Africa
The best South African albums of the 1970s
21 records, ranked by how much there is to say about them.
Colonial Man
Hugh Masekela
1976
Beginnings
Trevor Rabin
1978
Face to Face
Trevor Rabin
1979
Ancient Africa
Abdullah Ibrahim
1974
Ode to Duke Ellington
Abdullah Ibrahim
1973
Banyana – Children of Africa
Abdullah Ibrahim
1976
Sangoma
Abdullah Ibrahim
1973
Autobiography
Abdullah Ibrahim
1978
Memories
Abdullah Ibrahim
1973
African Piano
Abdullah Ibrahim
1973
The Journey (Abdullah Ibrahim album)
Abdullah Ibrahim
1977
African Portraits
Abdullah Ibrahim
1973
Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
Hugh Masekela
1973
You Told Your Mama Not to Worry
Hugh Masekela
1977
I Am Not Afraid
Hugh Masekela
1974
The Boy's Doin' It
Hugh Masekela
1975
Home Is Where the Music Is
Hugh Masekela
1972
Universal Men
Juluka
1979
Lucky Leif and the Longships
Robert Calvert
1975
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
Robert Calvert
1974
Romance Is on the Rise
Genevieve Waite
1974