Paul Simon performs on stage during ... While certain cuts from Simon’s album get played freely in South Africa, other interracial efforts aren’t always permitted. (Big exception: “Ebony ...

Paul Simon arrived in Johannesburg ... playing in Zimbabwe [at 1987’s Rufaro Soccer Stadium show in Harare, televised as The African Concert], every colour of South Africa and other parts ...

Here’s video of Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo performing “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” at a Zimbabwe show in 1987 that was released as The African Concert. The group played many ...

When Paul Simon ... “Under African Skies” comes along like a bridge over those troubled waters, following Simon back to South Africa last summer for a 25-year reunion concert with the ...