Bitter Fruit

Book Playlist

Bitter Fruit Playlist

by Achmat Dangor

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 1, 2026

The instrumental opening moves between South African jazz, spacious contemporary composition, and restrained electronics, reflecting both the country’s cultural life and the silences surrounding its recent history. The vocal half turns toward exile, protest, memory, and identity, tracing the pressure that political violence places on Silas, Lydia, and Mikey without reducing their private lives to a simple resolution.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Bitter Fruit

Little Steven · Freedom No Compromise

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2

The Wedding

Abdullah Ibrahim · Solotude

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3

MRA

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath · Chris Mcgregor's Brotherhood of Breath

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4

Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast

Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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5

Being Here

Laraaji · Flow Goes The Universe

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6

Abide with Me

Thelonious Monk · You Are My Sunshine

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7

Blue in Green

Miles Davis · Kind of Blue

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8

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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9

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

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10

Soweto Blues

Miriam Makeba · Welela

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11

Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)

Hugh Masekela · Pure Sounds of Africa

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12

Black President

Brenda Fassie · Black President

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13

Umqombothi

Yvonne Chaka Chaka · Be Proud To Be African

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14

Pata Pata

Miriam Makeba · Reflections

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15

Special Star

Mango Groove · Mango Groove

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16

Weeping

Bright Blue · The Rising Tide

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17

The Boy In the Bubble

Paul Simon · Graceland (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

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18

Maraba Blue

Abdullah Ibrahim · Cape Town Flowers

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19

Celebration

Bheki Mseleku · Celebration

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20

Biko

Peter Gabriel · Peter Gabriel 3: Melt (Remastered)

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