Paris - Soweto is a 1987 album by the 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 mbaqanga group Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens was a South African mbaqanga supergroup composed of:...

. The album was recorded just after the group reunited in 1986, and was one of the first albums to be recorded specifically for the international audience. The album was recorded in Paris and released internationally on the Celluloid

Celluloid

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 label, and under the group's long-standing Gallo

Gallo Record Company

Gallo Record Company is the largest record label in Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is owned by Avusa Limited . The current Gallo Record Company is a hybrid of two rival South African record labels between the '40s and '80s: the original Gallo Africa and G.R.C...

 label in South Africa. The first single, "Kazet" (also known as "Gazette") became one of the group's signature tunes.

Paris - Soweto was made-up of re-recordings of Mahlathini & the Queens' biggest hits of the 1960s and 1970s, with the exception of track 4 "Safa Indlala" (which was originally recorded in 1983 for Amaqhawe Omgqashiyo

Amaqhawe Omgqashiyo

Amaqhawe Omgqashiyo was the first release by Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens after their comeback in 1983. The group was reunited by Marks Mankwane...

) and track 1 "Kazet" (which was a re-recording of a 1986 hit by fellow South African star Obed Ngobeni).

Track listing

1. "Kazet" (Comp.: Obed Ngobeni, West Nkosi)
2. "Awuthule Kancane" (Comp.: Nobesuthu Shawe)
3. "Thuntshwane Basadi" (Comp.: Marks Mankwane, Rupert Bopape)
4. "Safa Indlala" (Comp.: Simon Mahlathini Nkabinde)
5. "Re Ya Dumedisa" (Comp.: Marks Mankwane, Rupert Bopape)
6. "Ukhulum' Izindaba" (with Amaswazi Emvelo) (Comp.: Bigboy Thusi)
7. "Melodi Ya Lla" (Comp.: Rupert Bopape, Shadrack Piliso)
8. "Stokvel Jive" (Comp.: West Nkosi)