Long Walk to Freedom is a 2006 album by the South African isicathamiya

Isicathamiya

Isicathamiya is a singing style that originated from the South African Zulus. In European understanding, a cappella is also used to describe this form of singing.-Background:...

 group Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...

. It was released on January 24, 2006 and featured collaborations with artists including Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...

, Melissa Etheridge, Joe McBride, Taj Mahal, Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela

Hugh Ramopolo Masekela is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer.-Early life:Masekela was born in Kwa-Guqa Township, Witbank, South Africa. He began singing and playing piano as a child...

, Zap Mama and many more.

The album was released in an enhanced CD

Enhanced CD

Enhanced CD, also known as CD Extra and CD Plus, is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both Compact Disc and CD-ROM players....

 version (HUCD 3019, or #CDGMP 40952 in South Africa) and on Hybrid SACD (HUSA 9019) and has been (for the most part) critically praised.

Track listing

1. "Nomathemba"
2. "Hello My Baby"
3. "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"
4. "Homeless"
5. "Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain"
6. "How Long?"
7. "Mbube
   The Lion Sleeps Tonight
   "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh" and originally as "Mbube", is a song recorded by Solomon Linda and his group The Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists, including The Weavers,...
   
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8. "Amazing Grace"
9. "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
10. "Inkanyezi Nezazi" The Star and the Wiseman
11. "Shosholoza
    Shosholoza
    Shosholoza is a Ndebele folk song that originated in Zimbabwe but was popularized in South Africa. The song is a traditional South African Folk song was sung by Ndebele all-male migrant workers that were working in the South African mines in a call and response style...
    
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12. "Halala South Africa" Long Walk to Freedom
13. "Thula Thula" Bonus Track
14. "Bonus Material" Biography, Videos, Pictures