Autobiography (Abdullah Ibrahim album)

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Track listing

1. "What Really Happened in the Cornfields is that the Birds Made Musical all the Day and so I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart at Duke’s Place" – "Anthem For the New Nations"
2. "Biral"
3. "Gwidza" – "Yukio-Kahlifa" – "Intro Liberation Dance"
4. "African Marketplace" – "Tokai" – "Llanga" – "African Sun"
5. "The Dream"
6. "Liberation Dance"
7. "Did You Hear That Sound ?" – "Our Son Tsakwe" – "The Wedding" – "I Surrender Dear" – "One Day When We Were Young"
8. "Drop Me Off in Harlem"
9. "Take the "A" Train" – "Coming on the Hudson" – "Moniebah"
10. "Little Boy"
11. "Cherry"
12. "Ishmael" – "Mannenberg" – "Children of Africa"/"Banyana" – "Peace-Salaam" – "Anthem for the New Nations"
13. "Khoisan"

References

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