"We Miss You Manelow" was released in the mid-1980s when the apartheid regime was at its peak in South Africa. The album was initially titled "We Miss You Mandela" in reference to Nelson Mandela's life imprisonment in Robben Island since 1964. However, due to the apartheid government's censorship measures that prohibited the mentioning of the name Nelson Mandela in cultural products such as music, books, and films the title was tweaked a bit in order to avoid brushing the law the wrong way. In 1986/7 "We Miss You Manelow" was a hit in South Africa. Regardless of the political unrest in the country people were dancing and having fun. Most people were filled with optimism that one day Mandela will be free.
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