The Americanization of Ooga Booga is a live album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.

The album is a blend of American jazz themes and traditional South African musical influences.

Bruce Eder of Allmusic noted about this album: "The influence of Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard can be heard, along with McCoy Tyner in the playing of pianist Larry Willis, and he shows his debt to John Coltrane as an inspiration on 'Mixolydia' as well as his affinity for Brazilian music on 'Mas que Nada.'

But the core sound was what Masekela called 'township bop'—his short trumpet bursts, sometimes seemingly approaching microtonal territory, are engrossing celebrations of the melodies of his repertory, which is mostly of South African origin (including a pair written by his then-wife, Miriam Makeba).

With Herbie Hancock's 'Cantelope Island' providing one firm reference point in the American jazz idiom, the set really wasn't that removed from 1965 listeners, as its stronger-than-expected sales proved.