Moroccan Singer Jannat Mahid featuring.Togolese Duo Toofan - MaMa Africa 2017 (information, video, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about the Moroccan singer Jannat Mehid and information about the Togolese duo Toofan.

This post also showcases the official video for "MaMa Africa" by Jannat featuring Toofan and also includes a few selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to and all those who are featured in this song and its video. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Jannat ft. Toofan - MaMa Africa 2017 | جنات - ماما افريكا



Jannat Mahid, Published on Jan 29, 2017

Google translate of Arabic summary to English:

By the way dear to the hearts of all Moroccans, we commend you for this artwork on the occasion of the return of the Kingdom of Morocco to the African Union

[...]

Lyrics of the Ambassador of the Moroccan Song
Musab al - Anzi

Melodies
Radwan Al Diri

[...]

special thanks
To His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Ismail bin Abdullah bin Mohammed V, God's mercy and mercy on him for his moral support and guidance to allow this national and artistic work to mark the return of the Kingdom Morocco to the African Union

Directed by
Faisal Al-Halimi

God is the king's home

[...]

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INFORMATION ABOUT MOROCCAN SINGER JANNAT
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannat
"Jannat Mahid (Arabic: جنات مهيد‎‎) (born January 6, 1986), known by her stage name Jannat, is one of the youngest female Arab artists to have graced the Middle East music scene. Born in Morocco and presently living in Egypt, Jannat sings in almost all Arabic dialects. Jannat is well known for her incredible voice and her love for Arabic classics, particularly Oum Khaltoum she admires since her childhood.

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Career
From that date Jannat turned to a professional singer and released her first song "Efhamny Habiby" in 2004 which was a video clip also. At that time producer Ahmed Desouki was seeking new voices. He liked Jannat voice and signed a contract with her in 2005. From that day Jannat started to prepare for her new album Elli Beny W Benak to be issued in 2006. The preparation of the album took a year and half due to the desire of the producer to achieve success with the album. Jannat recorded 21 songs but the album contained only 10 songs. The album has achieved success and she made a video clip for the song "Aktar Min Sana".[3] The album songs were a collection of romance, sad, and songs that describes women's powerful feelings.[4]
Jannat released other albums with the label Good News 4 Music : GoodNews4Music Vol.1 and Hob Emtelak which was a great success in Egypt and in the Arab world. Jannat was then ranked as one of the best upcoming artists in the Middle East
In 2012, Jannat signed with the famous Arabic pop label Rotana for a three albums deal. At the time of signing, she already produced herself the first album Hob Gamed which gave Jannat international success and her hit "El Badi Azlam" along "Hob Gamed"[5] made her travel many countries. She made several concerts like "Hala Febrayer" in Koweit or "Souq Waqif" in Doha. Hob Gamed was also a bestseller and had significant selling figures in Egypt, Saudi Arabia...

Jannat will release in 2016, her fourth studio album Be Nafs El Kalam.[6]"

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INFORMATION ABOUT TOLOGESE MUSIC GROUP TOOFAN
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toofan&prev=search
"Toofan is a musical group founded in 2005 in Togo whose instrumental is a new concept in West African music: the "cool-catché". The dance itself seems simple, but it is a mixture of neck movements accompanied by a presentation of the feet opposite to the logic imposed by the movements of the neck. This concept was the subject of a report by France 24 as summer music. More precisely, it is the clip That magik benefited from this.

The group is also known for a new concept, the "gweta", appeared in 2013 and whose gesture aims to "dodge the jealous".

The group is composed of Masta Just and Barabas. He composed the anthem of the African Cup of Nations football 2012 2 and 2015.

Biography
They are childhood friends who grew up together: Master Just (Fatowou Kossivi) group mover and Barabas said "The Magician" (Blaise Mensah) toaster and rapper of the group. Being three at the beginning of their career, they are now two.

The Toofan export their music beyond West Africa: in the years 2010 they gave concerts in France , Germany and the United States of America , among others. In 2014 they toured France."

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE ABOUT SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SONG'S YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREAD
"MaMa Africa" by Jannat Mahid featuring Toofan is another collaboration between singers in two or more African nations.

As of 9/8/2017 at 11:19 AM there were a total number of 5,752,135 views for this video. There were also a total number of 4,994 comments in this video's discussion thread. It should be noted that this is only one of several YouTube videos for this same song.

By far the most often used language for the comments in this discussion thread is Arabic and French is the second most frequently used language. There are a few comments in Spanish, a few in English, and a few in some other language/s.

Because I was curious, I used Google's translation feature on random Arabic comments and random French comments from this discussion thread. Many of those comments in Arabic and French praise the nation of Morocco and/or praise the song itself or praise the Moroccan singer Jannat. A considerable number of comments in this discussion thread also give respects to "mama Africa", and acknowledge and honor Morocco as an African nation.

Some comments voiced political and/or sociological opinions.

A number of comments referred to the Maghreb. Here's information about the Maghreb from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb

The Maghreb (/ˈmæɡrɪb/[1] or /ˈmʌɡrəb/; literally "west, sunset";[1] Arabic: المغرب‎‎ al-Maɣréb; Berber: Tamazɣa, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵗⴰ; historically known as the Barbary Coast or Barbary States, (derived from Berber),[2][3] and the Land of the Atlas (derived from the Atlas Mountains)[4]) or the Greater Maghreb (Arabic: المغرب الكبير ‎‎ al-Maghrib al-Kabīr), is usually defined as much or most of the region of western North Africa or Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. The traditional definition as the region including the Atlas Mountains and the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, was later superseded, especially following the 1989 formation of the Arab Maghreb Union (اتحاد المغرب العربي), by the inclusion of Mauritania and of the disputed territory of Western Sahara (mostly controlled by Morocco). During the Al-Andalus era in Spain (711–1492), the Maghreb's inhabitants, Maghrebis, were known as "Moors".[5] Morocco also transliterates into Arabic as "al-Maghreb" (The Maghreb).

Before the establishment of modern nation states in the region during the mid-20th century, Maghreb most commonly referred to a smaller area between the Atlas Mountains in the south and the Mediterranean Sea, often also including eastern Libya, but not modern Mauritania. As recently as the late 19th century it was used to refer to the Western Mediterranean region of coastal North Africa in general, and to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia in particular.[6]
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I didn't find any comments in either of the two discussion threads of this song that I skimmed which specifically mentioned the Togolese group Toofan.
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The following section of this post provide selected examples of the comments in Arabic or in French that I randomly read (via Google translate). The Google translation from Arabic or from French to English is given below the quote. Any words that may also be given in brackets are my addition to that Google translation to better conform with standard American English.

All of these comments are from 2017 These comments aren't consecutive order, but are presented from the oldest to the newest comments. Numbers have been assigned for referencing purposes only.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcWwV_VQuTc

Fadwa Mouzoun
1. "نقولها بصوت عالي مغربية يا صحرا 👑❤"
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Saying loud Moroccan, O desert of the world

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2. العكايشي
"تحية من العراق الجريح الى اهل المغرب الحبيب"
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"Hamad Al-Akashi
Greetings from wounded Iraq to the beloved people of Morocco"

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3. وطن
"تحية من فلسطين لأهل المغرب اطيب شعب بحبكم 😘😘😘😘😘
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Tears of a homeland
Live from Palestine to the people of Morocco, the best people of your love"

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4. Amir Amro
"
حبنا لفلسطين ولد فينا فطري و ما عندوش حودود ولا شروط تحياتنا لدولة فلسطين حره و مستقله وعاصمتها القدس العربي الإسلامي الشريف
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"Our love for Palestine was born in us Fattri and Maadosh Houdoud and the conditions of our greetings to the state of Palestine is free and independent and its capital is the Arab Islamic Holy Jerusalem"

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5. uen yogeali
"mama Africa 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖"

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6. AR Mian
"Wow, lovely song, viva Morocco <3"

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7. M. Eisa
"التحية للشعب المغربي mama Africa plz unite"

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8. Madasha Barbarta SOMALILAND
"تحيه من المغرب لكل دول افريقيا 53 دوله . القاره السمراء في القمه. 10/10 افريقيا . حضارتنا أقدم من العرب عشان كذا نحن افريقا وبس."
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"Living from Morocco to all African countries 53 countries. Black Cap at the top. 10/10 Africa. Our civilization is older than the Arabs because we are Africa and we are.

Hey Salaam, the voices of Moroccans are singing all kinds of songs"

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9. yasin morif
"I from in Mali I love this music I love Morocco"

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Reply
10. shooox enji
"From Morocco , I love Mali ❤"

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11. المغرب ابو الدنيا
"قريبا في الفين وعشرين المغرب سيصبح ملك للمهاجرين الافارقة ونحن سنكون لاجئيين وغرباء في بلدنا والمغرب اصولو امازيغية عن اي افريقيا تتحدتون موقعنا في افريقيا صحيح لكن لا علاقة لنا بهم الا بعض القبائل في جنوب المملكة والا لكنا كلنا سوود كفو عن الكدب فنصف المغاربة ان لم اقل اغلبهم امازيغ والباقي اصولهم عربية وافريقية"
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Morocco Abu Dhabi
"Morocco will soon become the property of African migrants. We will be refugees and strangers in our country and Morocco, Amazigh fundamentalists of any African country that unite our site in Africa, but we have nothing to do with them except some tribes in the south of the Kingdom. Otherwise we would all be sued for the Kurds. Half the Moroccans, if not the majority Amazigh and the rest their origins are Arab and African"

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12. brahim lekmouri brahim lekmouri
"بالمناسبة المغاربة لايسبون الجزائريين بل يسبون النظام الغاشم الذي انفق كل ثرواته للتقسيم بلادنا هههه انه لايعلم ان المغرب جسد واحد والصحراء عضو من هدا الجسد والعاصمة الرباط هي قلب هدا الجسد وجلالة الملك هو دم هدا البلد وادا اشتكى عضو من هدا البلد تداعى له سائر هدا البلد ارجوكم اخوتي الجزائريين افهمونا ولو لمرة واحدة والله واقسم بالله لا فرنسا ولا امريكا ولا ولا يمكنها ان تنتزع منا احد اعضائنا والدي هو الصحراء انها مسألة وجود وايست مسألة حدود"
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"By the way, Moroccans are not Libyans Algerians, but they blame the brutal regime, which spent all its resources to divide our country. Haha, it does not know that Morocco is one body, and Sahara is a member of this body and the capital. Rabat is the heart of this body and the majesty of the king is the blood of this country and a member of this country has complained about this country. My brothers Algerians understand us even once and God swear by God, neither France nor America nor can it take away one of our members. My father is the Sahara. It is a matter of existence."

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13. ahmed taki
"We are back to Africa. Despite Egypt, Tunisia, Mauritania and Algeria, I am talking here about governments, not people"

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14. rihab ch
"Je suis MAROCAINE أنا إفريقية mama africa"
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"I am Moroccan I am African mama africa."

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15. Yasmine el atrassi
"Africa tous unis"
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"Africa all united"

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16. nina simsim
"Je l écouté presque chaque jour c est une fierté non seulement pour le Maroc mais pour toute l Afrique encore une fois bravo pour toute l équipe."
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"I listen to it almost every day is a pride not only for Morocco but for all Africa once again congratulations for the whole team."

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17. Dank j. TrumPEPE
"للأسف هذا مجرد هراء ففي الواقع يتعرض السود بمغربنا الحبيب للتمييز العرقي و التعنيف الجسدي والنفسي من طرف عدد هائل من المغاربة العنصريين الذين يشوهون صورة بلادهم كل من يقطن في هذا البلد أعتبره مغربيا بالرغم عن اختلافاته ع-dnip-ني"
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Unfortunately, this is nonsense. In fact, the blacks in our beloved Morocco are subjected to ethnic discrimination and physical and psychological abuse by a huge number of racist Moroccans who distort their image. Everyone who lives in this country is considered a Moroccan despite his differences about me
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Notice this approximation of the name of the current president of the USA.

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18. Channel warrior
"A great greeting from Egypt, but I wish you a very good greeting to the Arab Maghreb"

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19. Sadak Dafak
"تيعيش النمغرب اﻷخة من المغرب"
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"Long live the Maghreb brother from Morocco"

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20. guercif music plus
"VIVE MAROC VIVE AFRICA"
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[Long] Live Morocco [Long] Live Africa

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21. yosra zelaoui
"que vive mon pays morroco!!!! i love you"
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"[long live] my country Mococco I Love you."

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22. maroc national team 4
"Moroccan ď African origin puré africain"
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"Moroccan of African origin, pure African"

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23. Adama fofana
"Très cool le Afrique est un et indivisible"
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"It's very cool. Africa is united.

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24.arangy dalo
"تحية طيبة من السودان one Love"
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"Greetings from Sudan One Love"

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25. Arafat Khalifa
"+Simo Romario االمغرب العربي رغم انف كل معارض"
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"+ Simo Romario Maghreb despite the nose of all exhibitions"

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Reply
26. Simo Romario
"عرفات خليفة لك الحق أن تسميه ما شئت. ولكن في الدستور المغربي اسمه المغرب الكبير. وأنا شخصيا مغربي لا أتحدث للأسف إلا اللغة العربية لأن النظام التعليمي المغربي القديم لم يكن بعد يدرس الأمازيغية لكن اللغة الأمازيغية اليوم هي لغة رسمية ومكون أساسي للهوية المغربية نفس الشيء بالنسبة للدول الأخرى الجزائر تونس ليبيا .ولهذا سمي بالمغرب الكبير."
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"Arafat has the right to call him whatever you want. But in the Moroccan constitution its name is Morocco. I am a Moroccan. I speak only Arabic because the old Moroccan educational system did not yet study Amazigh, but Amazigh language today is an official language and a basic component of Moroccan identity. The same is true for other countries, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and so called Morocco."

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Oum- Taragalite (Soul Of Morocco) (information, lyrics, video, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about the Moroccan fusion singer Oum and showcases her song Taragalite (Soul Of Morocco).

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Oum and all those who are featured in this song and its video. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: OUM - TARAGALTE (Soul Of Morocco) Official Video



OUM OFFICIAL, Published on Jan 4, 2013

Une chanson en hommage à la ville de M'hamid El Ghizlane et à son Festival Taragalte des Musiques du désert et du Monde, dont Oum a été la marraine de la quatrième édition.
Cette vidéo rapporte tous les moments forts de ce séjour dans le désert marocain. Des moments partagés avec les habitants de M'hamid, mais aussi avec des artistes venus du Mali (Tartit), de Mauritanie (Noura Mint Seymali), de France (Nico Wayne Toussaint).
L'édition 2012 du Festival Taragalte avait pour thème: Femmes du désert.

C'est à Taragalte que Oum a choisi de présenter Soul Of Morocco accompagnée de son nouveau quartet:
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Google translation from French to English:
A song in homage to the city of M'hamid El Ghizlane and its Festival Taragalte des Musiques du Désert et du Monde, of which Oum was the godmother of the fourth edition.
This video reports all the highlights of this stay in the Moroccan desert. There are moments shared with the inhabitants of M'hamid, but also with artists from Mali (Tartit), Mauritania (Noura Mint Seymali), France (Nico Wayne Toussaint).
The 2012 edition of the Taragalte Festival was devoted to Women of the Desert.

It was at Taragalte that Oum chose to present Soul Of Morocco accompanied by his new quartet:
Alain Debiossat: Baryton, saxo alto, soprano, flûte (+guitare)
Patrick Marie-Magdelaine: Guitares
Patrick Goraguer: Batterie, percussions
Damian Nueva: Contrebasse

Paroles, mélodies et arrangements: Oum….

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUM
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oum_(singer)
"Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui[1][2] أم الغيث بنت الصحراوي, known as Oum, born on 18 April 1978[3][4] in Casablanca,[3] is a Moroccan singer-songwriter. Considered an ambassador of Moroccan culture,[5] she mixes hassani, jazz, gospel, soul, afrobeat and Sufi music influences in her songs.[5]

Biography
At a very young age, Oum joined a gospel choir where she played her first solos at fourteen with a voice that impressed the listeners.[6]

At seventeen, her first song, "This is your heart" that she wrote to support the charity operation "Les malades du cœur", helped to successfully secure her first appearance on television.[6]

In 1996, she entered the National School of Architecture in Rabat.[6] She pursued her studies there until graduation in 2002.[6]

At the same time, she began to perform in public.[6] With a powerful and expressive voice, she takes over the repertoire of Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald or Whitney Houston.[6]

In 1998, Oum did her first attempts with hip-hop and RnB with Djo Catangana, a producer and creator of the French hip hop collective Mafia Trece.[6]

In 2002, she was noticed by Philippe Delmas who invited her to Paris. For two years, she alternated recording sessions and concerts in Casablanca with the Brotherwood band.[6] In 2004, she ended up her Parisian experience.[6]
Back to her homeland Morocco, she enters new musical universes: the Gnaoui and the Hassani.[6] Oum's decision to introduce such local forms of rhythms not only influenced her songs' tunes but also her lyrics. She performs with Barry, a musician known for his fusion of musical styles and repertoires, on the stages of the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira, the Tanjazz in Tangier and the Barcelona Acció Musical in Barcelona.[6]

Oum, who grew up in Marrakech, is a soul singer. Yet, her style remains unique since it's highly inspired by influences such as the Hassani poetry (Moroccan desert culture) and African rhythms.
Her first album Lik 'Oum appeared in Casablanca in May 2009.[7]"....

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LYRICS: TARAGALITE (SOUL OF MOROCCO)
(written by Oum)


زرناك و بهواك راحنا متعلقين
عشنا و شفنا ماحنا ناسين
لباب الصحراء حنا جينا
بروح إفريقيا غنينا
لصمت النجوم سمعنا
الفن كل ليلة ليلة
الاشعار و الانغام الزينة و الكل كان زين

تارغلت تارغلت يا مرحبتي
محمد يا زين الغزلان خير الناس فيك
فيك أكرم أكرم خيام يا وني يا وني بيك

Join us,
Come and join us at Taragalte
To the Sahara's gate
Come on and join us
Listen to the sound of peace,
Love, simplicity, complicity
Come on, come on, come on, join my people of Taragalte
Oasis of cultures and place of peace and dreams
Place of soul.mystery
Come to the desert,
Come to Taragalte.
Come into my people
Come join us

Youyouyouyouyouyouyou
Come on
Come on
Play that beat
Play that rythm


Source: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Oum/Taragalte

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM OUM - TARAGALTE (Soul Of Morocco) [VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD]
These comments are given in chronological order excerpt for replies, and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

In addition to the congratulatory comments and information about Morocco in these comments, I'm interested in documenting how these comments are written, particularly how some of these comments include Caribbean vernacular terms/phrases such as "big up" and American vernacular terms such as "you rock". I'm also interested in documenting a number of commenters' use of internet/text lingo and spelling.

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dabithamid
"god bless morocco from tanger to Lagouira"

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jonathan logan
"why we change the name of cities from Amazigh to arabic?
TARAGALTE, Mogador, Tangis, Mazaghan..."

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Mehdi Maaroufi
"Proud to be Moroccan."

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fatima zahra belcaid
"I'm just in love with Sahraha, the place where i grow up, and tnx Oum for this amazing SOng
Love you :)"

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Ilyass Mardy
"a7la tzghritta big up to you oum chapeau"

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Howard Keller
"What a beautiful woman, beautiful voice, song, and video. Very impressive! Thank you for sharing!"

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Fadwa Asbi
"You took the Moroccan music to the next level !! This is amazing !!"

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Najma Nuriddin
"Beautiful! Mama Africa!"

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karim abderrafiq
"song with deeep verrrry deep meaning
thx OUM"

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feyrouze lamarocaine
"Sérieusement oum tu est un exemple pour moi!tu représente la femme marocaine d'aujourd hui et ca Jen suis très fière :tu as ton propre style ta propre façon de parler et surtout de penser!vraiment ...chapeau!je taime oum!"
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Google translation from French to English
"Seriously oum you are an example for me, you represent the Moroccan woman of today and ca Jen am very proud: you have your own style your own way to speak and especially to think ... really ... hat, I taime oum! [Thank you Oum]"

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Eniola Apata
"This look like Merzougha i am very proud of this people of Sahara to hold on their African root. These people are native of our beloved continent. It give me joy with all our diversity as people, we can still come together. With all force from western imperialism to divide our people in the continent, the so called sub Sahara African and our North African brother and sister are been living together long before Arab and European set their foot on this beloved and amazing continent. T"

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E. Zouhair
"Big Up Pour Toi Oum ! Excellente Combinaison , On est fan de ce que tu fais (y)"

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yasabdo
"fabuleuse OUM. U're the Soul and Pride of our dear Kingdom Morocco."

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simo
"Oum!! i live in the coldest country on earth Ive been away from home for over 3 years and this song made me warm made me miss home ,got tears.
You basically inspired many moroccans.
I wish you the best of luck. Tbarkalah 3lik"

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Blvck White
"Oum
LOVE & PEACE FROM MARRAKECH ♥"

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kaoutar hrari
"the song is outstanding!!
the headwraps are killing me!!
u simply rock"

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Rachad ESSOURI
"MOROCCO have a beautiful soul !"

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Haro Wanderlust
"Let the music feel your soul.."

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saida saadoun
"ça c'est une chanson
ça c'est de la musique
ça c'est une Diva
Bravo Oum .. rarissime les chanteurs de ton genre (y)"
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Google translate from French to English:
"this is a song
this is music
this is a Diva
Bravo Oum .. rare singers of your kind (y) "

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"Youssef Ayour
"Beautiful song .. thumb up from a Moroccan in south of Mississippi"

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Louie Noujoum
"Ilove both of you Oum and Gad you are the big mirror of our culture..the big MOrocco."

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ameltrust Kaci
"So nice... I'm from Algeria, we are lucky because we are from North Africa on the Mediterranean, we have the most beautiful artists, a wonderful food, and nice people... Vive les méditerranéen"

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fati mokhtari
"Words cannot describe what I feel when i listen to this Lady. She know how to use the spirit of Morocco."

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saloua
"go on Oum! you rock !!
<3"

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Morocco Maroc
"I couldn't be more prouder as a Moroccan to hear such a beautiful Moroccan singer singing such a beautiful song. Very moving voice indeed ! WOW, the combination of Moroccan & English lyrics made it even more attractive. Very rarely you find singers singing the same song using multiple languages, My Friends, this is made in Morocco !!

This is TRUE MOROCCAN BLUES ! I wish if BB-King listens to this song. She will be invited to one of his concerts for sure.
Plz visit us at MoroccoUSA [.] com"

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kaoutar EL KADIRI
"Peace and love OUM ..."

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Boumliha Zakaria
"Oum je ss pas quoi dire !! . juste formidable, syma la ziik ... Ga3 tes musiques kay mezkonii !! ... #1.LOVE
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Google translation from French to English:
"Oum I ss not what to say !! . just great, syma la ziik ... Ga3 your music kay mezkonii !! ... # 1.LOVE"

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Ayoub Belhachmi
"soooooooooooooooooo nice"

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laura kira
"Eu gosto oum é um grande artista marroquino e digo mais uma grande cantora internacional! ela tem um carisma que difere de todos os cantores, no mundo árabe, é a originalidade de Marrocos"
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Google translation from Portuguese to English
"I like oum is a great Moroccan artist and I say another great international singer! she has a charisma that
differs from all the singers in the Arab world, is the originality of Morocco"

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Tarik Mahmoudi
"go ahead (y) u doin' right masha allah 3leek ;)"

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youn3ss
"Respect OUM <3"

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Hassan Medbouh Mezian
"Jolie chanson et belle voie. Sahara fusion."
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
"Pretty song and beautiful voice. Sahara fusion."

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iliyas snow
"Really really Nice song love it Maximum peace oum we <3 you !! "

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Redwane Ouahim
"WAAAAAAW Amazing Tuuuuuuune <3"

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H. Hamza
"You are AWESOME. I can't wait to see you in Casablanca
This song reflexes what we really are: Africans, Arabs, Berbers ,and above all, MUSLIMS."

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Majda Ben el mouaz
"Excellent travail !!
Quel goût, quelle classe et queeeelle voix!
Bravo :)"

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nabil tayaa
"Pchaaakh a lidam !! La scène marocaine se porte bien actuellement grâce à la talentueuse OUM et quelques autres ARTISTES ( Wa Sma3 a hadak l Bou3ar Dyal l Bigg Dyask Kidayrine, Galik wlmaghrib Wrah Pfff)
Pchaaakh a lidam !! The Moroccan scene is currently doing well thanks to the talented OUM and some other ARTISTS (Wa Sma3 hadak l Bou3ar Dyal l Bigg Dyask Kidayrine, Galik wlmaghrib Wrah Pfff)
Excellent work !!
What taste, what class and what voice!
Bravo :)"

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Panda lover
"Good job Oum. this vidéo Just makes me want to go to the south ♡"

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Martine THIERRY
"La musique est douce dommage que je ne comprenne pas les paroles; bisous à Gad et à Oum"

this is a song
this is music
this is a Diva
Bravo Oum .. very rare singers of your kind (y)
-snip-
Google translation from French to English:
"The music is gentle pity that I do not understand the words; kisses to Gad and Oum

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Keith Kadmiri
"A mystical desert pilgrimage in Southern Morocco, every soul should experience at least once in a lifetime. A place where one meet his/her own soul, away from man-made pollution... Well done " Oum Deesse Du Sahara Marocain"."

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Ely L B
"The best morocain jazz"

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Mohamed EL BAKI
"Très belles chansons et musiques: musiques traditionnelles et "Soul". une belle initiative que celle de ce Groupe.Très belle est la voix de la chanteuse.
La diversité marocaine dans sa grandeur et sa splendeur.
Arabes,Amazighes,Sahraouis,une Histoire et une civilisation arabo-bertbèro-musulmanes.Des langues régionales,des coutumes et des traditions,mais une seule identité MAROCAINE.
France,Haute-Savoie : 24/10/2013.
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Google translation from French to English
Very beautiful songs and music: traditional music and "Soul". a beautiful initiative than that of this Group.Very beautiful is the voice of the singer.
Moroccan diversity in its grandeur and splendor.
Arabs, Amazighs, Sahrawis, an Arab-Muslim-Arabic history and civilization. Regional languages, customs and traditions, but a single Moroccan identity."

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More Comments From The YouTube Discussion Threads Of Nigerian Afrobeat Duo P-Square's "Shekini" Video & Barbapappa's Moroccan Parody Of That Video

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series on the Nigerian dance song "Shekini" performed by P-Square and Barbapappa's song "Hek Nifi Lili", a Moroccan parody of "Shekini" performed by Barbapappa.

Part III showcases the video of that song and also provides selected comments from both of those video's discussion threads. A number of those comments focus on bloggers comments about P-Square's "Shekini" song/video compared to Barbappa' song/video and vice versa. Some other featured comments were selected for this compilation because of they exemplify or include examples of pan-African sentiments, and/or African American Vernacular English*, and/or popular colloquial sayings such as the Jamaican originated saying "Big Up" and the saying "thumbs up" *which may be reinforced by YouTube's discussion threads rating system. I also selected some comments because of their inclusion of other linguistic or sociological elements that I'm interested in.

*Note that some of these sayings aren't necessarily always used the same way they are used in the nations and populations where they originated, probably because the commenter may not be totally aware of how those colloquial expressions are used in their nation of origin. I included some of these comments to document that these sayings have been transmitted to other nations. I definitely don't intend to point out any folk processed errors for criticism or ridicule.

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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/p-squares-nigerian-dance-song-shekini.html for Part I of this post. Part I provides information about P-Square and information about Barbappa. Quotes from an interview of P-Square, and quotes from an interview of Barbapappa are also included in this post, along with information about the meaning of the word "Shekini". Part I also showcases the official videos of these songs, and includes examples of these songs' lyrics.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-global-reach-of-nigerians-p-squares.html for Part II. Part II documents the global reach of p Square's song "Shekini" by compiling a list of the nationalities that commenters gave (with each nation given one time), and by presenting selected quotes from some of those commenters.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, sociological, cultural and educational purposes.

I believe that some YouTube discussion thread comments should be preserved, studied, and shared for educational and folkloric purposes alone or along with the YouTube sound files or videos that prompted them.

I recognize that other compilations of these videos' discussion threads would probably be different than the one that I'm compiling.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who were associated with the performance and production of "Shekini" and its Moroccan parody. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these video on YouTube.

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UPDATE: STATISTICS FOR THESE TWO OFFICIAL VIDEOS
For what it's worth, since the number of YouTube viewer hits has played such a large part of the discussion threads for these official videos*, here are the statistics as of January 28, 2016 at 2:40 PM - about three hours after I published this post:

official YouTube video for P-Square "Shekini" :
Viewers: 28,249,881

Comments: 4,406

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official YouTube video for Barbapappa “Shekini” parody "Hek Lili Nifi"
Viewers: 31,516,442

Comments: 8,140

*Both of these songs have other videos published on YouTube. I'm not adding those numbers to these statistics.

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PART I- "SHEKINI" VIDEO & SELECTED COMMENTS

PSquare - Shekini [Official Video]



PSquareVEVO, Published on Nov 17, 2014

Africa’s biggest singing duo come through with the second video to one of the singles off their recently released 6th studio album, “Double Trouble”. “Shekini” video is an energetic pictorial which sees the artistes combine with youthful dancers to perform moves that’d bring you to life. From garages to underground scenes, the dark-themed flick definitely does justice to the song. Video was directed by Clarence Peters, and song produced by Vtek, who also made a cameo appearance

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SELECTED COMMENTS
This compilation is presented to give a sample of the types of comments that are posted on that discussion thread. Other comments are featured in Part II of this series.

Since this is a YouTube discussion thread, there were there a number of were contentious comments in this discussion thread. Most of the contentious comments revolved around which song and video was best - P-Square's or the Moroccan parody. The fact that that parody has more YouTube viewers than P-Square's song/video also resulted in brags, taunts, and responses.

As is the case with many YouTube discussion threads, some of the comments in this discussion thread include profanity. And, because this is a YouTube discussion thread, there were also a number of racist comments and anti-Muslim comments in this discussion thread. None of the comments from either of those categories are given below.

I wrote a response to one of these featured comments. That response is also included in this compilation. I mostly resisted the urge to respond to other comments and I mostly resisted the urge to add explanatory comments.

Comment Order:
These comments are given in chronological order with the oldest comments given first, except for responses. However, the comments may not be in consecutive order. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcuzqRRTHQ

June 2015
1. muritala issa
"Man These two brothers are really representing man great video beautiful beats nice steps its amazing and kudos to artistic beauty, thumps up bro"
-snip-
In re-reading this comment, it occurs to me that if punctuation marks were added to the first part of this comment, it would read "Man, these two brothers are really representing." In the context of this comment "representing" is a formal way of saying "reppin" - the African American Vernacular English term meaning publicly standing up for your nation, city, neighborhood, group, etc.

That minimal use of punctuation marks which results in run on sentences is a signature of a lot of online commenting.

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Mofax Zulu
This is Africa's Pride. Glad to see we are kicking race, religion, and culture to the curb and imitating each other. It shows breaking down barriers. Doing away with our parents and grand-parents misunderstandings and have a united front. Ill be looking forward to Moroccan song parody done by Nigerians. Africa united, The world united

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2. Nice Place
"the parodie got more views hahaha p square must be angry. Love Both versions."

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3. adviceologie
"I heard the parody not knowing it's a parody. Loved the beat but hated the lyrics !

Thanks god I found the original song, it's sooo catchyyy !!"

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4. Du Toit
"I just noticed that "Alingo", "Personally", and this share an almost-similar setting--and success. Hmmm! Guess P-Square's director has cracked the code for Afrobeats' hit."

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5. Lim Popo
"Lol people are always fighting on psquares page lol. Nigerians made a song and made money, Morocco and Algeria made a Parody, Nigerians also made money, went to Morocco and made extra money on sold out show, and people are fighting over youtube views hahaha, priorities people? Where are yours?"

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6. Nouhaila Malid
"Can you guys just stop seriously ?!
Just appreciate the song no need to compare it with the parody something original will always be original and I personally prefer this version of course ! Ps no need to remind us which song has the highest number of views and stop acting like you made PSquare famous or something pff I'm Moroccan by the way"

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July 2015
7. Natu Zo
"U guys hv really bn keepx africa busy fr more than a decade nw. U r true african legends n deserve to be celebrated. Keep makx us proud"

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8. okeyxyz
"I don't understand why some people are bitter that the parody is very popular and has more views. How does it hurt this original?? No way. In fact it helps to give it more publicity. Who ever enjoys the parody is very likely to want to see this original. What the heck are some Nigerians bitter about(Btw I am Nigerian). You guys love to find reasons to complain about everything without differentiating what's actually good for you. You throw the baby out with the bath water. But really you are just manifesting your insecurities because you feel foreigners take away the attention from you, but in fact all they are doing is help promote your good works. Smh. Some people are really retarded."
-snip-
"smh"= Shake my head [in exasperation, or consternation, or amazement etc]

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9. Malvina Janet Stober
"The brothers way dey scatter all over the borders☺ Nice video guys!!"
-snip-
This sentence combines standard English with Nigerian Pidgin English. "Wey dey scatter all over the borders" refers to the global reach of p-Square. "Brothers" here may refer to the fact that the two men who make up the duo P-Square are brothers and it may refer to the fact that they are Black males.

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August 2015
[These comments are written in response to the comments that the Moroccan parody has more YouTube viewer hits than P-Square's video]
10. Umar “Deblaze22” Mohammed
zzzz'This is a very simple issue. Morocco has more internet users. That is all. This is top song all over the continent. If you came here through the parody, that means nothing except that you are from Morocco. Irrelevant arguments here. This shouldn't have been a controversy. The Sub-Saharan Africa Vrs North Africa divide could have been done some good if we stop trying to belittle each other. This song and parody is a uniting thing, not an item to be divided on."

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11. rockii101
"+Umar Mohammed That's not true. Nigeria has the 8th highest number of internet users in the world at 70 million while Morocco's population is only 33 million."

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12. Umar “Deblaze22” Mohammed
"What you are referring to is not the same thing I am referencing. Active users are different from casual users. With the high cost of data charges in Nigeria, people don't usually stream things online as much as other countries outside Africa. People might go online and watch once or download it on their phones or PCs for friends to copy and for future watching. But in places like the US or even Morocco, people will go back online to watch it thereby increasing the view counts. I am from Ghana and our internet usage and proliferation is about the same as Nigeria(not numbers, but habits)."

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September 2015
13. Devotedly Mine
"Oh my god my hand was so itchy i HAD TO COMMENT ! Sooo much hate and meaningless comments down here, WHAT FOOOOR ?? We all live in Africa alright, we share it alright and stop calling us Arabs, we are Amazighs who speak Arabic and we even have our distinctive language! I personally enjoyed BOTH songs, the parody (because it's close to be understood for me) and the original one and both bands sang at Mawazine Festival standing next to each other look it up. So please let's just stop with the hate and racism, us Africans stick together, and my apologies to some stupid comments made by some Moroccans, keep it going, peace."

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October 2015
14. nada salim
"I like the song a lot. what I don't like is the comments against both Nigerians and Moroccans. Instead of being very united we are divided. Africa is our continent, we have old roots in this world, we have many things in common."

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15. Shafie Shaban Shaban
"Nice Song Bro"

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16. Ruth Willis
"Love this song!!!! Psquare is incredible simply the best music, you do not have to be African or Moroccan to love this great sound."

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17. Reply [January 2016]
Azizi Powell
"+Ruth Willis I recognize your larger point, but please be aware that Morocco is in Africa."

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18. Bukola Odion
"When your song got a parody, then you've made it."

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19. hyacinthdibley
"Oh crap!!! Is that good or bad? Haha
Where can i find the parody? I guess i can just type in the song title and 'parody' next to it."

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20. hyacinthdibley
"I just found and watched the parody. Thanks for that. :)"

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21. Bukola Odion
"+hyacinthdibley it's a good thing.. You're welcome"

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22. Ismail Bourhaeil
"The parody brought me here :-)"

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23. MEHDIJIJI
"mamma Africa is just soooo wonderful"

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November 2015
24. TechG101
"what does "Alagi" mean?"

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25. Tia Ade
"+TechG101 Alhaji is a respected member of society who successfully made the trip to Mecca. If it's a woman, she is called "Alhaja".."

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26. TechG101
"+Tia Ade I understand the term "Alhaja" or "AlHajj" :P. But in the song, P square said: "Take it, Take it, Allagi" What does "Allagi mean here?"

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27. Mutiyat Ade-Salu
"+TechG101 The "Alhaji" is represented by the older man enjoying himself in the video. (The one with the cap and white outfit.)"
-snip-
I think that TechG101 is pointing out the fact that P-Square is using a newer (self-made?) form of the word "Alhaji". In the same way the word "Shekini" may be a P-Square coined form of the Yoruba word (words?) se ki ni.

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28. tassi amldine
"Africans are cool, cus we are one people one coulor.music dilute stress."

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29. marocoujda90
"one love Afrique"

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30. ADAMA KONATE
"tres coulllllll"
-snip-
French to English - "very cool"

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31. Daniel Teklzghi
"I love Africa 4 ever"

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Muataz Marley
32. "I guess its time for African music been most hearing in the world"

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33. Jawaher Mousa
"If Moroccan and Nigeria sang this song together we would show white people that Africa is actually United stop sending negative comments y'all are one"
-snip-
I wonder why the commenter felt that it was so important to single out White people that Africa is actually united. Sigh.

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34. Abena Tiwaah
"Dear Moroccans spamming, without the ORIGINAL song you bastards would not have a parody. So pay your respects and keep it moving. Okay. Bye."

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35. aqzs0123
"love you Nigeria , from Morocco. the song is beautiful , i apologize about some moroccans comments comming from some kids and adolescents . we are all african brothers , muslim and chritians"

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36. 1LOVE_09 [January 2016]
"yea we all brothers and sisters til the end of time"

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37. tracey omoruyi [January 2016]
+aqzs0123 So true, we are, love u too.

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Dania Q
38. "Mamma Africa is going places..... world better leave dancing to us Africans.
much love from Sudan to Nigeria."

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39. Ahmed ali
"I agreeee with u"

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40. My Name isn't written
"+Dania Q You have my thumb up"

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Reply ·December 2015]
41. timemind4039
"+Dania Q u seen caribbean dancers?"

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December 2015
42. Nancy Modest
"thumbs up p square. make us proud"

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43. abood alamoodi
"my car dance when I play this song !!!!"

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44. odinese nwad [Janaury 2016]
"Just died"
-snip-
This saying means "I just died laughing (I laughed so much my stomach heart and I felt like I was dying).

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45. M.E.M
"Moroccan remix is better"

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46. pete preston
"+miss chanel You have the right to prefer a mix to the original version. :) Nothing can be better than an original though. A remix is just a copy of someone else's work and it does not take much work.
All the work has been done in the original. Its not actually stealing...but you get the point. It is still profiting off someone else's writing, composition, belief in the product and so many hours spent. I really like the Moroccan version too. Good job!"

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47. Annie Thoronka
"my country my language don't talk anything bad about it leave us africans alone"

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[This comments and its replies are part of a long sub-thread that was started by a commenter from Chad who said that Sudanese don't consider themselves African.]
48. Dania Q
"+moe el tshadi Sudanese are the only ppl on earth who consider themselves both Black and Arab. The thing is that we got Arabized centuries ago. We use Arabic and other local languages in the country. However that doesn't mean we r denying our roots.. we're proud blacks n We'll remain so. "

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49. Shol Gee [January 2016]
"+Dania Q am Sudanese and I welcome you one love one peace"

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50. Lorriane ebrunie [January 2016]
"+Shol Gee North or South sudan?"

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51. moe el tshadi [January 2016]
"+Lorriane ebrunie nosy"

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52. Shol Gee [January 2016]
"+Lorriane ebrunie South Sudanes ma'am but i grew up in North Sudan how about you?"

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53. DANIEL ADEJUMO
"Lmao as a Nigerian; the Comment section is Disturbing [internet speak profanity abbreviation deleted]. I can't believe it. Was so itchy to drop this. Can we enjoy the music without knowing the Parody's amount of Views."

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54. Tatenda Sagomba
"bump to this song still!!!! such a jam!"

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55. Princess Shopaholic forever
"At the end their doing the whip lol anyways I love this song"
-snip-
The Whip is an African American Hip-Hop dance which became popular around the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014.

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56. Enock JBL
"the song is nice but what language is THIS ??????"

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57. kole ivy
"Yoruba (a language spoken in the western part of Nigeria) , and Nigerian Pidgin English. The singers are originally Igbo (from the Eastern part of Nigeria)."

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58. Josephine Sekoko
"I love you from Rwanda"

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Reply [January 2016]
Manni Dennis
"1 love my fellow African Sista"

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Anselm Ndumbe Mesue
59. "nice song p square is my jam"

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January 2016
60. je suis un algerien kabyle
"We love the Nigerian people from ALGeria
AL#Geria ♥Ni#Geria"

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61. Mojan Kingston
"Love you too!"

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62. "je suis un algerien Kabyle
"thanks my sister ♥♥"

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63. Mojan Kingston
"Have a happy new year my African brother!"

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64. Hilda Nche
this is perfect more strength
-snip-
"More strength" may be a folk processed translation of the African American saying "more power to you".

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65. Matt Choge
"Spectacular Boys, Keep On keeping On! Go Nigeria, Go Africa, Let's all Go World!"

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66. okuomose okuns
"this song will never get old, What a global song from PSquare.."

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67. Jifin Varghese
"I m a big fan of Nigerian songs. my favourite - p square, mama africa, mampi. Greetings from KERALA."
-snip-
Kerala is a city in India.

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68. SpookDogg
"this song makes my african blood tingle"

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69. Mogoshadi Maserumule
"We love Nigerian Music, Nigerian people..
i love you all from Egypt all trhe way To South Africa..
i am in South Africa.. Africa my home and pride..mwaaah"

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PART II
Parodie: Shekini, P square "Hek Lili Nifi حك ليلي نيفي" - Officiel



Barbapappa TV, Published on Jan 28, 2015

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SELECTED COMMENTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5uhr85Zmo
This compilation consists of selected English language comments only, with the exception being comments in or which include Nigerian Pidgin and English language comments that might also include words in another language.

However, it should be noted that a number of the comments in this discussion thread are written in French and most of the comments are written in Arabic and/or a language or languages that I can't recognize and Google Translate doesn't translate. At least one of these languages might be Amazigh since a couple of commenters wrote [in English] that that was one of the languages used in this parody. Another reason why one of the languages that I don't recognize might be Amazigh is because one of the central themes that a number of Moroccan commenters wrote in English was that they aren't Arabs but are Amazigh (Berbers).
Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbers
for information about Amazigh.

Also, read my editor's note given above for information about the order of these comments and my other editor's comments about the profanity, anti-Muslim, and racist comments that are included in this video's discussion thread, but not in this compilation.

May 2015
1. Mardhiyah Esin (Mahmadheeyah)
"I PREFER THE ENDING.....SO COOL"
-snip-
Read the information about the ending given after comment #2.

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June 2015
2. Larbi Igout
"I discovered this song by accident, I just can't believe how far the Moroccan creativity and genius can stretch.
I love the part where it says " Casa Abidjan c'est la meme famille" with a jumping hug in the seen.
Proud to be African Moroccan.
love and cheers to Cote D'Ivoire :)
God bless Africa!"
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A commenter wrote on the discussion thread for P-Square's "Shekini" that the West Africans in the video were from the Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)

"with a jumping hug in the seen" made mean "I jumped up a hugged the television screen when I heard the part that says "We are a family from Casablanca to Abidjan".

Casablanca is Morocco's commercial capital, largest city and main port. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca

Abidjan = "Abidjan is the economic capital of Ivory Coast and is the most populous French-speaking city in West Africa. Its population at the 2014 Ivory Coast census was 4,707,404, which is 20 percent of the overall population of the country. Only Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria, surpasses it within West Africa in population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidjan

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3. Abdellatif Outrah
"At the moment all I'm thinking is how 5 millenniums of cohabitation and ethnic similarities between Algeria and Morocco couldn't bring us together, but a video of less than 3 min have done it !!!!!!!!!!!
Is it just me who thinks that the world itself is a parody ?
I'm a moroccan by the way"

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4. leila1973ful
"All what have you said is true . it is a real parody . I am Algerian"

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5.Nomade Nomade
"LOL..
That's a funny and creative parody.. so why can't people just comment on the song, why would you always have to start the endless dispute about ethnicity and countries?! and cause people to insult each other? I mean, really! as muslims, building up sins so stupidly and mindlessly doesn't make you frightened at all?!!"

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6. Mofax Zulu [July 2015]
"+Abdellatif Outrah That is the power of music"

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7. Abdellatif Outrah [July 2015]
"I've watched recently a movie which I think some of you will know it, it's name is The Cabinet Of Dr.Caligari (1920), it's about a doctor who controls a somnambulist (sleep-walker) and forces him to commit murders.
The moral is that certains "governments" consider people as cattle and tells them what to think, or what to feel.
The hatred between Algerians and Moroccans is nothing but the consequence of the personals conflicts between our ignorant heartless brainless leaders.
All I want to say is Algerians and Moroccans are one, and the hands of time know no mercy or compassion, in the following years it's gonna be one country united, or simply a giant hole in the Nirth of Africa, if you know what I mean."

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8. Amal Amal [July 2015]
"+Abdellatif Outrah well siad Mr abdellatif ... it s all about politics .. most of us , moroccans or algerians, hold no grudge against each others but what the ruling class have instilled in our minds over years of brain washing to divert people's attention from the real concerns and fill the gap with trivialities"

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9. Mo Yasso [July 2015]
"This video didn't bring us together !!!!"

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10. Nardjes Hb
"hhhh adorable big respect from Algeria"

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11. Zai nep
"great job bros keep going"

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July 2015
12. ramaf reza
"What language is that?????"

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13. Smixi Ma
"+ramaf reza Moroccan baddy"
-snip-
"Baddy" may be a typo for "buddy".

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14. ramaf reza
"+Smixi Ma [profanity initials deleted] l can't understand any thing !!!!"

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15. lalakom w taj raskom [August 2015]
"+ramaf reza amazigh + darija its not arabic not English"

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16. ramaf reza [August 2015]
"+sara touzani so ,it is amazigh dialect ."

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17. Smixi [September 2015]
"+ramaf reza yea amazigh + moroccan languge not Arabic"

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18. karima doonat
I don't know why but i can't understand the lyrics . And I'm Even moroccan from germany. sometimes I can understand one world in a sentence but nothing more .

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19. flashekom
"Greetings from Egypt :)
Although i cannot understand all words but i am in love with the tune :D"

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20. hemam tmp
"From Mauritania: better than original
We love you Marocco"

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21. Hakuna Matata go
"copy is copy never can change to alreginaly"
-snip-
"alreginaly" = originally (original)

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September 2015
22. raysd victor o
"+Miriame Hammache this is parody the original is from p-square, nigeria musician"

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23. Amira Amira
"super ♥♥♥♥ the first time i feel that we all africans;brothers and sisters and we belong to each other :-D:-D:-)"

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24. lekrari mohamed
"cool music"

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October 2015
25. Andrew Akpoguma
"Simple truth the original is making money not the parody, btw lord knows morocco isn't making close enough headlines and cash as Nigeria."
-snip-
This comment preceded that blogger's transcription of this song. This comment and that transcription are given in Part I of this pancocojams series.

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26. Youssef Mansour
"The right title of this Parody should be P Square vs Zina Daoudia Shekini vs Neta Wa3r wa3r Parody by Barbapappa instead of that title that mentioned only P Square even if there's another song of Moroccan Artist used in the bridge of the arrangement session, by the way the performance was absolutely amazing."

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November 2015
27. fard mo
"I'm Persian and don't understand any word of this music

But its soooooo cool
I love it ❤️"

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28. DAVIDS DEBBIE
"anyone that knows the original song will surely know that their pronunciations of these lyrics are so wrong, i'm Nigerian and i know what am talking about.., lol its so funny thou and i enjoyed watching"

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29. Mercy Orumwense
"no personality get a life n stop the immetation we nigerians are unique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! deal with it"

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30. Kings & Queens [December 2015]
"We just imitated only one nigerian song !!! Where is the problem?
I think you're just mad because it has exceeded the original version hahahaha

29 670 431 views,, deal with it"

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31. Pyro FreakNL [December 2015]
"Its a parody its suposed to be fun its a joke"

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32. Hitman Hatim [December 2015]
"+Mercy Orumwense Its a parody not imitation, you shouldnt be so negative and insecure just have fun !
Greetings from Morocco, I wish you a wonderful day sir !"

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33. Mercy Orumwense [December 2015]
"no comment same here+hitman hatim"

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34. Mercy Orumwense [December 2015]
"hahahah you know what you are just jobless you should think well before making stupid comment Were is the music originated from? IDIOT block head"

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35. Hamza Bh [January 2016]
"+Mercy Orumwense its an hommage to the original , a parody ,sang with moroccan words that sound like the original words , its supposed to be funny and entertaining because the moroccan words used are so random. One love, One Africa ."
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This is only a partial clip of that exchange beginning with the first comment quoted by Mercy Orumwense.

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36. monii 95
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.Give it up to P-square who allowed your creative juices to flow.Hopefully we can repay the compliment and perform a parody of a good Moroccan song some day.For those people who choose to throw around insults,we were not checking for you ,you took our music and turned it into a parody."

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37. Jah ka
"lol.. not bad anyway .. Naija rules ;-)"

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38. Samia Malik
"i swear here in germany people go crazy when this song plays on weddings, miss morocco! amazing song though"

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39. Nikki London
"I came here expecting to be angry as I'm Nigerian. But I found it amusing. I even found myself dancing along! #AfricaRocks"

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40. Barbapappa TV
"+Nikki London thank youuu verry much ! even Psquare love it ! they sing it with us in a big festival here in morocco !!!"

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Christine Onyango
41. i love this parody..big up peopl#kenyawatched

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42. Christine Onyango
+Christine Onyango still love this parody.Morrocans i will forever give you 100% in this parody

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Reply [January 2016]
43. Yousef Jamal 3 days ago
+Christine Onyango thank u ,, nd morocco loves u ^___^

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December 2015
44. Hammy Games
"i dont understand arabic but i like thes music goodjob morocco"

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45. Barbapappa TV
"+Hammy Games Thank youuuuu ! Enjoy"

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Reply
46. BRENDA BROWN
"check the original song Psquare ...shekini."

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Reply
47. Ouzid Bouhadri
"+Hammy Games we can teach u some arabic if you want :D"

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48. hebah saeed
"+Hammy Games that's not Arabic u see"

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49. youness razoki
"dance is not as good as that of the original version."

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50. Ibtihal Hussein
"i wish their was translation for this my eygptian arabic isn't helping mais bon chanson :)"
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"mais bon chanson" French; English translation "but good song".

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51. Ibtihal Hussein
"ANY TRANSLATIONS PLEASSSE ??"

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52. hacmisitos
"+Ibtihal Hussein
believe me you dont want to know"

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53. +Ibtihal Hussein [January 2016]
"i get some of it like where you been ,
this isn't a game"

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Amine dz [January 2016]
54. "+Ibtihal Hussein
bieleve him, you really dont want to know"

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55. Ibtihal Hussein [January 2016]
"how bad can it be . ?"

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56. OZPRO ALL [January 2016]
"+Ibtihal Hussein It's noot bad but this song is just a mix of words with no sense but it's so fuunny :D"
-snip-
Click the link for Part I of this series for Two transcriptions of the lyrics for this song that were posted by commenters from this discussion thread.

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January 2016
57. Mike Fred
"Thanks morroco for this remix straight up love from Nigeria"

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58. Adewale Lawal
oh my! who and where are these guys from. guy wetin dem dey talk sef?
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"guy wetin dem dey talk sef" is Nigerian Pidgin English. I think that sentence means "Why do they talk among themselves that way?

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59. Videos SO COOL
"+Adewale Lawal from Morocco"
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I think this blogger's comment means that he or she "co-signs" [agrees with] what Adewale Lawal wrote (as well as the implication/s embedded in Adewale's comment).

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60. Ray Allen
"Africans stop hating on each other this is backwards behaviour... they are more Moroccans with access the internet and the song is obviously a great song that's why there's lots of views here. both are very good and promotes African culture and unity."

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61. init bruv
"big love from Somalia"

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62. Laila Idifo
"Look this one of the best African song ever with Moroccan flaver Viva agadir nas Anza"
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I don't know which language "Viva agadir nas Anza" is

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P Square's Nigerian Dance Song "Shekini" & Barbapappa's "Hek Nifi Lili", A Moroccan Parody Of "Shekini" (information, videos, & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series on the Nigerian Afrobeat dance song "Shekini" performed by P-Square and Barbapappa's song "Hek Nifi Lili", a Moroccan parody of "Shekini" performed by Barbapappa.

Part I provides information about P-Square and information about Barbappa. Quotes from an interview of P-Square, and quotes from an interview of Barbapappa are also included in this post, along with information about the meaning of the word "Shekini". Part I also showcases the official videos of these songs, and includes examples of these songs' lyrics.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-global-reach-of-nigerians-p-squares.html for Part II. Part II documents the global reach of p Square's song "Shekini" by compiling a list of the nationalities that commenters gave (with each nation given one time), and by presenting selected quotes from some of those commenters.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/more-comments-from-youtube-discussion.html for Part III showcases the video of that song and also provides selected comments from those video's discussion threads.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composer of this song. Thanks also to p Square for performing the original version of "Shekini" and to Barbapappa for their performance of a parody of "Shekini". Thanks to all those who were associated with these songs' and these videos' production. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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UPDATE: STATISTICS FOR THESE TWO OFFICIAL VIDEOS
For what it's worth, since the number of YouTube viewer hits has played such a large part of the discussion threads for these official videos*, here are the statistics as of January 28, 2016 at 2:40 PM - about three hours after I published Part III of this series. Although this post was published on January 27, 2016, I've noticed that YouTube doesn't change their statistic count that often.

official YouTube video for P-Square "Shekini" :
Viewers: 28,249,881

Comments: 4,406

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official YouTube video for Barbapappa “Shekini” parody "Hek Lili Nifi"
Viewers: 31,516,442

Comments: 8,140

*Both of these songs have other videos published on YouTube. I'm not adding those statistics to this count.

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PART I
INFORMATION ABOUT P SQUARE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Square
"P-Square are a Nigerian R&B duo composed of identical twin brothers Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye.[1] They produce and release their albums through Square Records. In December 2011, they signed a record deal with Akon's Konvict Muzik label.[2] In May 2012, they signed a record distribution deal with Universal Music South Africa....

In 2001, "P-Square" won the "Grab Da Mic" competition, and hence Benson & Hedges sponsored their debut album, titled Last Nite, which was released under Timbuk2 music label. P-Square was also nominated as "Most Promising African Group" in the Kora Awards three months after the release of their debut album. They eventually won the 2003 Amen Award for "Best R&B Group".[4]"...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: PSquare - Shekini [Official Video]



PSquareVEVO, Published on Nov 17, 2014

Africa’s biggest singing duo come through with the second video to one of the singles off their recently released 6th studio album, “Double Trouble”. “Shekini” video is an energetic pictorial which sees the artistes combine with youthful dancers to perform moves that’d bring you to life. From garages to underground scenes, the dark-themed flick definitely does justice to the song. Video was directed by Clarence Peters, and song produced by Vtek, who also made a cameo appearance

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WHAT "SHEKINI" MEANS
According to a nollylovers.com interview with the Nigerian duo P-Square, the word "shekini" means "do it" or "do that thing".

My sense is that this is an extension of the established meaning of the Yoruba word (or words?) "se ki ni".

The following interview quote reveals what P-Square say the word "Shekini" means:
From http://nollylovers.com/forum2_theme_111501077.xhtml?tema=96 P square reveals the meaning of SHEKINI –
"Popular nigerian act Psquare, a musical group of two twin brothers namely Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye finally reveals the meaning of Shekini. Shekini is the 7th track on their Album "Double Trouble " that was released in the year 2014, on the month of september. No doupt, shekini is one of the top rocking songs in Nigeria and the whole world at large and it's one of the best of P square in the year 2014 (released year) matching to 2015.. In a #saturday Interview with Nollylovers.com, Peter Okoye revealed the meaning of shekini to us. He said " Shekini means 'Do it' and in pigeon English, it means 'Do that thing ".
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In the context of this song "Shekini" probably means something like "dance very well". Comparable sayings in African American Vernacular English may be "Rock it!" and "Get down!)

In the discussion thread for the official YouTube "Shekini" video Agislin Johnson (January 2016) broke it down (succinctly explained) the meaning of that P-Square song by writing "The song means shake your body"

And at least one commenter in the discussion thread for P Square's "Shekini" video implied that that word might have a sexual meaning:
Dami lola, December 2015
"+MagdalenaShakti maybe shekini in yoruba means "to do", so i think they were referring to that thing, you know what i mean."

Here's a comment exchange from the YouTube discussion thread for P-Square's "Shekini" (official video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcuzqRRTHQ:
Paul Williams, November 2015
"In Old Testament times, Shekinah is a word that describes the presence and glory of God, it was the thing that come down upon the ark of the covenant on the mercy seat. so am I right in guessing it has the same meaning as Shekini in Psquare's song?"

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OyOdiMe, December, 2015
"Shekini is a Yòrubá word, meaning to do what? A language in Nigeria. In context to the song, I'm not sure what's trying to say."
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Editor's comment:
The Google translate page from Yoruba to English gave no results for the word "shekini". It was only after I entered the Yoruba words (?) se ki ni into the Google translate box that I got the translation "Do what".

I don't speak or read Yoruba. but I gather that in Yoruba "s" followed by a vowel is pronounced "sh". I also gather that a number of (or most?) contemporary Nigerians are including a "h" in Yoruba words with that spelling/pronunciation. For example, "sekini" (spelled "Shekini"), "Sango" (spelled "Shango"), and "orisa" (spelled "orisha"). It's interesting that the name of the Nigerian/British singer Sade spells her name that way but the name is pronounced "SHA-day". ("Sade" is a clip of the Yoruba name "Folasade".

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LYRICS- SHEKINI
(as sung by P-Square)

[Intro]
P-Square eh eh
ahn ahn
(Alen 4x)
ahn ahn
Lets go

[Hook]
Otu de oya sare wa gba kekere kerewawo
Atu ti de oya burukutu make e sarabara owey
(Oya shekini ni ni ni ni 3x)
Oya shekina na na na na
Ehn ehn

[Verse 1]
I get the power eh
Me I no dey bother yeh
I no be footballer but I sabi do the Ronaldo (lets go)
I get the power (ah) me I no dey bother (ehn ehn)
I no be footballer but I sabi do the Ronaldo

[Chorus]
Take it (slow)
Take it (free)
Alhaji (ehn ehn)
Ehn ehn (listen)
Take it (ahn)
Take it (orijo)
Alhaji (okay)
Ehn ehn (hmm)
Oya show no wahala (hala)
You dey make enemy go madder (madder)
Baby go, go hala (ehn ehn)
You dey make me wanna craze (oya now)

[Hook]
Otu de oya sare wa gba kekere kerewawo
Atu ti de oya burukutu make e sarabara owey
Oya shekini ni ni ni ni (3x)
Oya shekina na na na na
Ehn ehn

[Verse 2]
(We don go with another (yes)
Wey go take una further (yes)
Na we be the brothers
Wey dey scatter all over the borders (alen) 2x

[Chorus]
Take it (slow)
Take it (free)
Alhaji (ehn ehn)
Ehn ehn (listen)
Take it (ahn)
Take it (orijo)
Alhaji (okay)
Ehn ehn (hmm)
Oya show no wahala (hala)
You dey make enemy go madder (madder)
Baby go, go hala (ehn ehn)
You dey make me wanna craze (oya now)

[Hook]
Otu de oya sare wa gba kekere kerewawo
Atu ti de oya burukutu make e sarabara owey
(Oya shekini ni ni ni ni 3x)
Oya shekina na na na na
Ehn ehn
(Burukutu) Hey 2x
Burukutu
ahn ahn
P-Square
(Alen 4x)
ahn ahn

[Chorus]
Take it (slow)
Take it (free)
Alhaji (ehn ehn)
Ehn ehn (listen)
Take it (ahn)
Take it (orijo)
Alhaji (okay)
Ehn ehn (hmm)
Oya show no wahala (hala)
You dey make enemy go madder (madder)
Baby go, go hala (ehn ehn)
You dey make me wanna craze (oya now)

[Hook]
Otu de oya sare wa gba kekere kerewawo
Atu ti de oya burukutu make e sarabara owey
(Oya shekini ni ni ni ni 3x)
Oya shekina na na na na
Ehn ehn

Source: http://www.metrolyrics.com/shekini-lyrics-psquare.html
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I don't know the meaning of most of the Yoruba words or most of the Nigerian Pidgin English words in this song. That said, I think that the words aren't supposed to make much sense since the lyrics aren't as important as the danceable beat. For example, the lyric "Baby go" means "Girl, keep on doing those dance moves".

That said, I recognize the word "wahala" which is Nigerian Pidgin for "trouble". And the word "Alagi" is a (contemporary?) form of the Yoruba word "Alhaji"*. Also, "Ronaldo" is a renown Portuguese footballer (soccer player) who has some African ancestry. His great-grandmother Isabel da Piedade was from Cape Verde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo
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I'm curious about the meaning of the Yoruba word "oya" as found in the song "Shekini". I've also seen this word in other Afro-beat songs (for example, this line in the song "Ife Wa Gbona" performed by Tiwa Savage featuring Leo Wonder "Oya mama o".)

I'm aware that Oya is the Yoruba orisha (goddess) of the wind, but I wonder if that has anything to do with this Nigerian Pidgin English (?) use of that word. My guess is that "oya now" means "listen now"), but that's just a guess. I hope that someone reading this shares the meaning of this and of other words in this song.

*comment exchange from the YouTube discussion thread of the "Shekini" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5uhr85Zmo

TechG101, December 2015
"what does "Alagi" mean?"
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Tia Ade, December 2015
"+TechG101 Alhaji is a respected member of society who successfully made the trip to Mecca. If it's a woman, she is called "Alhaja".."
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The man dancing in the white rope represents "Alagi" ("Alhaji").

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PART II
INFORMATION ABOUT BARBAPAPPA & THE PARODY OF SHEKINI
Here's an English translation of an excerpt of an article about Barbapappa and its parody of P-Square's song "Shekini". My American English "translations" of the English translation that is found in this article is given in brackets. The portion given in italics means that I'm not sure about that "re-translation".

From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2015/03/06/hek-lili-nifi-le-tube-parodique-qui-fait-danser-le-maroc_4589106_3212.html&prev=search

Interview: "Hek Nifi Lili", the tube that parody dance Morocco ["Scratch My Nose", The Moroccan Youtube Parody Hit]
Interview by Sofian Aissaoui
The Monde.fr| On 03/06/2015 at 7:48 p.m. • Updated 03/08/2015 at 2:27 p.m.
"Ali is Melouk director. Whoever is behind the music that made dance the Morocco right now, Lili Nifi Hek, began his studies at Casablanca before joining the Conservatory of free cinema French in Paris. [Ali Melouk is the director behind "Lili Nifi Hek", the most popular dance music in Morocco right now. Ali Melouk began his studies in Casablana before joining the Conservatory of free cinema French in Paris.] Today he runs his own production company and oversees a group of audiovisual professionals named Barbapappa, which consists of forty people.

It is through the label Barbara Ali Melouk realizes Hek Lili Nifi clip (scraper my nose), a parody of Shekini, the tube by Nigerian duo P-Square. [Ali Melouk's group (label?) Barbapappa produced the (video) clip "Stratch My Nose", a parody of "Shekini", the YouTube hit by the Nigerian duo P-Square.] Since its launch in late January 2015, the video parody [has] achieved no less than 9 million views. Ali Melouk welcomes this success and entrusts his pride to convey through this travesty values f peace and commitment against racism. [Ali Melouk welcomes this success and humbly says that this parody values peace and is committed to the goal of ending racism.]

How [did] you get the idea of parody music of Nigerian duo P-Square?
The idea to do this parody came to me like that [The idea to do this parody came to me like this]. I was at disco, and I heard their music, Shekini. "It is imperative that I make a parody! [I was at a disco (nightclub] and I heard the song "Shekini." When I heard that song I thought "I've really got to make a parody.] In eight days, we wrote lyrics, recorded music, shot and edited the video. I did dance when I was younger. So I could ask some friends for the video shoot. [I danced (professionally) when I was younger. So I still had contacts with some dancer friends who I asked to join me in making the video.] Some of these dancers have participated in Redbull BC One in China or Brazil, an international competition of break dance.

That tells Lili Hek Nifi? [What does "Lili Hek Nifi" Mean?]
The words of our music want nothing to say. [The words don't really mean anything."] The aim is above all to dance all the world. [More than anything, the song's purpose is to get the whole world dancing (together).] Before creating this music, we did a study on the psychology of crowds It is a way of saying that we are not racist: in our video, there are small, big, large, Berbers, Westerners ... When you look at our video, we recognize it necessarily ! [When you look at our video, you will recognize that it was important for us to have a multi-cultural mix of people in this video.

Your video is intended as a weapon against racism. The problems of racism in Morocco are so profound? [Your video is intended as a weapon against racism. Does Morocco have a problem with racism?]

There is racism between Moroccans and we denounce that. We are against injustice. For us there is only one Morocco. We are in a society where people focus more on what is material. Behind the humorous aspect of our music, the message we want to convey is that human values are what is most important. The human comes first. [Humanity comes first.] For us, no one should be afraid of anyone. The anti-Black racism also exists in Morocco, but I find that racism among Moroccans is much more present. [Anti-Black racism exists in Morocco, but I find that racism among Moroccans [of different ethnicities/religion {?) is more prevelant/. From city to city, there is a kind of competition between people. However, Morocco is a beautiful country. In Morocco, when your pockets are empty, you can still be happy. We, what we ask people is to be opened on the world.

Is this success on the Internet has attracted the covetousness of some producers? [Has your Internet success attracted producers' attention [to your group]?I

The success of the clip is completely unexpected. Our parody exceeds the number of views the video of the original music, you can not believe. [It's hard to believe that our parody has had more (YouTube) viewers than the original video (by P-Square). When we went to Rachid Show (a famous show in Morocco, Ed), the presenter told us that our visit boosterait the views of the video. It allowed us to reach a new audience.”...
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Editor's comment:
I applaud Ali Melouk for his intention to produce an anti-racist parody of P-Square's "Shekini".

However, given that racist have called people of Black African descent "monkeys" and have thrown bananas at us, it's unfortunate that this Moroccan song includes "brother, have a banana" in its lyrics. I think those lyrics and the visuals of the Black man holding a banana come close to being racially provocative if not racist.

Also, given that a prevalent stereotype of Black people is that we are drug addicts, I think that it's unfortunate that that image is part of this video. The title and recurring line "scratch [or rub] my nose" reinforces that image as one symptom of a person being an addict is rubbing or scratching his or her nose and arms. http://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/observing-signs/.

Other than those [I believe] important criticisms, I thought the video's production was high quality and wasn't as offensive as it could have been, if, for example, the Moroccans had done blackface.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Parodie: Shekini, P square "Hek Lili Nifi حك ليلي نيفي" - Officiel



Barbapappa TV, Published on Jan 28, 2015
-snip-
Update January 28, 2016: Several people posting to this video's discussion thread wrote or alluded that the West Africans in the video are from the Ivory Coast.

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LYRICS -HEK NIFI LILI
(as sung by Barbapappa)

Here are two transcriptions of this song from
Andrew Akpoguma, November 2015
Simple truth the original is making money not the parody, btw lord knows morocco isn't making close enough headlines and cash as Nigeria.

Barapappa c'est mon papa
Tu parles le marocain un peu?
Hello! hello, tu as du lait ? du lait, du lait ?

Je me demande pourquoi mon petit frère veut fumer
Je viens de le voir, mon frère, mange donc du couscous et dis salut à papa
Frère, gratte moi le nez
Frère, gratte moi le nez,
Frère, prend donc une banane

Oh Agadir, comment tu vas aujourd'hui
Viens donc ici, à la maison de mon ami Mohamad

-"Tu étais passé ou? Tu étais passé ou ?"
-"Moi? je viens de là-bas"

Frère, regarde, prend et donne,
Le jeux ne fait pas de cadeau
Frère, regarde, prend et donne,
Aujourd'hui tu as vendu à bas prix (=tu m'as déçu)

Je me demande pourquoi mon petit frère veut fumer
Je viens de le voir, mon frère, mange donc du couscous et dis salut à papa
Frère, gratte moi le nez
Frère, gratte moi le nez,
Frère, prend donc une banane

Mon frère s'est envolé au Canada,
Et il y a fait le bazar,
Il a rapporté avec lui une godasse,
Il a trouvé que des frères

-"Tu étais passé ou? Tu étais passé ou ?"
-"Moi? je viens de là-bas"

Frère, regarde, prend et donne,
Le jeux ne fait pas de cadeau
Frère, regarde, prend et donne,
Aujourd'hui tu as vendu à bas prix (=tu m'as déçu)

Je suis fort, fort, moi je suis un danger
Je suis fort, fort, moi je suis un danger
L'idiot que vous connaissez, laisse moi changer

Je suis fort, fort, moi je suis un danger
Je suis fort, fort, moi je suis un danger
L'idiot que vous connaissez, laisse moi changer

Casablanca , Abidjan c'est la même famille
C'est mon papa, pas ma maman, ici c'est mon papa.
Bara Barbapappa

Barbapapa is my dad
Talk Morocco a little?
Hi! hello, you have milk? milk, milk?
I wonder why my little brother wants to smoke
I just saw my brother, eat couscous and say hi to daddy
Brother, scratching my nose
Brother, scratching my nose,
Brother, so take a banana
Agadir Oh, how are you today
Come here in the house of my friend Mohamad
- "You were past or past or You were?"
- "? Me, I've just there"
Brother, look, gives and takes,
The game does not present
Brother, look, gives and takes,
Today you sold cheap (= you have disappointed me)
I wonder why my little brother wants to smoke
I just saw my brother, eat couscous and say hi to daddy
Brother, scratching my nose
Brother, scratching my nose,
Brother, so take a banana
My brother flew to Canada
And there was the bazaar,
He brought with him a godasse,
He found that brothers
- "You were past or past or You were?"
- "? Me, I've just there"
Brother, look, gives and takes,
The game does not present
Brother, look, gives and takes,
Today you sold cheap (= you have disappointed me)
I'm strong, strong, I'm a danger
I'm strong, strong, I'm a danger
The idiot you know, let me change
I'm strong, strong, I'm a danger
I'm strong, strong, I'm a danger
The idiot you know, let me change
Casablanca, Abidjan is the same family
This is my dad, not my mom, my dad is here.
Bara Barbapappa

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Larbi Igout, June 2015
"English translation:
things that are said have no connection or meaning, but rhymes with the original version.
they make sens hilariously in the Moroccan context.
the translation is just literal but lacks the Moroccan humor background.
enjoy:
Barapapa it's my Dad
do you speak Moroccan
Hello! hello, do you have milk (halib = milk)

milk milk milk milk

just wandering why my little brother want to smoke a joint
just wandering why my little brother want to smoke a joint

I just met him, brother eat couscous and say hi to my Dad
brother, rub my nose
brother, rub my nose
brother, have a banana

O 'Agadir, how are you today
come over
to my friend Mohamad 's house

O 'Agadir, how are you today
come over
to my friend Mohamad 's house

where were you
where were you
why did come from there
why did come from there

brother look
give and take
is a fair game

brother look
give and take
today you sold at cheap price

just wandering why my little brother want to smoke a joint
just wandering why my little brother want to smoke a joint

I just met him, brother eat couscous and say hi to my Dad
brother, rub my nose
brother, rub my nose
brother, have a banana

my brother went to Canada
and he is making trouble
he brought a soccer shoe
he found only brethren

where were you
where were you
why did come from there
why did come from there

I am tough and dangerous
I am tough and dangerous
the dumb you know let me wander

I am tough and dangerous
I am tough and dangerous
the dumb you know let me wander

Casablanca , Abidjan the same family
it 's my dad, it's my Mom
Barapapa"

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Moroccan (Non-Berber) Dance Party Video

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a video of dancing in Morocco at a party that was held in 2007 to thank volunteer American doctors.

Although the title of this video includes the word "Berber", a number of commenters posted on its viewer discussion thread that this music and dance aren't Berber. A number of other commenters described this dance as one in which the men parodied certain dances that are performed by women only.

The content of this post is provided for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

I'm featuring this video in this blog not only for its music and dancing but to share a sampling of the comments that were made in the video's discussion thread. Some of these comments are followed by explanatory quotes from online sources.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Moroccan music dancing party Morocco travel Berber



Moroccan Videos from Morocco Uploaded on Jun 4, 2007

Moroccan music dancing entertainment Morocco to thank 60 American doctors for preforming free services.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These comments are presented in chronological order by year with the oldest comments given first. The comments are numbered for referening purposes only

1. loepy, 2007
"this dance is wellknown in morocco its origanel from a little city in morocco Khouribga. the name of the group is Abidat Erma. Myn parents are from this city and myn father dance the same. i love it its amazing!"
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khouribga
Khouribga (in amazigh letters : ⵅⵯⵔⵉⴱⴳⴰ ) (Arabic: خريبكة‎) is a city in Khouribga Province in the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco with a population of approximately 172,000. Khouribga owes its growth to the phosphate deposits nearby.

[Khouribga] is Located at least 120 km from Casablanca, 154 km from the capital, Rabat, 200 km from the city of Marrakesh, 99 km from the city of Beni Mellal and 60 km from the city of Settat, capital of Settat Province and the region Chaouia-Ouardigha which Khouribga Province belongs to."
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The Wikipedia page on Khouribga indicates that it is located in North-Central Morocco.

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2. mouleagateau, 2008
"just for peolple who want to know ,mo this is not the traditional marrocco dance those kind of group are very famous in marrocco , but the origine of those kind of dance is tha a long time ago women, to finish a long day of work , use to sing and dance but they usualy sing about men and make fun of them, mens didn't have the wright to go on those kind of party ,"

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3. mouleagateau, 2008
"so they did the same think in there way making fun of women and they copy them so they dance like that to make fun of women who insult them"

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4. ibnrushd , 2008
"this monkey danse aint berber culture, its more a kind of show to entertain silly tourists. berber muzic is music of a man's heart not jumping an acrobatics..these are Jebala from the north of morocco."
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"Monkey dance" reads to me like an insult which may or may not have racist (or ethnic) connotations.

Here's information about the Jebalas:
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebala_people
"The Jebala (Arabic: جبالة‎, Moroccan Arabic:Jbala) are an ethnic group of north-western Morocco

Etymology
The word Jbala comes from Arabic Jbel which means mountain. Thus Jbala means mountain people. A man or boy is called a Jebli while a woman or a girl is called a Jebliya.[1]

Origins

The Jebala are mostly of Berber origin;[2] they adopted the Arabic language between the 10th and 15th centuries, influenced by Arabic-speaking townspeople of northern Morocco and Al-Andalus and the fact that their land lies on the route between these places.[3] Before the arrival of the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym Arabs in the 12th century, the Jebala country was the only rural region where Arabic was spoken, and it still remains the only significant rural region where a non-bedouin Arabic dialect is spoken."...

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5. Cece .Sihama, 2009
"wrong title , not berber"
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The video uploader (who uses the name "moroccan treasures") commented that he or she added the word "Berber" to that video title as a tab, so that interested people would be aware of it.

In another video by the same publisher, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc8TppXOOic, he or she gave his or her home town as Boujaad, Morocco.

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6. landsker, 2009
in reply to moroccantreasures [the publisher of this video]

" "Berber" ... a tribe or region in the Northern part of Maroc.

It shouldn`t be used to describe these men from the South, who are presenting a very tourist-type kitsch mix of music and certainly the dance steps have little in common with traditional Berber dances.

" Berber" is more than just a word for search engines, it refers to a people , a tribe if you will, like the Sioux or the Pashtuns... a little bit of accuracy in semantics helps everyone.
>thanks for uploading ***
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Notice that this commenter describes these performers as being "from the South". However, the other commenters who shared information about where this dance came from, indicate that it comes from the Northern part of Morocco.

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7. barbar atlas, 2009
"this is darija a mix of early arabic from egypt libya sudan and french and spanish from the occupation and western african from the slaves that went to america. but its some words from berber"

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barbar atlas, 2009
"all moroccans are the same but they talk diffrent. this is darija a mix of the early arabic from egypt and sudan and libya. and west african from the slaves and a little bit of berber words and french and spanish from the occupation. but they have startet teaching berber languige in schools now so everyone can understand eacother."
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darija
"Darija (Arabic: الدارجة‎), means "everyday/colloquial language";[1] it also appears as ad-dārija, derija or darja. It refers to any of the varieties of colloquial Arabic subsumed under Maghrebi Arabic. Like all colloquial Arabic varieties, it is generally used for everyday speech, in TV plays, drama, some advertising, social networking, etc., with Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى (al-)fuṣḥā), French, or other languages used for formal speech and for written communication. Darija shares the majority of its vocabulary with standard Arabic, but it also includes significant borrowings from Berber (Tamazight) substrates,[2] as well as extensive borrowings from French, and to a lesser extent Castilian Spanish and even Italian (primarily in Libya) – the languages of the historical colonial occupiers of the Maghreb. Darija is spoken and to various extents mutually understood in the Maghreb countries, especially Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, but can often be unintelligible to speakers of other Arabic dialects. Darija continues to evolve by integrating new French or English words, notably in technical fields, or by replacing old French and Spanish ones with Standard Arabic words within some circles.

In contrast, the colloquial dialects of more eastern Arab countries, such as Egypt, Jordan and the Sudan, are usually known as al-‘āmmīya (العامية), though Egyptians may also refer to their dialects as el-logha-d-darga.

Darija can refer to:
Algerian Arabic
Ḥassāniyya, spoken by the Saharans in Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco and Algeria.
Libyan Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Tunisian Arabic"

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8. Yaz Ak, 2010
"Not berber at all

I'm half M'twiwia and half Riffia , I know what music is from where in the parts of Morocco since I'm Moroccan myself, so please correct you're video information before giving out wrong information in the first place, thank you"

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achil2157, 2010
"Ce folklore s'appelle en arabe " 3bidat rma",c'est-à-dire les " esclaves des tireurs". Dans le passé ces gens sortent avec les chasseurs et les seigneurs, pour faire fuir les gibiers vers les tireurs qui les attendent avec les mains sur lesgachettes. Une fois au repos ils chantent et dansent avec joie pour eux et pour les maîtres.On les appelle aussi en dialecte marocaine " hayaha" c'est-à-dire " ceux qui font du bruit ".....Ils chantent en dialecte marocaine, leurs chants parlent d'amour, ..."
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Google Translate from French to English:
"This folklore is called in Arabic "3bidat rm", that is to say, the "slaves of the shooters." In the past these people come out with hunters and lords, to scare away the game to the shooters awaiting them with hands on lesgachettes. After resting they sing and dance with joy for them and for the maîtres.On also called in Moroccan dialect "hayaha" that is to say, "those who make noise" ..... They sing in dialect Moroccan, songs about love, ..."
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maitres = mothers (women)

This description of this dance seems to contradict the other descriptions of it as men's parodies of certain dances that women do.

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9. samir amazigh, 2011
its darija+berber+african mix.......berber arabic mix = darija . darija is not arabic
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I find it interesting that the commenter distinguishes between "Berber" and "African" in his description of Darija. Berbers are African. The commenter probable meant "non-Berber" or some West African ethnic group or groups.

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10. Damian Leon , 2011
"From what part of Morocco is this dance from? I have read the comments and now know that this is not Berber. Who are these dancing? Is it a religious dance? Dance for pleasure/entertainment? Sorry I am an outsider, and doing some research for a school project. All the held is appreciate it."

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11. moroccantreasures, 2011
in reply to Damian Leon
"@DamianLeon123 It was an even put on for about 100 volunteer doctors that visited a city near Boujaad Morocco because my filmer lives in Boujaad and works with the peace corp although I cant say specifically if they were peace corps doctors or what mission/group they came from. It was like a "thank you" party from the people they served. And with any area I am sure the people are from many palces and backgrounds."
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"Even" is a typo for "event". "Filmer" is a typo for "family". In another YouTube video, this same publisher indicates that he or she is from Boujaad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc8TppXOOic

The book Welcome To Morocco by Mostafa Tawfik gives this information for Boujaad: (p. 68)
"Boujaad: Province Khouribga: Region Chaouia-Ouardigha"
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=130077021X

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