Editing Harry Belafonte (section)

=== Later recordings and subsequent activities (1971–2017) ===
Belafonte's fifth and final calypso album, ''[[Calypso Carnival]]'', was issued by RCA in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Belafonte – Calypso Carnival Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/calypso-carnival-mw0000946159 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Belafonte's recording activity slowed down after releasing his final album for RCA in 1974. From the mid-1970s to early 1980s, Belafonte spent most of his time on tour, which included concerts in Japan, Europe, and [[Cuba]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Belafonte – Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live) |url=https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/harry-belafonte---day-o-the-banana-boat-song-live/video_43ba7e97-32d4-58c4-a4bb-11fbf18a3e56.html |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=Scranton Times-Tribune |date=April 25, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In 1977, [[Columbia Records]] released the album ''[[Turn the World Around]]'', with a strong focus on [[world music]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Belafonte – Turn the World Around Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/turn-the-world-around-mw0000992547 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1978, he appeared as a guest star on an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', on which he performed his signature song "Day-O".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hennes |first=Joe |date=April 25, 2023 |title=RIP Muppet Show Guest Harry Belafonte |url=https://toughpigs.com/harry-belafonte/ |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=ToughPigs |language=en-US}}</ref> However, the episode is best known for Belafonte's rendition of the spiritual song "Turn the World Around" from the album, which he performed with specially made Muppets that resembled African tribal masks.<ref name=time-25apr2023>{{Cite magazine |date=April 25, 2023 |last=Chow |first=Andrew R. |title=Harry Belafonte, Trailblazing Performer and Fierce Civil Rights Activist, Dies |url=https://time.com/5750832/harry-belafonte-dies/ |access-date=April 25, 2023 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ob-25apr2023">{{cite news |last1=Duquette |first1=Michael |title=Harry Belafonte: The Icon's Life In Music, Movies and TV |url=https://observer.com/2023/04/harry-belafonte-the-icons-life-in-music-movies-and-tv/ |access-date=April 25, 2023 |work=[[Observer.com|Observer]] |date=April 25, 2023}}</ref> It became one of the series' most famous performances and was reportedly [[Jim Henson]]'s favorite episode.{{cn|date=March 2025}} After Henson's death in May 1990, Belafonte was asked to perform the song at Henson's memorial service.<ref name="ob-25apr2023" /><ref name="avc-25apr2023">{{cite news |last1=McLevy |first1=Alex |title=R.I.P. Harry Belafonte, actor, singer, and Civil Rights icon |url=https://www.avclub.com/rip-harry-belafonte-musician-and-civil-rights-activist-1850372680 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=April 25, 2023}}</ref> "Turn the World Around" was also included in the 2005 official hymnal supplement of the [[Unitarian Universalist Association]], ''Singing the Journey''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uua.org/publications/singingjourney/songinformation/93778.shtml |title=Song Information |publisher=UUA |date=April 9, 2012 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012095016/http://www.uua.org/publications/singingjourney/songinformation/93778.shtml |archive-date=October 12, 2010 }}</ref>

From 1979 to 1989, Belafonte served on the [[Royal Winnipeg Ballet]]'s board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daylight come and we want to go to Winnipeg|date=April 26, 2023 |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/04/26/daylight-come-and-we-want-to-go-to-winnipeg|access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref>

In December 1984, soon after  [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]], a group of British and Irish artists, released "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]", Belafonte decided to create an American benefit single for African famine relief. With fundraiser [[Ken Kragen]], he enlisted [[Lionel Richie]], [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Quincy Jones]] and [[Michael Jackson]]. The song they produced and recorded, "[[We Are the World]]", brought together some of the era's best-known American musicians and is the eighth-[[List of best-selling singles worldwide|best-selling single of all time]], with physical sales in excess of 20 million copies.{{cn|date=March 2025}} In 1986 the American Music Awards named "We Are the World" Song of the Year, and honored Belafonte with the Award of Appreciation. [[File:Harry Belafonte 1983.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Belafonte performing in 1983]]
Belafonte released his first album of original material in over a decade, ''[[Paradise in Gazankulu]]'', in 1988, which contained ten protest songs against the South African [[Apartheid]] policy, and was his last studio album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Belafonte – Paradise in Gazankulu Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/paradise-in-gazankulu-mw0000200433 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In the same year Belafonte, as [[UNICEF]] Goodwill Ambassador, attended a symposium in [[Harare, Zimbabwe]], to focus attention on child survival and development in Southern African countries. As part of the symposium, he performed a concert for UNICEF. A [[Kodak]] video crew filmed the concert, which was released as a 60-minute concert video titled ''Global Carnival''.<ref name="Harry Belafonte in Concert – Global Carnival">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jXgTwMhjbU|title=Harry Belafonte in Concert – Global Carnival (1988)|date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=April 25, 2023|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

Following a lengthy recording hiatus, ''[[An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends]]'', a soundtrack and video of a televised concert, were released in 1997 by [[Island Records]].<ref name="latimes-heckman">{{Cite web |last=Heckman |first=Don |date=March 1, 1997 |title=Forever the Renaissance Man |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-01-ca-33507-story.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425215042/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-01-ca-33507-story.html |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ''The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music'', a multi-artist project recorded by RCA during the 1960s and 1970s, was finally released by the label in 2001. Belafonte went on the ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]'' to promote the album on September 11, 2001, and was interviewed by [[Katie Couric]] just minutes before the first plane hit the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/details/nbc200109110831-0912 | title=NBC Sept. 11, 2001 8:31 am – 9:12 am| date=September 11, 2001|publisher=Internet Archive | access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> The album was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Awards for Best Boxed Recording Package, for Best Album Notes, and for Best Historical Album.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2023 |title=Appreciation: Harry Belafonte, dead at 96, championed 'Long Road to Freedom' in his music and his life |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2023-04-25/appreciation-harry-belafonte-dead-at-96 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US|first=George|last=Varga}}</ref>

[[File:Harry Belafonte 1996.jpg|thumb|upright|Belafonte in 1996]]
Belafonte received the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 8, 1989 |title=Kennedy Center Announces '89 Awards |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/08/arts/kennedy-center-announces-89-awards.html |access-date=April 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]] in 1994 and he won a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2000. He performed sold-out concerts globally through the 1950s to the 2000s.{{cn|date=March 2025}} His last concert was a benefit concert for the [[Atlanta Opera]] on October 25, 2003. In a 2007 interview, he stated that he had since retired from performing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pr-inside.com/de/besser-als-es-jetzt-ist-kann-r53408.htm |title=kostenloses PR und Pressemitteilungen |publisher=Pr-inside.com |access-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708033506/http://www.pr-inside.com/de/besser-als-es-jetzt-ist-kann-r53408.htm |archive-date=July 8, 2012 }}</ref>

On January 29, 2013, Belafonte was the keynote speaker and 2013 honoree for the MLK Celebration Series at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]]. Belafonte used his career and experiences with King to speak on the role of artists as activists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://events.risd.edu/event/2013_mlk_series_keynote_address_harry_belafonte_artist_as_activist#.VdJh2vlVhBc|title=2013 MLK Series Keynote Address – Harry Belafonte 'Artist as Activist'|date=January 29, 2013|publisher=RISD}}</ref>

Belafonte was inducted as an honorary member of [[Phi Beta Sigma]] fraternity on January 11, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|first=DeNeen L.|last=Brown|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/01/12/harry-belafonte-challenges-phi-beta-sigma-to-join-movement-to-stop-oppression-of-women/ |title= Harry Belafonte challenges Phi Beta Sigma to join movement to stop oppression of women|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 12, 2014|access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref>

In March 2014, Belafonte was awarded an honorary doctorate from [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/issues/aclu-ambassador-project|title=ACLU Ambassador Project|website=American Civil Liberties Union|language=en|access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, Belafonte released ''When Colors Come Together'', an anthology of some of his earlier recordings, produced by his son David, who wrote lyrics for an updated version of "Island In The Sun", arranged by longtime Belafonte musical director Richard Cummings, and featuring Harry Belafonte's grandchildren Sarafina and Amadeus and a children's choir.<ref name="bet-15feb2017">{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Iyana |title=Harry Belafonte's 'When Colors Come Together' Proves the Truth About Children and Race |url=https://www.bet.com/article/6a1max/when-colors-come-together-tackles-children-and-race |website=[[BET]] |access-date=April 25, 2023 |date=February 15, 2017}}</ref>