John Legend to play Harry Belafonte in apartheid-era film The Road Home

The singer, 47, will star in the film alongside Thabo Rametsi, Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce and Johnny Flynn.

The singer, 47, will star in the film alongside Thabo Rametsi, Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce and Johnny Flynn.

The film from director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Chicago) will also feature Johnny Flynn as Simon and Cynthia Erivo as singer Miriam Makeba.

Belafonte served as advisor to Simon, who toured with South African musicians during Apartheid

John Legend has signed for the cast of Bill Condon’s South African apartheid era drama The Road Home in the role of American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. He joins an all-star cast led by South African actor, writer, director and producer Thabo Rametsi (Silverton Siege), as late real-life pro

EGOT-winner John Legend is set to star in “The Road Home,” about South African jazz legends Hugh Masekela and Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. Legend will portray American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. Principal photography on “The Road Home

The EGOT winner joins Thabo Rametsi as Hugh Masekela, Cynthia Erivo as Miriam Makeba and Johnny Flynn as Paul Simon in a drama about the political firestorm that surrounded the creation of Simon's classic 1980s album 'Graceland.'