African Day Suite (1972) by Hawk

Hawk (a.k.a. ‘Jo’burg Hawk’) was a ground-breaking progressive rock band active in South Africa in the early 1970s. They effortlessly melded rock with African culture. This epic track in eight parts is from their 1972 album, “Africa She Too Can Cry”.

Description from the South African Rock Encyclopedia:
“The ‘African Day Suite’ is a re-recorded and extended version of the side-long epic which originally appeared on ‘African Day’. It tells the story, in spoken words, lyrics and music, of a rampaging elephant that threatens to destroy a tribal village and has to be killed. The fact that the censors missed the analogy to the oppressive apartheid regime at the time is amazing.”

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