Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents information about the Ugandan, East African children's dance group Masaka Kids (formerly known as Masaka Boys) and showcases their 2016 YouTube video "Viva Africa" ("Long Live Africa).
This post also includes a general overview about "nation signing in" comments and documents some examples of that category of comments and a few other comments from the discussion thread for Masaka Boys' "Viva Africa" video.
A list of nations that these commenters represent is also included in this post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the Masaka Boys for this 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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INFORMATION ABOUT MASAKA KIDS
Excerpt #1:
From https://www.masakakidsafricana.com/about
"The Masaka Kids Africana is composed of African children, from the age of 2 and up. Many have lost one or both parents through the devastation of war, famine and disease. They represent all the children of a continent and they demonstrate the potential of African children to become strong leaders for a better future in their land.
The children melt the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles and delightful African tunes, accompanied by vibrant dance moves. Nearly every performance is concluded with a thunderous standing ovation. A marvelous by-product of the concert is the inspiration the music brings to virtually every listener. In spite of the tragedy that has marred their young lives, the children are radiant with hope, musically gifted and wonderfully entertaining.
We rely on the generosity of our extended family — people like you — so we can educate, feed, clothe and support all of our children. Every dollar we save from our performance is also a dollar earned for the continued care of our kids. Our music and dance troupe children will soon begin training again during their school term breaks and over select weekends. Show your support of music and advocacy – it’s so easy to do."
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Excerpt #2
From https://face2faceafrica.com/article/masaka-kids-africana
"The popular Ugandan Masaka Kids Africana dance group is making headlines once again with a new dance video for the song “Movie Star” by Mi Casa, featuring Eddy Kenzo.
In front of a house, a medley of about six youths dance and sing along to “Movie Star” while the other youths in the frame play football with a coconut.
Similar to Uganda’s popular Ghetto Kids, Masaka Kids Africana — most of which appear to be between the ages of 3 and 9 years old — display their dancing skills for the world to see while their unfazed jajas (or grandmothers) look on in their traditional busutis (traditional dress)."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Masaka Boys Dancing Viva Africa
Eddy Kenzo, Published on Mar 17, 2016
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Masaka is a large town in the Central Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The headquarters of the Masaka District are in the town.[2]
"Masaka Boys" later changed its name to "Masaka Kids" perhaps, in part, because of comments asking why that group was named "Masaka Boys" when it included girls.
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Statistics as of April 26, 2019 5:53 PM:
total views - 3,756,450
total likes - 26,000
total dislikes - 1,100
total comments - 1,736
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Here's some information about Eddy Kenzo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Kenzo
"Edrisa Musuuza, known professionally by his stage name Eddy Kenzo, is a Ugandan artist best known for his 2014 song "Sitya Loss".
Kenzo was born in Masaka, a town in the central region of Uganda."
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Read more about Eddy Kenzo in that Wikipedia article.
The "Ghetto Kids" are a Ugandan dance group that achieved popularity by dancing to Eddy Kenzo's music. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/ghetto-kids-problematic-name-for.html for a pancocojams post about this children's dance group.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT "NATION SIGNING IN" COMMENTS
It wasn't until April 2019 that I really became aware of the YouTube discussion thread commenting custom that I refer to as "nation signing in".
"Nation signing in" (nsi) occurs when a person writes his or her nation's name, country code top-level domain [initials], country [telephone] code (iso) etc. in a discussion thread for a YouTube music video with or without any other text or emojis (small digital images or icons).
"Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genre/s by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer.
Many nation signing in comments consist total or in part of "love, from [nation's name]. However, some comments in this wide category include historical, socio-cultural (including political, and racial/racist comments), and/or educational information and comments about the commenter's nation, region, or ethnic group and more.
Also, a number of nation signing in comments result in other commenters from that nation or from other nations to reply to what was written and/or to (also) share their nation's name.
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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NATIONS REPRESENTED BY COMMENTERS
Here's an alphabetical list of nations or regions such as "North Africa" and "the Caribbean") that are represented by one or more commenters in the discussion thread for the Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" video (as of the date of this publication)
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Asia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Cameroons
the Caribbean
Chad
China
Columbia
Comoros Islands
Costa Rica
Eritrea
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Haiti
Holland
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
The Philippines
Russia
Senegal
Somalia
South Sudan
Spain
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
United States
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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I apologize if I inadvertently failed to include any nation or region in this list that was represented in the discussion thread for this embedded video.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation of selected comments from the discussion thread for the YouTube video by Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" [embedded above].
The examples that I selected for this pancocojams compilation aren't all of the roll-call comment that are found in this video's discussion thread as of the date and time of the publication of this post.
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of those types of comments in that entire discussion thread. Some nations are represented by more than one comment in this compilation.
2016
1. dtk100000
"I am a caribbean man and although our music has an african foundation I got really turned on to african music about a year ago and i must say some of the freshest music i'm hearing out there comes from africa. As for the dancing i categorically state and no one dances like the africans. I really is a joy to watch these kids dance. Great song too."
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2. bibolcs, 2017
"We call it "Champeta" in the cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena in Colombia South America passing by also for Haiti Island where they say "Champe", thanks 4 upload this beautifull video, "Viva Mama Africa", God bless those Kids, God bless Africa..¡ Hahahahahahahaha Greetings to everyone from United States of America."
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3. BigVik
"You can take everything away from us but you can never take HAPPINESS way from us...Africa My Africa... Africa My Pride, Africa My Motherland... Africa My Home....The Great Land Of The Ancestral Savanna....Hey, fellow Africa brothers and sisters out there, i really don't know what AFRICA means to you, but to me, it means EVERYTHING.....VIVA AFRICA.."
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2017
4. Patrick Lubin
"Im Haitian.... But im so proud that i come from Africa. Haiti little Africa"
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5. teotonio Marcelino
"Never give up you are in the right way...i am from mozambique and we love so much your songs..peace"
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6. Mad World Leaders
"Love You My Africa looking forward for a United Africa for more Peace Love and Equality. From Ethiopia."
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7. Godfrey Kaumba, 2018
"Kk Nn I love Ethiopia and br send I nice photos and pages of our history, am concerned rasta in Zambia Mumbwa boma"
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8. Rich Sayed, 2018
"I'm looking forward to as well...U are not alone...I'm from Liberia n desperately looking forward to d day when Africa will un-shelve d ripen pearls of Western dominance....."
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9. traore abdulramzy, 2019
"Rasta tafari"
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10. Lucy Smith Vegas Castillo
"Viva África! !!!vivan los niños,viva su cultura,cuanto talento, el ritmo lo lleban en su sangre mulata..saludos y mas grande admiración de Perú! !!!"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"Vive Africa! !!! live the children, live their culture, talent, the rhythm they bring in their mulatto blood..saludos and greater admiration of Peru! !!!"
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11. Le Quan
"amazing !!! i'm from vietnam"
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12. Ashutosh Gupta
"I am Indian... But I love Africa
Vivaaaaa affffriiiicaaaaaaa"
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13. Ngamting Yanlem
"Love from Asian...Love you Africa. You guys are awesome."
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14. DJ shafie somali Fan's
"east Africa I came from somalia viva africa"
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15. Mohamed Tetuan
"viva Africa from morroco"
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16. Yacine Bouziane, 2019
"Viva Africa from your neighbour. Algerian. (Vive. Imazighen)"
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17. Rezene Ftwi, 2019
"Africa only for black people u look like Asian also u know what to do
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18. Yacine Bouziane, 2019
"@Rezene Ftwi befor you opening your mouth. Study the history of north Africa. So you will find great civilization. Called. Amazigh. ( Berber). I'm a mong those ppl I'm amazigh Berber. I give you an example. Like zidane is originally. From my country. Algeria. Is not Arab. He said this already. So brother. We are Africans look. To Algeria. Morroco. Tunisia. Until Egypt. They re African they weren't Arabs there's no difference between us. Black or white."
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19. Sally Bradley
"You all rock--USA-FLORIDA/WEST COAST"
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20. Weldon Maddan
"Striking similarity between Jamaican Dancehall dancing and these dance moves. You see elements in Samba, Hip Hop across the African diaspora etc. but very strongest in dancehall -- maybe because of less European influence and the predominance of blacks in Jamaica relative to Cuba, Brazil, USA etc."
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21. Mhd mahafidhou
"I am Comoros island of Africa"
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22. Bashir Mugoya
"Viva Uganda,Kenya,TZ,Somalia,Morocco,Lybia,Egypt,Liberia,Ghana,Gbout,Sudan,Tunisia,Algeria,Zambia,Zimbabwe,Ivory Coast,Togo,Congo,Mali,Nigeria and many others...Viva Africa is our PRIDE"
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TZ= Tanzania
Some of these nations are given in the alphabetical list found above because I didn't read any individual comment from a person representing those nation.
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23. كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا
"Bashir Mugoya No need for Morocco, Libya and Egypt we know they’re Arab invaders... Ancient Egyptians are now called Sudanese"
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24. Villano.
"@كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا nop se african"
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Google translate from Arabic to English
@ Kush our race and Egypt our land Nubia kings of the world
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25. Yacine Bouziane
"@كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا we are amazigh. African. We are not arabs [profanity deleted]"
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Google translate from Arabic to English
"@ Kush our race and Egypt our land Nubia kings of the world"
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26. Yacine Bouziane
"Thank you. Brother. Viva Africa. From algeria"
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27. Hassan As
"viva Africa from senegal"
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28. LIMMIE DICKENS
"AM FROM RUSSIA. AM RUSSIAN I HAVE BLACK HUSBAND.. I LOVE AFRICA I LOVE BE WITH BLACK PEAPLE I LOVE YOU ALL... GOD BLESS .. YOU ARE THE BEST"
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29. Terry Cherono, 2018
"LIMMIE DICKENS ur welcome to Africa.karibu Kenya"
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30. Neo Kaidu, 2018
"Long live russia"
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31. mejury shiri, 2018
"Love you too💓💓"
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32. Alex pesto Fornite, 2018
"U guys like germany its a cool place"
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33. Kadar HASan, 2018
"lIMMIE DICKENS WE LOVE YOU TOO, TAKE CARE OF OUR BLACK BROTHER, RUSSIA IS VERY COLD hhhh"
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34. NKS 20, 2018
"Africa loves you too! Viva Russia.
Greetings from Mozambique 🇲🇿❤"
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35. paris yally, 2019
"Hi
LIMMIE DICKENS
We love you and your family back!! take care of yourself and your family very well,"
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36. David Mwangi, 2019
"Limmie Dickens.we love u more.much love from kenya"
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For the record, it seemed to me that there were more comments in this discussion thread from Kenya than from any other African nation.
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2018
37. william Amstrong
"Big up ,Youssou ndour,am from Sénégal"
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38. Alpacino Garcon
"I'm haitian, that's mean Africa is my Roots."
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39. eL Kaffa
"LOVE FROM INDONESIA COUNTRY"
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40. GoodLoco
"Viva africa viva morocco"
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41. easysueburs
"I've always loved Africa. Straight outta the USA. Love you guys."
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42. JAIRO PEREZ
"Viva Africa!! From Los Angeles ❤️👌🏽love you guys one love"
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43. Rachel Villarim
"You guys are amazing!! Much love from Brasil ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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44. OG ABDI
"Viva Africa From Horn Of Africa Somalia.
One Love Africa❤️❤️ Am Proud to be African❤️💯❤️❤️"
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45. Kate Okunbor
"From great country Nigeria. I am a proud African everyday and always."
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46. صهيب احمد
"Mama Africa
From sudan hundred percent african"
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47. Roman Torres
"From mexican to Africa brothers and sisters"
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48. كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا
"Viva Africa from Sudan 🇸🇩 😍🖐"
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49. ganas437
"Love from an African in China!😘😘"
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50. A K
"That baby girl has a swag 😗. Namaskara from South India"
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51. Mileydis Alvares
"definitavemente que viva africa!!! aca desde Panamá"
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52. ZIM FLAVOUR
"Viva AFRICA strait outer ZIMBABWE"
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53. Yoi21dan Valendri
"Viva África from Buenaventura-colombia={ ī ❤Being black}"
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54. bhuwan sharma
"Uganda 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"
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55. Abdikariim Mohamed
"ViVa Africa ❤ from Somaliland."
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56. kpop cute s
"This song is my favourite. ...i am from Nepal....😍😍😍"
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57. baba lin
"Mi home land Gambia"
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58. Viviane Marcellin
"I love AFRIK
From MADAGASCAR
😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘"
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59. Dimisa MIXES
"Amazing 😍
Im from nord africa
Algeria 💚
Ïn love with our country ughnda"
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2019
60. Kigozi Edward
"Ugandans where are you
me I'm here 2019."
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61. Andrea Barnes
"Love ,love Africa. One luv from Jamaica. These children dance beautiful. The moves are out of this world. Happy children. This is the real thing. Love you all. ☺☺☺☺☺❤💛💚❤💛💚❤💛"
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62. mehedi hassan
"hi i am Bangladeshi
.i love your videos...love African.."
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63. SHARON S
"Love from INDIA💓 you guys are simply amazing 💓soo much love to you💓 God bless"
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64. Rita tacón
"Eternamente agradecida a Africa,pues fruto de nuestro amor( él mozambiqueño y yo de Burgos(España)) nació nuestro hijo Maravilloso. Viva África"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"Eternally grateful to Africa, as the fruit of our love (he from Mozambique and I from Burgos (Spain)) our wonderful son was born. Live Africa"
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65. Abdihamid Dahir
"From uganda viva africa."
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66. ምኩሕ ብድንግል ማርያም Kerenawi
"Proud to be African 🤗
Africa mother of happiness💛
Much love from Eritrea⚡"
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67. Akram Boudrioua
"I love my great Africa
Great nation great continent
From the largest country of Africa DZ DZ"
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From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dz
".dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from Dzayer, the local name for Algeria)"
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68. MD DELOAR dengarage boy
"Woow
I'm From Bangladesh 🤗"
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69. Diaby Diab
"viva africa form mali i love my africa la terre des mes enceitres"
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Google translate from French to English
"the land of my speakers".
Another suggested Google translation "ancestres" instead of "enceitres"- "the land of my ancestors".
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70. Sam tizon
"Wow! I loved it! Viva Africa! Love from The Philippines! 🇵🇭 ❤"
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71. Fazal Ndeche
"Viva Africa!!! Viva The African Child!!! WIth Love from your Kenyan Brother.... listening and watching from Kandahar, Afghanistan. One Africa, One People. Love you All."
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72. Horácio Mabuleza
"Viva África from Mozambique 🇲🇿"
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73. Muhammad Nur
"From chad viva africa"
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74. 2PAC MALIEN
"Viva Maman Africa
Viva Mali Bamako"
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75. adama Jallow
"Love from Gambia🇬🇲🇺🇬"
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76. Waan
"Love from half asian half african I LOVE YOU ANGOLA"
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77. Panzo Gonga
"Viva afrika, viva kuduro made in Angola 🇦🇴... je t’adore l’Afrique je t’adore l’Angola 🇦🇴"
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Google translate from French to English
"I adore you Africa I adore you Angola 🇦🇴"
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"Kuduro" is the type of dancing that is performed in this video.
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78. Kidane Teklesenbet
"Viva Eritrea 🇪🇷 and viva all of Africa"
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79. ethioGo tube
"Viva etiopia and ertria wz africa"
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80. Buchraia Emhamed Salec
"Viva toda África, viva Western Sáhara, viva Algeria"
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81. Arjun Chkrabortyyy
"I just love it...❤❤❤Africa
I m from India . 😊
But..i like African pepol and love you ......aswome song😊😊😊"
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82. Daniella Extrella
"From Cameroon viva Africa"
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83. tut peter gatluak
"I'm from south 🇸🇸"
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I think this commenter is reppin South Sudan.
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84. EA sweet
"Talented kids ❤ love from kuwait"
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85. Hashim Said
"Welcome to tanzania we love you too we are the world"
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86. Loveness Mfinanga
"Viva Africa i come from Tanzania"
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87. Senay Tium
"when I hear viva Africa I feel like Africa is a single nation !!!!!! but why our leaders are evils .....From ETHIOPIA"
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88. Samiullah Alihaider
"Beautiful dance love from Pakistan.."
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89. Rodrigo Sahagun
"Viva Africa, a brother from Mexico."
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90. mark Ghale
"Hey... IAM from Nepal..and we love African dance and as well as African people 🙂🙂🙂🙂"
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91. Maribel Zeledon
"Viva africa desde costarica bella musica y baile"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"Viva Africa, I'm from Costa Rica beautiful music and dance"
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92. Bostonly Mukhim
"I am from India n i love Africa girl because my wife also she is from Africa only."
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I added multiple examples of comments from India because it seemed to me that there were more comments from India than from any other nation outside of Africa.
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93. Neusa Reis Batista
"Sou brasileira,mais sou africana de coração!"
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Google translation from Portuguese to English
"I'm Brazilian, but I'm African at heart!"
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