Hometalk is the second album by South African Afropop fusion band Mango Groove. The album was released in November 1990 by Tusk Music. It went gold upon release in South Africa, and has since reached platinum status. The title track, "Hometalk", was the lead single, followed by "Island Boy", "Taken for a Moment", and "Moments Away". The band recorded music videos for all four singles.

Hometalk was arranged by band member Alan Lazar and bandleader John Leyden. It was produced and mixed by Alan Lazar, John Leyden, and Chris Birkett. Recording took place at AudioLab in Johannesburg, and mixing was done at Eden Studios in London. Since the album was recorded and mixed on Ampex tape, its sales figures qualified it for an Ampex Golden Reel Award, making Mango Groove the first South African band to receive this particular accolade.

The song "We Are Waiting" was released several months before the album's debut, since it was written in anticipation of Nelson Mandela's release from Victor Verster Prison. When Mandela was freed on 12 February 1990, after 27 years of imprisonment, the US news program Nightline used "We Are Waiting" as a musical score for their coverage of the event. The number of US viewers who watched the broadcast was estimated at 30 million. The band were invited to perform at Mandela's inauguration concert in 1994.

When the album was released in November 1990, the title track, "Hometalk", was the lead single, followed by "Island Boy", "Taken for a Moment", and "Moments Away". The band recorded music videos for all four singles. The dances in "Hometalk" were choreographed by Wendy Ramokgadi, who previously choreographed the video for "Special Star". The video for "Island Boy" was shot on location in Mozambique. In France, "Island Boy" was issued as a CD single on Carrère Records' Cent Pour Cent imprint.

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