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Amandla is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1989. It is the third collaboration between Miles Davis and producer/bassist Marcus Miller, after Tutu (1986) and Music from Siesta (1987), and their final album together. The album mixes elements of the genres go-go, zouk, funk and jazz, combining electronic instruments with live musicians. The composition "Mr. Pastorius", featuring drummer Al Foster, is a tribute to late jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius. "Catémbe" is a Mozambican and Angolan cocktail of red wine and cola.
Amandla may refer to:
- Amandla (power), a Xhosa and Zulu word meaning "power"
- Amandla (album), a 1989 jazz album by Miles Davis
- Amandla (magazine), a magazine launched in South Africa in June 2007 by Amandla Publishers
- Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony, a 2002 documentary film depicting the role music played in the activist struggle against South African apartheid
- Amandla Stenberg, an American actress and voice actress
Amandla is a Zulu and Xhosa word meaning "power". The word was a popular rallying cry in the days of resistance against Apartheid, used by the African National Congress and its allies. The leader of a group would call out "Amandla!" and the crowd would respond with "Awethu" or "Ngawethu!" (to us), completing the South African version of the rallying cry Power to the People!. The word is still associated with struggles against oppression.
Mandla, which is derived from "amandla", is also a common first name in South Africa. The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) publishes a magazine by the same name.
Amandla! is a South African bi-monthly magazine that was launched in 2006. The founders are Mazibuko K. Jara, and Brian Ashley. The magazine is published by the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) and provides coverage and analysis of current political, economic and social processes from a radical left perspective. Coverage is given to issues such as climate change, labour, food sovereignty and national healthcare while adding to debates around South Africa’s social movements and popular organizations. The magazine takes its name from the Zulu word amandla, which means power.
The magazine's articles offer perspectives on alternative strategies to deepen the process of social transformation in South Africa and on the African continent. Issues have included the Eskom electricity crisis in South Africa, critiques of the property taxation system, international news from Thailand and the crisis in Greece.
The magazine is written by, and for activists in political, labour and popular organisations, as well as progressive intellectuals at the universities, in NGOs, parliament, community-based organisations, churches, journalists, lawyers, public officials in state institutions, etc. Contributors thus far have included Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Cronin, Rob Davies, Ronnie Kasrils, Mark Heywood and Joel Netshitenzhe.
Amandla! also runs a series of discussion forums on topical issues in Cape Town and Johannesburg.