Colonial Man

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Released 30 January 1976 Artist Hugh Masekela Producer Hugh Masekela		Colonial Man(1976) Melody Maker(1976) Release date 30 January 1976 Genre Jazz

Recorded c. 1975–76 in New York and Chicago Studio Capricorn Studios (New York), Good Vibrations Studios (New York), The Hit Factory (New York), Regent Sound (New York), Curtom Studios (Chicago). Label Casablanca Records NBLP-7023 Hugh Masekela albums You Told Your Mama Not to Wo, Hugh Masekela's Latest, Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz, Home Is Where the Music Is, The Promise of a Future

Colonial Man is the eighteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York and Chicago and released on 30 January 1976 via Casablanca Records label. His songs "Vasco Da Gama" and "Cecil Rhodes" are dedicated to African anti-colonialism. Compositions "Colonial Man" and "A Song for Brazil" were re-released on CD in 1998 on Verve Records as part of The Boy's Doin' It.

Hugh masekela cecil rhodes colonial man 1976

Personnel

Art direction, design – Gribbitt!, Stephen Lumel

Backing Vocals – Deborah McDuffie (tracks: 1 3 6), Maeretha Stewart (tracks: 1 3 6), Patti Austin (tracks: 1 3 6)

Bass, vocals – Yaw Opoku

Director – Stewart Levine

Drums (traps) – Papa Frankie Todd

Electric piano – Adaloja Gboyega

Engineer – Rik Pekkonen

Guitar – "Jagger" Botchway

Guitar, vocals – Stanley Todd Kwesi

Mastering – Bernie Grundman

Photography – David Alexander

Saxophone, percussion, vocals – O. J. Ekemode

Shekere, percussion, vocals – Odinga "Guy" Warren

Talking drum, percussion, vocals – Asante

Trumpet, vocals – Hugh Masekela

Songs

1A Song for Brasil4:13
2Vasco Da Gama5:28
3For the Love of You8:25

References

Colonial Man Wikipedia

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