Home / Music / Miriam Makeba's Homeland marked South African Freedom DayMusic linernotes album music miriam-makebaMiriam Makeba's Homeland marked South African Freedom DayThe album was released just before South African Freedom Day on April 27, 2000, celebrating the end of apartheid. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesPata Pata is a Xhosa phrase meaning 'touch touch' — a 1950s Johannesburg dance crazeMama Africa's Homeland was nominated for a World Music GrammyMiriam Makeba reworked her 1967 hit 'Pata Pata' as a duet on HomelandMiriam Makeba's Homeland came out in 2000 on PutumayoMiriam Makeba's Homeland was recorded at two studios, per DiscogsExploreThe Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded Will the Circle Be Unbroken in NashvilleBlue Rodeo formed in 1984 and became Canada's premier alt-country actBob Marley played 'Zimbabwe' at the country's actual independence celebrationBojan Z was playing piano by age 5 in YugoslaviaBruno Walter recorded Dvořák's New World Symphony in February 1959Previous Miriam Makeba's Homeland was recorded at two studios, per DiscogsNext Miriam Makeba's Homeland came out in 2000 on Putumayo