(Nigerian Comedy) Kabusa Oriental Choir- "The Corona Song" Part II video & comments

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the Nigerian Oriental Choir's "The Corona Song".

Part II showcases the YouTube video "Kabusa Oriental Choir - The Corona Song" and presents some comments from that video's discussion thread.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/04/nigerian-comedy-kabusa-oriental-choir.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I showcases this video and presents lyrics for that song from the video's captions. Part I also includes definitions of and explanations about some of those lyrics.

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Kabusa Oriental Choir for their cultural legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO -Kabusa Oriental Choir - The Corona Song



Kabusa Oriental Choir,Mar 22, 2020

#coronavirus #covid19

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Numbers were added for referencing purposes only. All of these comments were published between March 22, 2020 and April 27, 2020.

1. Penninah The grace
"OMG it's not time to laugh but they made me do so 😂😂😂"

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2. noella noel
"Lol I have been waiting for your own version of corona song ...cuz I trust u guys😀😀"

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3. POPCORN KAY
"😂 Yiu guys are funny anyway thanks for the song to keep us calm and be safe, take care of ourselves not to be infected by Corona virus,"

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4. Veve Bams Official
"🤣🤣🤣 Im from Congo but I’m a big fan of u guys 🙏🏽 u sooo funny good job"

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5. Mantsha Precious Maake
"This song made my day 😘😍its our first day of lockdown in SA, and i managed to smile watching this video...love frm 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦"

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6. Emmanuel Nartey
"Very impressive.
Education through Entertainment."

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7. Joshua Prince
"When your last name is actually is okoro😂😂"

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8. You are Doing well
"John from Rwanda but living in Turkey cz of studies!!!i really like you Kabusa Oriental choir!!i wish to meet you in my whole life!!!"

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9. lydia adongo
"These dudes never disappoint 😍"

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10. BlessedChiChi
"😂😂😂 you guys are just amazing 😂😂love the beats ...I was even dancing 💃🏾"

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11. Amos Mkungile
"From Tanzania... these amazing creative guyz are very funny and talented.. applause for them👏👏👏

Corona. O coro"

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12. Talky headquarter - Janny
"🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is fun and informative too . Corobaby have mercy on the whole world"

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13. Obianuju Okafor
"I just heard this song on radio😁
Great awareness scheme!"

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14. Sentinel
"Who else noticed that this is one of the few original compositions of Kabusa choir? 😀👍💪
The message was very clear. So people let's go and COROnate ourselves and Africa. Thanks a lot @Kabusa team for this beautiful rendition! 😘😊👍"

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15. GREAtson Vieriche CJ
"Sentinel go ahead and coronate yourself alone. 😀😀😊😊 So you typed "The message was very clear" when it wasn't actually clear to you at all. Kabusa O.C. clearly ended the song with "Protect yourself and Protect Africa, Coronate yourself and coronate Africa"."

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16. Helen opere
"Pls dont coronate your self and Africa oh. We are begging"

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17. odiase okosun
"Passing the message, timely, correctly and entertainingly...

Wash and don't catch coro"

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18. Asma'u Yakubu
"🤣🤣🤣 no social distancing in this video ooohhh"

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19. Theophilus Gyan-Mante
"So who else realized that d sign language was fake? Eii baba coro 😂😂"

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20. Flavia Lavie
"Bwahahahaz😀😁😁😂"

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21. Thobile Ncane
"I legit thought it was the real deals"

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22. Ekene
"My brother did!
He said the deaf community will flag it 😂😂😂😂"

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23. pelumi david
"Won't be surprised when I see a policeman using hand gloves to collect bribe"

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24. King Samuel
"😂😂"

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25. Olu Jacobs
"This is the longest song Kabusa Choir ever made... Thanks Guys, everyone stay safe, wash your hands."

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26. Dominic Isioma
"Wash ur hands and say hello.
Sege Taiwan cracked me up.

#StaySafeWorld
From Nigeria."

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27. Belqees Shuaib
"Creativity at it best, releasing some stress jor 🤣🤣🤣✌️. Yaa Allah protect us from this virus Aameen yaa Arhama Raahimeen 🤲. From Ghana 🇬🇭 😍 😍 🇳🇬"

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28. Charity Kathuri
"Kenyans in the house🔊"

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29. Franfan 444
"Greets from Italy 🇮🇹 we're all in this bad situation

Saluti dall'Italia 🇮🇹 siamo tutti in questa brutta stuazione"

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30. Timi Makan
"Stay strong my Italian friends"

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31. Favour
"Watching from China.... Am proud of my continent Africa. Bless you all brother. You have made my self quarantine not boring. I can't stop watch. Wowwooow"

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32. Ibum Offiong
"Nice composition.
But please don't slap this guy again
He has really suffer in your hands in most of your songs. Please.
Love you guys...😍😍🤩"

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33. ngwayi pascal
"if anti coro catches coro her name go be na?"
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This is a witty play on words that refers to "aunty coro" in this song's lyrics. I think the standard English translation is " If anti-coro catches coro, what would her name be?

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34. Aziz Tipoune
"I love this guys 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 a fan from Gabon 🇬🇦"

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35. Olubukola Adetosoye
"May God heal us all"

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36. Iruoma Obinna
"How many of you noticed they don't show themselves singing during Olopa's (police) part?
They only make communication signs."

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37. Hassan Idris
"🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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38. Naomi Kao
"Atleast y'all get to go outside lol. Back here in France, we are on lock down. Being outside seems fun lol. Feel crazyyyyy"

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39. Tosin Fayanju
"crazy dudes can;t stop laughing"

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40. Colette Oge
"You guys are just too lit abeg!!
Please those that disliked this video,what is their purpose?"

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41. Teniola Vanessa
"It’s corona time I’m in UK isolation right now so boring"

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42. Pantherine Media
"Awesome. But you said nothing about staying at home and calling the ncdc toll free helpline (0800 9700 0010) if you suspect you have symptoms 😁"

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43. Daniel yo
"Shege Taiwan
I died😂😂😂😂😂"

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44. Joseph NC
"I wish we would wake up one day to discover this coronavirus was all a hoax."

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45. Tiffany Twisted
"Is this the official theme song of Coronavirus 2020? It should be."

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46. 9jah4lyf
"Been waiting. Great job guys!!! Spread the word with laughter."

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47. Beauty Anderson
"This is amazing
God Bless God Bless God Bless
What a great assemble
Good rhythm Good recording
I get the message PERIODT!!!
Now everyone hopefully does"

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48. Deborah Brown
"Thanks guys from an American mired deep in sorrow yet watching yall brings hope joy and laughter ."

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49. Pascal Key
"Those of you who disliked go and wash your hands"

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50. Comedy Abode
"Tell dem"

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51. REPLY
EDUESE INIUBONG
"My brother, I tire o.... I hope say no be Naija person but na Oyibo dislike this video"
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I think the standard English translation of this comment is "My brother, I'm also very tired [of people giving dislikes to this video]. I hope it's a White person and not a Nigerian person who pressed the dislike icon for this video.

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52. Darliah black Queen
"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂"

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53. Maris Nelson
"Pascal Key the people who disliked it probably had people they knew who caught it so you can’t rlly blame them if they feel this is insensitive though I rlly like the song"

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54. Adeniyi Olaitan
"Everyone still thinks it's a joke to make memes and vines to okay na"

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55. Ankara Styles and Fashion World
"Corona shall be history someday."

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56. Everything Glorious
"Got an idea, what about social distancing against corona virus... U guys should do a composition on that too, better still practice the 2m (6 feets) distancing when singing hahaha lol..... Love u guys, love from shut down county of Leicester, Leicestershire."

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57. Creative Nitabera
"If you you catch oo your name go to Mama corona lol Nigeria for you"

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58. Olivia Codjie
"Basically...if u catch corona, your name will change to _____ coro"

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59. Smallie
"so we're all going to ignore that fake ass sign language??? lmao"

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60. azuogu justina
"Nawao"

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61. Mac-Gustave MULONDA K
"Comedy's sake only lol,"

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62. Ed Man
"Good Covid-19 Awareness Song.
Let’s not forget 1.5mtrs Social Distancing. Stay safe, everyone."

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63. Ama K
"Where my Ghanaians at??"
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This comment resulted in a number of "shout outs" (nation signing ins) from people from Ghana as well as some people from some other African nations. As of the time of this blog posting, there were 186 likes to this comment. Here are a few of the text replies.

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64. Nuny Val
"Until further notice ooo. I'm here 😂"

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65. Fatima Cisse
"Senegalese here 🇸🇳 ☺️"

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66. Lard Awinga
"Ama K we are here oo"

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67. Belqees Shuaib
"Here releasing some Corona stress ✌️🤣🤣🇬🇭🇬🇭🇳🇬"

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68. Genevieve Boateng
"Here we dey ooo"

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69. Somali Queen
"Somali here 🇸🇴"

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70. Gladys Gbesorgbor
"We are here ooo"

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71. sunnyiibee _
"im sierra leonean but wazzup??"

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72. Hay-Lin
"I am here, quarantining myself chale"

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73. victor ibe
"Appreciate this one first ah ah b4 looking for Ghanaians"

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74. nelson kiiru
"Great song but still depressing considering how this disease has ruined our lives. Btw. What does Olapa mean!? (Translation please am not Nigerian.)"

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75. Oni Akintunde
"nelson kiiru police... you knw they usually collect 50 naira roger..u get?"

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76. DoIt4TheGram
"Olopa....Policeman"

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77. Nana Bello
"The way he just dived when he came to hug him tho🤣🤣🤣"

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78. Janea Sam
"Na only okoro AKA O' Coro go dislike this sweet clip"

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79. Lebalwaemang Gabete
"First church service after the pandemic someone out there is going to sing this song"

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80. Savage bridges
"Dis song is actually slapping hard🔥🔥"

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81. Belinda Kumi
"Don't like the aspect of giving names to people who are infected

In all its good"

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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series on "The Corona Song" by Kabusa Oriental Choir.

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