goodbye - Mistress

19. Kilimanjaro - Students

20. Africa Burning in the Sun - Students

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Powerful music and message. Wonderful Broadway show from 1988 with original cast.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, February 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation: Broadway Cast Recording (1988 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

After seeing the Broadway musical "Sarafina", I was deeply moved. It has to have been the best broadway show I have seen. I am still moved to tears when I listen to the cd and reminisce about the actual performance. I wish they could do a revival of this musical. The motion picture has nothing on the musical. I recommend this cd to anyone who loves international music and wants to understand the struggle that South Africans went through during their fight against Apartheid. The cd is not just music but it is the actual play on cd.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awe-inspirng soundtrack that sings the heart of africa., December 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation: Broadway Cast Recording (1988 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

The soundtrack Sarafina is absolutely worth all of the money in the world. It allows you to hear the hearts of many who suffered in Africa and it reaches to the heart. The music takes you to Africa and no words can describe the value of the music. This cd is guaranteed to be worth all of your money and them some!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, Important Work of Political Musical Theatre, April 16, 2005

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Robert L. Neblett (Dallas, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation: Broadway Cast Recording (1988 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

SARAFINA is a reminder of the struggles of black South Africans under the reign of apartheid. This musical came to America in 1987, 5 years prior to the abolition of this tradition of legalized racial segregation. The music by Hugh Masekela and performed by real South African student actors is inspiring, fresh, and will change your perceptions of the power of musical theatre. Sung half in native Zulu/Xhosa and half in English, and accompanied by traditional South African rhythms akin to Ladysmith Black Mambazo (a musical force of their own, but most known to Americans by their performance on Paul Simon's GRACELAND album), this story of student protestors in a township school is humorous, chilling, and will set your feet to tapping. It's a true celebration of the human spirit, and the fact that it is inspired by so much suffering is even more astonishing.