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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
How working with Paul Simon made South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo global stars.
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
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