Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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This weekend, the South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo are reuniting with the American singer, Paul Simon, to play the Graceland album in full at a concert in London.Recording the album in the mid-1980s turned the African choir into global superstars.Albert Mazimbuko, one of Ladysmith Black Mambazo's oldest singers, recalls the making of Graceland for Witness.PHOTO: Reuters