Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases five videos of the Congolese Gospel singer José Nzita.
The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the composers of these songs. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos, and thanks to the publisher of these videos on YouTube.
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I haven't been able to find any biographical information online about José Nzita. I found a reference to Jose Nzita being a Congolese Gospel singer on this internet page: https://elagu.info/Jose-Nzita-film(WX-InzhbNvk)"https://elagu.info/Jose-Nzita-film(WX-InzhbNvk). I think that he is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but I'm not sure about that.
Most of the comments in these video's discussion threads are in French, but I'm not sure which language is used for these songs. Unfortunately, there's no information about this vocalist in English or French in the YouTube discussion threads for his songs.
If you have any information about José Nzita and/or information about and links about these songs, please share them in the comment section below.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS:
Example #1: JOSE NZITA "asali-feti"WWW.CASARHEMA.FR
casarhema Uploaded on Aug 24, 2007
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Example #2: José NZITA "CE QUI EST ECRIT "/ KIN-EXPRESS Productions
KIN-EXPRESS Productions TVUploaded on Sep 22, 2009
Extrait du nouvel album " JE M'EN FOUS " de José NZITA que KIN-EXPRESS Productions mettra bientôt sur les bacs.
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Example #3: Moseka-Jose Nzita
JulieTambwe Uploaded on Apr 15, 2010
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Here are four comments from this video's discussion thread:
JulieTambwe, 2010
"Quelqu'un me la traduire en Français/Anglais s'il vous plait?"
Google translate from French to English:
Does anyone translate it in English / French please?
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Reply
Halleluia BroadCasting Network, 2010
@shimweshi "it means i am the virgin bride of christ....me and my husband have been already married and i cannot get another mans pregnancy, the pregnancy that we are talking about brothers its the pregnancy of the spirit,when you take in things of the world you are letting yourself get impregnated by the devil" and that is pretty much what the song means if you want me to translate into french thats ok too. god bless u
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Rédice Tilah, 2016
"My childhood thank Jesus"
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Ginger White, 2016
"same"
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Example #4: amen amen-Jose Nzita
JulieTambwe, Uploaded on Apr 15, 2010
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Example #5: Jose Nzita - Ayebi Ngai
MrJONAS93, Uploaded on Dec 28, 2010
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Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread:
Francis Gituma, 2016
"your music is wonderful despite of the language barrier"
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kounikui karihindi, 2016
"what does the song mean in english?"
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Anne Kwete, 2016
"hello brother
the title of the song says ayebi ngai
it means he knows me.jesus knows me
I will not fear again because he knows me"
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Example #6: GOLGOTHA JOSE NZITA
casarhema rdc Published on Aug 2, 2013
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Example #7: "MOYI ETELEMI" de José NZITA / KIN-EXPRESS Productions
KIN-EXPRESS Productions TV Published on Apr 11, 2016
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It occurs to me while watching these videos that Jose Nzita's and his singers' traditional African clothing styles owe a lot to West African and particularly Yoruba fashions.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious if people who know traditional African fashions much better than me agree with this idea.