Homeland is a 2000 album by South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n singer Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba , nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist....

. It was released in 2000 on CD

Compact Disc

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 by world music

World music

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 label Putumayo

Putumayo World Music

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. It includes a duet starring Makeba and Zenzi Lee in a renovated version of Makeba's trademark hit song "Pata Pata

Pata Pata

"Pata Pata" is a song by South African singer Miriam Makeba. The song was written by fellow southern African artist Dorothy Masuka and first released by Makeba in 1957 when she still lived in South Africa. The song was released in the United States in 1967 for her studio album of the same name...

" (1967), entitled "Pata Pata 2000". Congolese

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 pop star Lokua Kanza

Lokua Kanza

Lokua Kanza is a singer, songwriter, and composer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is known for his soulful, folksy sound, which is atypical of the dancefloor friendly soukous music that is common in the Congo.-Biography:...

 also contributed to this album both as a songwriter (for "Homeland" and "Lindelani") and as a singer ("Lindelani").

Both the title-track and the whole record are largely conceived as a celebration of the end of apartheid. The record was released a few days before the South African Freedom Day

Freedom Day (South Africa)

Freedom Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on April 27. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994...

 on 27 April 2000. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 in the Best World Music Album

Grammy Award for Best World Music Album

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 category.

Track listing

1. "Masakhane" – 4:42
2. "Amaliya" – 3:12
3. "Pata Pata 2000
   Pata Pata
   "Pata Pata" is a song by South African singer Miriam Makeba. The song was written by fellow southern African artist Dorothy Masuka and first released by Makeba in 1957 when she still lived in South Africa. The song was released in the United States in 1967 for her studio album of the same name...
   
   " – 3:49
4. "'Cause We Live for Love" – 4:35
5. "Liwa Wechi" – 3:30
6. "Lindelani" – 3:14
7. "Homeland" – 4:06
8. "Umhome" – 5:09
9. "Africa Is Where My Heart Lies" – 4:39
10. "In Time" – 5:01