Witness History: Archive 2012 - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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

Published on Friday, 13th July 2012.

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