Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Beninese, West African singer/songwriter Angelique Kidjo's 1996 song "Wombo Lombo".
Part II presents a small compilation of comments from Africans and other persons writing on two YouTube video discussion threads and one other website about their childhood memories of watching Angelique Kidjo sing "Wombo Lombo" on Jack's Big Big Music Show.
Part II of this pancocojams post also presents some comments from Africans and other persons writing on YouTube discussion threads about other memories of the song "Wombo Lombo" when they were children, teens, or young adults.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/1996-video-of-angelique-kidjos-song.html for Part I of this series. Part I showcases two videos of "Wombo Lombo": the official YouTube video of that 1996 song and a 2007 video of the version of "Wombo Lombo" that Angelique Kidjo performed on the American children's television series Jack's Big Big Music Show.
Part I also includes "Wombo Lombo"s lyrics as well as some information and comments about that song.
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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 Angelique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail for composing this song and thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE:[This same note is also found in Part I of this series.]
I'm an African American who has no memory of the song "Wombo Lombo" and just became acquainted with that song three days ago after happening upon Yemi Alade's and Angelique Kidjo's 2020 song "Shekere" (as a fortuitous result of a YouTube recommendation.). The song "Shekere" by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade and Beninese Republic singer Angelique Kidjo is a remix of Kidjo's 1996 "Wombo Lombo" song. "Shekere" has quickly become a viral hit with 1,264,710 views in four days [as of 9:18 PM on February 9, 2020]. At least some people-including me- who watched that "Shekere" video sought out YouTube versions of the original song "Wombo Lombo" and any online information that could be found about that song. Some people also watched at least the official video for "Wombo Lombo", if not the Jack's Big Music Show video because Angelique Kidjo had recently won her fourth World Music Grammy (in January 2020). As it turns out, one of the other people who were nominated for that award, Nigeria's Burna Boy, is a huge fan of Angelique Kidjo and had recorded a remix of Kidjo's "Wombo Lombo as a bonus track on his 2013 debut album L.I.F.E..** Undoubtedly, Burna Boy's record " " led some people to Angelique Kidjo's original "Wombo Lombo" song. And there are other covers/remixes of Kidjo's "Wombo Lombo" song on YouTube.
My search for information and examples resulted in this pancocojams series.
I should also mention that I had heard of Angelique Kidjo before she won her latest Grammy Award for World music [January 2020] and I had fallen in love with Angelique Kidjo's song "Agolo"* in the 1990s, after hearing it somewhere and taping it for my personal enjoyment. However, it wasn't until today that I actually knew what that song's title was or that Angelique Kidjo was the one who sang that song.
* Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlgESq5FAx4 for a video of Angelique Kidjo's song "Agolo".
** Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af11CpjX9aE for the official 2013 video of Burna Boy's "Wombolombo".
*** Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoV1-ykm9E for a video of "Shekere" by Yemi Alade, featuring Angelique Kidjo. I plan to publish a series of pancocojams posts about the song "Shekere". The link to the first post in that series will be included here.
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SOME AFRICANS' AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE'S MEMORIES OF ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S SONG "WOMBO LOMBO" SONG FROM THEIR CHILDHOOD, TEENAGE, OR YOUNG ADULT YEARS
This compilation is only a sample of similar comments that I found online. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
A.
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyMDHccQhzo Angelique Kidjo - "Wombo Lombo"
Published by Angelique Kidjo Jul 1, 2014 [The video given as #1 in Part I of this pancocojams series.]
1. Elizabeth Mirembe, 2014
"When I was in nursery school, we danced to this song as part of our class presentation for the concert :) :)"
-snip-
Another commenter shared that this commenter is Ugandan.
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2. Onye wuchi, 2015
"Was very shock to see my primary school best song"
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3. Rita So Sweet, 2015
"I LISTENED TO THIS SONG IN MY CAR YESTERDAY!!! IF I HADN'T WATCHED JACK'S BIG MUSIC SHOW THAN I WOULDN'T HAVE NEVER KNOWN THIS SONG EXISTED! THANK U NICK JR! 😄😄 AMAZING SONG!"
**
4. coilygurl, 2015
"I became an Angelique fan as a kid when this video used to come on BET! I still love it! If only I knew all of the words!!"
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REPLY
5. SootheSayinYaySayer, 2016
"this was on BET?"
-sniphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET
From "Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American pay television channel that is part of the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks unit of ViacomCBS. It is the most prominent television network targeting African American audiences"...
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6. Elizabeth O'Brien, 2016
"Rodrick Edmund Brown I 1st saw this on Jack's Big Music Show, a childrens' music program, and I've loved her since! Beautiful, makes me feel amazing... regardless that I do not understand all of the lyrics. The music, her voice & the overall beauty of the dance, dress & feel, just feels good. ❤"
**
7. Brendan Power, 2017
"Shout out to my dad who played this to me as a young kid growing up in rural Ireland. Funny to look back on the words I would invent to fit the Yoruba part :)"
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8. Ladyflo, 2018
"Please take me back to 1996 to ghana when i was 7. I want to listen to this again with the other kids from our block, run around in the DIRT and scrape my knee, eat real natural cultural food and get excited when we went out for chips or fried rice haha, watch tv programmes from peoples windows who could afford satellite tv, play under the moon during power cuts, catch up on acapulco bay, esmeralda, aladdin and by the fireside, climb almond trees, blow soap bubbles from the soapy water someone used when they did their washing by hand etc #Luckytobeafricanandborninafrica"
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9. Nana Akwesi, 2018
"😭 I love this song! It has always been my favorite... I think Fan milk Ghana 🇬🇭 used it to advertise their products when i was young! Its a beautiful song!"
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10. Spn Nangolo, 2018
"Stil a hit in 2019 was probly 6 when it made ma ears come for the 1st time..MUCH LUV FROM NAMIBIA"
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11. Munie Balkyz, 2018
"I was 6yrs in 1997 and I had a friend called Yabbe, so this song made happy because I always thought that she was singing about my friend when she said si yabe"
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12. The ofcourse TV, 2018
"I will be 27 years in 2 weeks. When I was 12, I usually hear radio stations play this song and it puts me in a very good mood😀😀,, like it makes my travel so far in a chilly peaceful zone. I love you "Africa!!
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13. Erin Threlkeld, 2019
"First heard this in the movie Sahara. One of the few good things to come from that B movie"
-snip-
There are several movies with the title "Sahara". I'm not sure which movie this commenter (and others) referred to.
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14. Muchinah Mungai, 2019
"So it's Wombo Lombo and not 'wamarabo'.That's how me and many other kids from Central Kenya used to sing the chorus."
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15. Rufai Sarki, 2020
"You need to be 17yrs old in 1996 to enjoy this song better, I was 😍 We partied well"
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16. voice of Africa1, 2020
"
"This song made my child hood, I never knew she was African, it was the same period with Patra, and late Brenda Fassie"
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17. voice of Africa1, 2020
"This song made my child hood, I never knew she was African, it was the same period with Patra, and late Brenda Fassie"
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18. Seun Akioye, 2020
"I refuse to see my Angelique as Mama, she was my crush as a teenager."
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19. Kolawole Babatunde, 2020
"Proud of African Nigeria. I swear can't do without listening to this beautiful music when I was a little boy back in Nigeria on our black and white television, God bless Nigeria, 2020 still banging on my head right now"
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B. From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hcwTNWXGDA Angelique Kidjo - Wombo Lombo
Raymond Beck Dec 12, 2011 [sound file]
1. ogounlurker, 2011
"remembering this on BET when it had some flava!!!!! 90's"
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2. UGottaKnowThis, 2013
"I heard this song on Jack Big Music Show while watching it with my son. The video is fun to watch. It always gets my foot tapping to the beat. Wait.... I think I'm going to get up and dance! LOL Peace"
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3. Tamson Jack, 2013
"Aw, I'm feeling so nostalgic, I used to love this as a kid. So happy I found it again :)"
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4. Half-Blood Prince, 2016
"6 years old, my mom ironing my dads shirt for work, and I'm dancing in the corner. 24 now, I'll forever love this song."
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C. From https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858646191/ Sunday, August 15, 2010
ANGELIQUE KIDJO AFRICANA SPECIAL
Blogger- Unknown
"This is a song from my childhood "Wombo Lombo". It was a pleasant surprise to see it on 'Nick Jr' recently. Oh wow! how the world has become globalized? All thanks to new media.”...
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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
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Visitor comments are welcome.
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Monday, February 10, 2020
Sunday, February 9, 2020
1996 Video Of Angelique Kidjo's Song "Wombo Lombo" & 2007 Video Of Angelique Kidjo Singing "Wombo Lombo" On "Jack's Big Music Show"
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Beninese, West African singer/songwriter Angelique Kidjo's 1996 song "Wombo Lombo".
Part I showcases two videos of "Wombo Lombo": the official YouTube video of that 1996 song and a 2007 video of the version of "Wombo Lombo" that Angelique Kidjo performed on the American children's television series Jack's Big Big Music Show.
Part I also includes "Wombo Lombo"s lyrics as well as some information and comments about that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/some-africans-some-other-peoples.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents a small compilation of comments from Africans and other persons writing on two YouTube video discussion threads and one other website about their childhood memories of watching Angelique Kidjo sing "Wombo Lombo" on Jack's Big Big Music Show.
Part II of this pancocojams post also presents some comments from Africans and other persons writing on YouTube discussion threads about other memories of the song "Wombo Lombo" when they were children, teens, or young adults.
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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 Angelique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail for composing this song and thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE:
I'm an African American who has no memory of the song "Wombo Lombo" and just became acquainted with that song three days ago after happening upon Yemi Alade's & Angelique Kidjo's 2020 song "Shekere" (as a fortuitous result of a YouTube recommendation). The song "Shekere" by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade and Beninese Republic singer Angelique Kidjo is partially a remix of Kidjo's 1996 "Wombo Lombo" song. "Shekere" has quickly become a viral hit with 1,264,710 views in four days [as of 9:18 PM on February 9, 2020]. At least some people-including me- who watched that "Shekere" video sought out YouTube versions of the original song "Wombo Lombo" and any online information that could be found about that song. Some people also watched at least the official video for "Wombo Lombo", if not the Jack's Big Music Show video because Angelique Kidjo had recently won her fourth World Music Grammy (in January 2020). As it turns out, one of the other people who were nominated for that award, Nigeria's Burna Boy, is a huge fan of Angelique Kidjo and had recorded a remix of Kidjo's "Wombo Lombo as a bonus track on his 2013 debut album L.I.F.E..** Undoubtedly, Burna Boy's record " " led some people to Angelique Kidjo's original "Wombo Lombo" song. And there are other covers/remixes of Kidjo's "Wombo Lombo" song on YouTube.
My search for information and examples resulted in this pancocojams series.
I should also mention that I had heard of Angelique Kidjo before she won her latest Grammy Award for World music [January 2020] and I had fallen in love with Angelique Kidjo's song "Agolo"* in the 1990s, after hearing it somewhere and taping it for my personal enjoyment. However, it wasn't until today that I actually knew what that song's title was or that Angelique Kidjo was the one who sang that song.
* Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlgESq5FAx4 for a video of Angelique Kidjo's song "Agolo".
** Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af11CpjX9aE for the official 2013 video of Burna Boy's "Wombolombo".
*** Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoV1-ykm9E for a video of "Shekere" by Yemi Alade, featuring Angelique Kidjo. I plan to publish a series of pancocojams posts about the song "Shekere". The link to the first post in that series will be included here.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1:Angelique Kidjo - "Wombo Lombo"
Angelique Kidjo, Jul 1, 2014
-snip-
Statistics as of February 9, 2020 at 9:50 PM
total views -1,065,946
total likes-12 k
total dislikes- 204
total comments- 1,252
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Video #2: Wombo Lombo song [Jack’s Big Music Show]
titusXpullo, Apr 11, 2012
-snip-
Statistics as of February 9, 2020 at 10:28 PM
total views- 405,029
total likes-431
total dislikes- 95
The comment feature has been turned off
-snip-
Here's some information about Jack's Big Music Show from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%27s_Big_Music_Show
"Jack's Big Music Show is an American musical children's television series originally aired on Noggin on September 12, 2005, to April 1, 2008. The show was produced by Spiffy Pictures, and was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for Outstanding Pre-school Television Series.
The popularity of the show made the idea of appearing on it attractive to musicians. An executive from Nick Jr. in 2006 said that they were "clamoring to get onto Jack's Big Music Show."[1]
In May 2007, production was cancelled and it was announced that no new episodes would be produced. The last episode aired on April 1, 2008. However, it reran on Nick Jr. until early 2013.”...
-snip-
Here's some information about the episode that Angelique Kidjo appeared on and performed her song "Wombo Lombo":
From https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961771/soundtrack
"Jack's Big Music Show (TV Series)
Jack Bunny (2007)
Soundtracks
Soundtrack Credits
Mel the Musical Magical Magician
Performed by Jack's Big Music Show
Magic Box
Music and Lyrics by Laurie Berkner
Performed by The Laurie Berkner Band with Susie Lampert and Adam Bernstein
Run After Bugle Bunny
Performed by The Schwartzman Quartet
Wombo Lombo
Music and Lyrics by Angélique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail
Performed by Angélique Kidjo
The Hop
Performed by Jack's Big Music Show featuring Anne Harris"
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INFORMATION ABOUT ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S ALBUM FIFA, WHICH INCLUDES THE SONG "WOMBO LOMBO"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo
..."Kidjo and Jean Hebrail traveled all over Benin in 1995 to record the traditional rhythms that would form the base for the Fifa album. Carlos Santana appears on "Naima", a piece Kidjo wrote for her daughter. The single "Wombo Lombo" and its video was a big success all over Africa in 1996. Recording: Benin, Paris (Guillaume Tell), London, Los Angeles, Sausalito Plant (Carlos Santana)."...
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COMMENTS ABOUT ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S SONG "WOMBO LOMBO": The language used in this song
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyMDHccQhzo [discussion thread for the video given above as #1.
[Numbers are added for referencing purposes only].
Pebbles, 2016
1. "Is she speaking Yòrubá?!!! Anyone help or am I hearing similar dialect?"
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REPLY
2. Patently Mosh, 2016
"She's obviously singing in Yoruba. Her mother is Yoruba of Benenoise origin. The entire concept of the song is founded on Yoruba folklore. This is the same for her song ''Agolo''."
**
3. Doctor Black, 2016
"Yes, most of her songs a combinations of yoruba and fon languages. her mother is a proper yoruba descent and her father a tribal Fon speaker."
**
4. Per A.J. Andersson, 2017
"She sings both in Fon (father tongue), Yoruba (mother tongue), French and English. I'm not an expert in Fon though, nor in Yoruba, and Google Translate is of no help…"
**
5. Ayeni TonyOpe, 2020
"Her father is Fon and her mother is Yoruba (of Dahomey dialect, the Beninese Yoruba). She sings in both languages and so many other languages.
She has so many songs in Yoruba but not as smooth as Nigerian Yoruba possibly influenced by her French, fon and other local dialects.
You should listen to this her song, "Olofofo", deep deep Yoruba lyric."
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LYRICS: WOMBO LOMBO
"(Wombo Lombo" as written by and J. Hebrail Angelique Kidjo")
Gbogbo ènyan n' so houn kpé onindjo kan m'bè
Niboni mon léri ènikan odamin lohoun
Ilé onindjo wa lègbè odo
Inou gbèrèko oman tou oko akpèdja
Have you ever seen this man moving ?
Do you think anyone else can do it ?
Really this dance has got something,
Something, no way you can't beat it.
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Gbogbo ènyan n'so kpé onindjo kan m'bè
Niboni mon léri ènikan odamin lohoun
Ilé onindjo wa lègbè odo
Inou gbèrèko oman tou oko akpèdja
Have you ever seen this man moving ?
Do you think anyone else can do it ?
Really this dance has got something,
Something, no way you can't beat it.
Ho ham ham ho ham
Yélélé ho ham ham ho ham
Ho ham ham ho ham
Yélélé ho ham ham ho ham
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Have you ever seen this man moving ?
Do you think anyone else can do it ?
Really this dance has got something,
Something, no way you can't beat it.
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo"
Source: https://genius.com/Angelique-kidjo-wombo-lombo-lyrics
Information from that website:
"Wombo Lombo is the 2nd song off of Kidjo’s album, Fifa. Kidjo appeared on Jack’s Big Music Show to perform the song."
-snip-
Note that J. Hebrail is Jean Hebrail, Angelique Kidjo's husband and song writing partner. Jean Hebrail is a (White) French man.
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GOOGLE TRANSLATE RESULTS FOR THE FIRST VERSE OF ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S "WOMBO LOMBO"
[These results may not be accurate. Additions and corrections are very welcome.]
Google translate- Yoruba to English
"Everyone is preparing a party
Here I know what one is
Our hotel is by the river
Inou gets you a fishing boat"
-snip-
There were no Yoruba results for other non-English portions of this song except the word "Yélélé". Google translate indicates that the English translation for the Yoruba word "Yélélé" is "depending".
Additions and corrections are very welcome.
It's obvious that "Angelique Kidjo's song "Wombo Lombo" is about the joy of dancing, but it would be great if people who speak Yoruba (and Fon?) would share help translate this song in English. For instance, are "Wombo Lombo" nonsense words, or are they the name of a particular type of dance that was created for this song? And does the verse t hat begins with "Ho ham ham ho ham" mean anything or is it just (almost entirely) made up of nonsense words?
Your help is needed to further the world's understanding of this African song.
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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Beninese, West African singer/songwriter Angelique Kidjo's 1996 song "Wombo Lombo".
Part I showcases two videos of "Wombo Lombo": the official YouTube video of that 1996 song and a 2007 video of the version of "Wombo Lombo" that Angelique Kidjo performed on the American children's television series Jack's Big Big Music Show.
Part I also includes "Wombo Lombo"s lyrics as well as some information and comments about that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/some-africans-some-other-peoples.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents a small compilation of comments from Africans and other persons writing on two YouTube video discussion threads and one other website about their childhood memories of watching Angelique Kidjo sing "Wombo Lombo" on Jack's Big Big Music Show.
Part II of this pancocojams post also presents some comments from Africans and other persons writing on YouTube discussion threads about other memories of the song "Wombo Lombo" when they were children, teens, or young adults.
****
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Angelique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail for composing this song and thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
****
PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE:
I'm an African American who has no memory of the song "Wombo Lombo" and just became acquainted with that song three days ago after happening upon Yemi Alade's & Angelique Kidjo's 2020 song "Shekere" (as a fortuitous result of a YouTube recommendation). The song "Shekere" by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade and Beninese Republic singer Angelique Kidjo is partially a remix of Kidjo's 1996 "Wombo Lombo" song. "Shekere" has quickly become a viral hit with 1,264,710 views in four days [as of 9:18 PM on February 9, 2020]. At least some people-including me- who watched that "Shekere" video sought out YouTube versions of the original song "Wombo Lombo" and any online information that could be found about that song. Some people also watched at least the official video for "Wombo Lombo", if not the Jack's Big Music Show video because Angelique Kidjo had recently won her fourth World Music Grammy (in January 2020). As it turns out, one of the other people who were nominated for that award, Nigeria's Burna Boy, is a huge fan of Angelique Kidjo and had recorded a remix of Kidjo's "Wombo Lombo as a bonus track on his 2013 debut album L.I.F.E..** Undoubtedly, Burna Boy's record " " led some people to Angelique Kidjo's original "Wombo Lombo" song. And there are other covers/remixes of Kidjo's "Wombo Lombo" song on YouTube.
My search for information and examples resulted in this pancocojams series.
I should also mention that I had heard of Angelique Kidjo before she won her latest Grammy Award for World music [January 2020] and I had fallen in love with Angelique Kidjo's song "Agolo"* in the 1990s, after hearing it somewhere and taping it for my personal enjoyment. However, it wasn't until today that I actually knew what that song's title was or that Angelique Kidjo was the one who sang that song.
* Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlgESq5FAx4 for a video of Angelique Kidjo's song "Agolo".
** Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af11CpjX9aE for the official 2013 video of Burna Boy's "Wombolombo".
*** Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoV1-ykm9E for a video of "Shekere" by Yemi Alade, featuring Angelique Kidjo. I plan to publish a series of pancocojams posts about the song "Shekere". The link to the first post in that series will be included here.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1:Angelique Kidjo - "Wombo Lombo"
Angelique Kidjo, Jul 1, 2014
-snip-
Statistics as of February 9, 2020 at 9:50 PM
total views -1,065,946
total likes-12 k
total dislikes- 204
total comments- 1,252
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Video #2: Wombo Lombo song [Jack’s Big Music Show]
titusXpullo, Apr 11, 2012
-snip-
Statistics as of February 9, 2020 at 10:28 PM
total views- 405,029
total likes-431
total dislikes- 95
The comment feature has been turned off
-snip-
Here's some information about Jack's Big Music Show from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%27s_Big_Music_Show
"Jack's Big Music Show is an American musical children's television series originally aired on Noggin on September 12, 2005, to April 1, 2008. The show was produced by Spiffy Pictures, and was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for Outstanding Pre-school Television Series.
The popularity of the show made the idea of appearing on it attractive to musicians. An executive from Nick Jr. in 2006 said that they were "clamoring to get onto Jack's Big Music Show."[1]
In May 2007, production was cancelled and it was announced that no new episodes would be produced. The last episode aired on April 1, 2008. However, it reran on Nick Jr. until early 2013.”...
-snip-
Here's some information about the episode that Angelique Kidjo appeared on and performed her song "Wombo Lombo":
From https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961771/soundtrack
"Jack's Big Music Show (TV Series)
Jack Bunny (2007)
Soundtracks
Soundtrack Credits
Mel the Musical Magical Magician
Performed by Jack's Big Music Show
Magic Box
Music and Lyrics by Laurie Berkner
Performed by The Laurie Berkner Band with Susie Lampert and Adam Bernstein
Run After Bugle Bunny
Performed by The Schwartzman Quartet
Wombo Lombo
Music and Lyrics by Angélique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail
Performed by Angélique Kidjo
The Hop
Performed by Jack's Big Music Show featuring Anne Harris"
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INFORMATION ABOUT ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S ALBUM FIFA, WHICH INCLUDES THE SONG "WOMBO LOMBO"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo
..."Kidjo and Jean Hebrail traveled all over Benin in 1995 to record the traditional rhythms that would form the base for the Fifa album. Carlos Santana appears on "Naima", a piece Kidjo wrote for her daughter. The single "Wombo Lombo" and its video was a big success all over Africa in 1996. Recording: Benin, Paris (Guillaume Tell), London, Los Angeles, Sausalito Plant (Carlos Santana)."...
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COMMENTS ABOUT ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S SONG "WOMBO LOMBO": The language used in this song
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyMDHccQhzo [discussion thread for the video given above as #1.
[Numbers are added for referencing purposes only].
Pebbles, 2016
1. "Is she speaking Yòrubá?!!! Anyone help or am I hearing similar dialect?"
**
REPLY
2. Patently Mosh, 2016
"She's obviously singing in Yoruba. Her mother is Yoruba of Benenoise origin. The entire concept of the song is founded on Yoruba folklore. This is the same for her song ''Agolo''."
**
3. Doctor Black, 2016
"Yes, most of her songs a combinations of yoruba and fon languages. her mother is a proper yoruba descent and her father a tribal Fon speaker."
**
4. Per A.J. Andersson, 2017
"She sings both in Fon (father tongue), Yoruba (mother tongue), French and English. I'm not an expert in Fon though, nor in Yoruba, and Google Translate is of no help…"
**
5. Ayeni TonyOpe, 2020
"Her father is Fon and her mother is Yoruba (of Dahomey dialect, the Beninese Yoruba). She sings in both languages and so many other languages.
She has so many songs in Yoruba but not as smooth as Nigerian Yoruba possibly influenced by her French, fon and other local dialects.
You should listen to this her song, "Olofofo", deep deep Yoruba lyric."
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LYRICS: WOMBO LOMBO
"(Wombo Lombo" as written by and J. Hebrail Angelique Kidjo")
Gbogbo ènyan n' so houn kpé onindjo kan m'bè
Niboni mon léri ènikan odamin lohoun
Ilé onindjo wa lègbè odo
Inou gbèrèko oman tou oko akpèdja
Have you ever seen this man moving ?
Do you think anyone else can do it ?
Really this dance has got something,
Something, no way you can't beat it.
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Gbogbo ènyan n'so kpé onindjo kan m'bè
Niboni mon léri ènikan odamin lohoun
Ilé onindjo wa lègbè odo
Inou gbèrèko oman tou oko akpèdja
Have you ever seen this man moving ?
Do you think anyone else can do it ?
Really this dance has got something,
Something, no way you can't beat it.
Ho ham ham ho ham
Yélélé ho ham ham ho ham
Ho ham ham ho ham
Yélélé ho ham ham ho ham
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo
Have you ever seen this man moving ?
Do you think anyone else can do it ?
Really this dance has got something,
Something, no way you can't beat it.
Wombo lombo
Wombo lombo"
Source: https://genius.com/Angelique-kidjo-wombo-lombo-lyrics
Information from that website:
"Wombo Lombo is the 2nd song off of Kidjo’s album, Fifa. Kidjo appeared on Jack’s Big Music Show to perform the song."
-snip-
Note that J. Hebrail is Jean Hebrail, Angelique Kidjo's husband and song writing partner. Jean Hebrail is a (White) French man.
****
GOOGLE TRANSLATE RESULTS FOR THE FIRST VERSE OF ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S "WOMBO LOMBO"
[These results may not be accurate. Additions and corrections are very welcome.]
Google translate- Yoruba to English
"Everyone is preparing a party
Here I know what one is
Our hotel is by the river
Inou gets you a fishing boat"
-snip-
There were no Yoruba results for other non-English portions of this song except the word "Yélélé". Google translate indicates that the English translation for the Yoruba word "Yélélé" is "depending".
Additions and corrections are very welcome.
It's obvious that "Angelique Kidjo's song "Wombo Lombo" is about the joy of dancing, but it would be great if people who speak Yoruba (and Fon?) would share help translate this song in English. For instance, are "Wombo Lombo" nonsense words, or are they the name of a particular type of dance that was created for this song? And does the verse t hat begins with "Ho ham ham ho ham" mean anything or is it just (almost entirely) made up of nonsense words?
Your help is needed to further the world's understanding of this African song.
****
This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Angelique Kidjo - "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") At The Grammy Awards 2020 (with three other videos of Angelique Kidjo singing that song)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a pancocojams series about the song "Afirika" (also known as "Mama Africa" and "Afrika") that has been performed throughout the world by Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo.*
Part II of this pancocojams series showcases a video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") at the Grammy Awards 2020.
My transcription of Angelique Kidjo's opening remarks at that performance are included in this post along with a few selected comments about audience participation at that concert.
Part II also showcases three additional videos* of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") and a few additional comments from those videos' discussion threads.
*These additional videos don't include the 2016 Grenada video that is showcased in Part I of this series.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/angelique-kidjo-afirika-aka-mama-africa.html for Part I of this pancocojams series showcases a 2016 video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") during a Grenada (Caribbean) music festival.
Information about Angelique Kidjo is included in that post along with lyrics to "Afirika" in Fongbe (Fon) & Yoruba, with English translations.
Some information about Fongbe (language) and Yoruba (language) is also included in that post along with an explanation of the Yoruba word "ase" (also given as "eshe").
****
The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to the composer/s of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this video on YouTube.
-snip-
* There are a number of other YouTube videos from 2009 to January 2020 (and at least one sound file during that period of time) of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Afirika") that aren't included in this pancocojams series.
****
SHOWCASE VIDEOS & COMMENTS
Video #1: Angelique Kidjo performing “Afirika" | 2020 GRAMMYs Performance
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs, Jan 26, 2020
Watch Angelique Kidjo performing “Afirika" at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony.
Full Winners List: 62nd GRAMMY Awards https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-winners-list...
-snip-
Here's my [unofficial] transcription of Angelique Kidjo's opening remarks (Additions and corrections are welcome)
"Hello, Hello everybody. How ya’ll doing?
Alright. Come on, you too sleepy for me. Alright.
You know that all music come from Africa, alright?
Now we are all Africans, alright?
Okay. I want tonight [indecipherable comments to someone] to celebrate our shared humanity by singing with you and teaching you this song you are about to sing.
It goes like this [Angelique Kidjo speaking to the band says] "Can I have a G, please".
[Angelique Kidjo sings the chorus while pointing the microphone at the audience, Some people in audience sing.]
Ahhhh. That’s how you want to show- to celebrate our shared humanity? We are that boring?
No. Come on. Let’s go backwards.
[Angelique Kidjo begins the song again, beckoning to the audience to sing with more intensity. The audience sings louder and with more feeling.]
That’s what I’m talkin about.
[The audience continues singing.]
Un hun, Come on.
Let’s do this."
[Angelique Kidjo begins actual performance of this song with the audience singing the chorus they have learned.]
-snip-
Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. Most of these comments are about the audience's relative lack of intensity during this performance (with numbers added for referencing purposes only). All of these comments are from 2020.
1. Lord Yadof
"She brought the house DOWN. The voice and the musicians was all REAL no back track NOTHING. That’s how Africa does it. Taking it back to the roots."
**
2. la mulata linda Martinez
"That's how you rock a house. No need for 50 dancers, pyrotechnics, etc to hide the fact that you really can't sing or perform. This music is the foundation of salsa, soul, samba, jazz, blues reggae, pleina, merengue, bomba, Cha Cha Cha and more. Ashe Mama Africa!"
**
3. Cherry Snow
"Who dances holding a phone on themselves. Tacky and self absorbed. Put the damn phones down and let the rhythm flow through you"
**
4. Arnold Kavaarpuo
"She lit the place up. Now that is what I am talking about! We don't just show up, we bring the place down. Mama africa in the building!"
**
5. Samantha Bumgarner
" “Is that how you want to celebrate our shared humanity? Are we that boring?! “ 😂"
**
6. LoveNotCult
"Geez a whole auditorium of stiff losers representing the 'music industry'. Countless other auditoriumfulls around the world would put them to shame with explosive enthusiasm for this obviously real music from the unabashed willingness to show the real joy in their souls."
**
7. Sinazo Mafanya
"Aaah, Mama Kidjo, beautiful!!💓💓💓🥰🇿🇦 Get them moving Queen!"
**
8. ilnaz shahmoradi
"Disrespectful audience"
**
REPLY
9. brwnish eyes
"The crowd doesn't know her. This is america not Africa. The crowd didn't agree with her opening statement about all music coming from Africa when drums were invented in China. Most in the crowd wasn't having it. People are tired of parroting the phrase of the day, especially when researchers unearth new truths. She sang in her language which we don't know. She could have been saying anything. The audience was hesitant for good reasons; like signing an agreement without reading it first. What would have been disrespectful is if most people stayed in their seats. Stop crying and calling foul when things don't go exactly how you want them to go, especially when you're in someone else's country country."
**
10. Adhi Pratama
"The Goddess of Africa!! Always excellent performance from Ms. Kidjo!
(PS. Why this crowd is less excited compared to the one in Nobel Peace Prize Concert a few years back?)"
-snip-
That video is given as Video #3 below. Read my comment in this post's discussion thread about possible reasons why the Nobel Peace Prize audience was more involved in Angelique Kidjo's audience participation performance of this song than the Grammy Awards 2020 audience.
**
11. Chellsie Adams
"I know that anyway I say this, people are going to say I'm a racist, and whatever else. But I just couldn't get into this. It was like a 3 word song, just repeated over and over and over again. The band was good. But this was a little uncomfortable to watch. I don't like it when artists try to FORCE their audience, into dancing or singing or whatever else, to their performance. If people like it, they will sing. They will dance. They will stand. They will shout. They will scream and clap. I wouldn't want to have to BEG my audience, to get into my music. If you have to beg like that, it's probably because people just don't like the song, or the performance you are putting on. It keeps you humble. Then you know that you need t0 change something, or step up your skills. Because you can tell if your audience is into it or not. It's extremely embarrassing and uncomfortable, to watch someone have to pull life out of their audience. If I could be better. I want t0 know about it. I don't want t0 be lied t0. I don't want people to cheer me on, just because I'm begging them to. How is that talent? Idk if people just get in their own heads, and think they deserve more attention, or respect than they are getting, or what?.. but a good performance is a good performance. No matter if you are into that genre or not. It doesn't matter. Everyone can accept and appreciate a talented artist, an a good performance. This just didn't do that for me. The audience looked very uncomfortable, and this performance just wasn't it. No shade to anyone. I just wanted t0 give my opinion on it. ♡"
**
12. musweu mulijani
"If she was to perform at the Namibian Annual Music Awards like this she would get booed and kicked off the stage for failing to make the crowd dance"
**
13. Grace Art
"I didn't know she existed, but she is here to stay. She commanded her respect, the whole crowd stood up."
👏"
**
REPLY
14. Me1586 Me
"I'm 33 now, I remember watching her every Saturday on TV when I was growing up in Ghana. She still fly, hasn't aged one bit! And still rocking!!
I LOVE HER!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍🇬🇭"
**
REPLY
15. Vi lia
"And she is almost 60yrs"
**
16. Jonathan Cineus
"That little kid @ 2:39 made my day. Let’s end racism from the time people are kids."
**
REPLY
17. GiveMeShelter
"He was singing beautifully, too. Really enjoying singing this song. I'm so proud of Queen Angelique Kidjo."
**
18. Letoya Johnstone - Kenya
"It's so wrong how the Grammy don't even broadcast this live . You must learn to give African musicians enough airplay on the academy Chanel's and on Grammy ."
**
19. anicmarina
"The Grammys aren’t really known to appreciate world music - Angélique Kidjo has been making music for decades and the majority of the people there have probably have never heard of her even though she’s one of the most well known and talented African musicians"
**
REPLY
20. Stefan
"She’s been putting Africa on the map for decades.. she now has 4 Grammy awards"
**
21. Claudia Grant
"I couldn't understand her language but she kill the stage and got everybody on their feet's and she even got me dancing here too
Bravo ma'am 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼"
**
22. Noelle Parris
"Weak audience participation. But Angelique is a queen 👏🏽❤👏🏽"
**
23. Maurice Rivers
"I've been listening to her since 2001: the woman is a legend that NEVER gets her deserved props. It's sad that this portion of the Grammys never gets shown to the public, and most of the audience is seat-fillers and non-celebs. The jazz, blues, classical and world music categories are always given the cold shoulder at the Grammys."
**
24. manganbor nungchim
"3:00 gotta love that man"
**
REPLY
25. Sam
"Boy BOPPED👏🏾👏🏾"
**
REPLY
26. Krystin Grant
"Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣"
**
REPLY
27. Temi Ojoye
"Fell in love with him😊😊"
**
28. StaceyFoxx
“Come on come on you’re too sleepy for me” 🤣 she’s so fearless, but great performance 🤝"
**
REPLY
29. Acharich Speaks
"
🔥🔥🔥"
**
30. Rydiah Barron
"Im glad she got the audience involved. The audience can really kill an awesome vibe with their lameness"
****
Video #2: Angelique Kidjo & Carlos Santana - Mama Africa (Live @ Montreux)
Bedlem7, Feb 13, 2011
Live @ Montreux Jazz Festival [Switzerland]
-snip-
Here's a few comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. Little Flower, 2019
"I love how most Africans can switch from French to English and back to their native tribes in 60 second. Like they didn’t do anything."
**
REPLY
2. BILIKISU MOHAMED, 2019
"oh yes we can do that. proudly african"
**
REPLY
3. Mary Hernandez, 2019
"This is the ONLY country that brags about being monolingual (tho mostt DON'T speak English well!)"
**
REPLY
4. Blandina Mnyinga, 2020
"that's us Africans sweetheart, thanks by the way.much love from my beautiful land of mount Kilimanjaro,TANZANIA,East Africa
-snip-
I believe that the lack of familiarity that many people in the United States have with languages other than English and the fact that many people in the United States only speak English may at least partly explain why the audience at the Grammys weren't as enthusiastic about Angelique Kidjo's performance of "Afirika" ("Mama Africa"). [Read comment #9 after Video #1 about audiences in the United States not knowing Angelique Kidjo and not knowing the language/s that she sings in.]
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Video #3: Angélique Kidjo Africa 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Concert
Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Nov 20, 2012
-snip-
Here are two comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. Celestine Ranft, 2018
"That’s our rythym go africa🤩🤩😍😍"
**
2. Latifa Ahmed, 2019
"These are the kind of artists that I would pay to go and enjoy their concerts without regrets"
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Video #4: Angelique Kidjo on Austin City Limits "Afrika"
AustinCityLimitsTV, Jan 22, 2016
-snip-
Here's a few comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. GL Morticia, 2016
"those white folks dont know what the hell to do with all that rhythm"
**
REPLY
2. Cindy Morre, 2020
"Oh please, this is so tired!! who cares what is important is that people are having fun."
**
3. Kol by, 2018
"Why cant this world be like this..everyone just have fun and dance together!!! 💗💗💗"
****
This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Video comments are welcome.
This is Part II of a pancocojams series about the song "Afirika" (also known as "Mama Africa" and "Afrika") that has been performed throughout the world by Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo.*
Part II of this pancocojams series showcases a video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") at the Grammy Awards 2020.
My transcription of Angelique Kidjo's opening remarks at that performance are included in this post along with a few selected comments about audience participation at that concert.
Part II also showcases three additional videos* of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") and a few additional comments from those videos' discussion threads.
*These additional videos don't include the 2016 Grenada video that is showcased in Part I of this series.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/angelique-kidjo-afirika-aka-mama-africa.html for Part I of this pancocojams series showcases a 2016 video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") during a Grenada (Caribbean) music festival.
Information about Angelique Kidjo is included in that post along with lyrics to "Afirika" in Fongbe (Fon) & Yoruba, with English translations.
Some information about Fongbe (language) and Yoruba (language) is also included in that post along with an explanation of the Yoruba word "ase" (also given as "eshe").
****
The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to the composer/s of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this video on YouTube.
-snip-
* There are a number of other YouTube videos from 2009 to January 2020 (and at least one sound file during that period of time) of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Afirika") that aren't included in this pancocojams series.
****
SHOWCASE VIDEOS & COMMENTS
Video #1: Angelique Kidjo performing “Afirika" | 2020 GRAMMYs Performance
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs, Jan 26, 2020
Watch Angelique Kidjo performing “Afirika" at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony.
Full Winners List: 62nd GRAMMY Awards https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-winners-list...
-snip-
Here's my [unofficial] transcription of Angelique Kidjo's opening remarks (Additions and corrections are welcome)
"Hello, Hello everybody. How ya’ll doing?
Alright. Come on, you too sleepy for me. Alright.
You know that all music come from Africa, alright?
Now we are all Africans, alright?
Okay. I want tonight [indecipherable comments to someone] to celebrate our shared humanity by singing with you and teaching you this song you are about to sing.
It goes like this [Angelique Kidjo speaking to the band says] "Can I have a G, please".
[Angelique Kidjo sings the chorus while pointing the microphone at the audience, Some people in audience sing.]
Ahhhh. That’s how you want to show- to celebrate our shared humanity? We are that boring?
No. Come on. Let’s go backwards.
[Angelique Kidjo begins the song again, beckoning to the audience to sing with more intensity. The audience sings louder and with more feeling.]
That’s what I’m talkin about.
[The audience continues singing.]
Un hun, Come on.
Let’s do this."
[Angelique Kidjo begins actual performance of this song with the audience singing the chorus they have learned.]
-snip-
Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. Most of these comments are about the audience's relative lack of intensity during this performance (with numbers added for referencing purposes only). All of these comments are from 2020.
1. Lord Yadof
"She brought the house DOWN. The voice and the musicians was all REAL no back track NOTHING. That’s how Africa does it. Taking it back to the roots."
**
2. la mulata linda Martinez
"That's how you rock a house. No need for 50 dancers, pyrotechnics, etc to hide the fact that you really can't sing or perform. This music is the foundation of salsa, soul, samba, jazz, blues reggae, pleina, merengue, bomba, Cha Cha Cha and more. Ashe Mama Africa!"
**
3. Cherry Snow
"Who dances holding a phone on themselves. Tacky and self absorbed. Put the damn phones down and let the rhythm flow through you"
**
4. Arnold Kavaarpuo
"She lit the place up. Now that is what I am talking about! We don't just show up, we bring the place down. Mama africa in the building!"
**
5. Samantha Bumgarner
" “Is that how you want to celebrate our shared humanity? Are we that boring?! “ 😂"
**
6. LoveNotCult
"Geez a whole auditorium of stiff losers representing the 'music industry'. Countless other auditoriumfulls around the world would put them to shame with explosive enthusiasm for this obviously real music from the unabashed willingness to show the real joy in their souls."
**
7. Sinazo Mafanya
"Aaah, Mama Kidjo, beautiful!!💓💓💓🥰🇿🇦 Get them moving Queen!"
**
8. ilnaz shahmoradi
"Disrespectful audience"
**
REPLY
9. brwnish eyes
"The crowd doesn't know her. This is america not Africa. The crowd didn't agree with her opening statement about all music coming from Africa when drums were invented in China. Most in the crowd wasn't having it. People are tired of parroting the phrase of the day, especially when researchers unearth new truths. She sang in her language which we don't know. She could have been saying anything. The audience was hesitant for good reasons; like signing an agreement without reading it first. What would have been disrespectful is if most people stayed in their seats. Stop crying and calling foul when things don't go exactly how you want them to go, especially when you're in someone else's country country."
**
10. Adhi Pratama
"The Goddess of Africa!! Always excellent performance from Ms. Kidjo!
(PS. Why this crowd is less excited compared to the one in Nobel Peace Prize Concert a few years back?)"
-snip-
That video is given as Video #3 below. Read my comment in this post's discussion thread about possible reasons why the Nobel Peace Prize audience was more involved in Angelique Kidjo's audience participation performance of this song than the Grammy Awards 2020 audience.
**
11. Chellsie Adams
"I know that anyway I say this, people are going to say I'm a racist, and whatever else. But I just couldn't get into this. It was like a 3 word song, just repeated over and over and over again. The band was good. But this was a little uncomfortable to watch. I don't like it when artists try to FORCE their audience, into dancing or singing or whatever else, to their performance. If people like it, they will sing. They will dance. They will stand. They will shout. They will scream and clap. I wouldn't want to have to BEG my audience, to get into my music. If you have to beg like that, it's probably because people just don't like the song, or the performance you are putting on. It keeps you humble. Then you know that you need t0 change something, or step up your skills. Because you can tell if your audience is into it or not. It's extremely embarrassing and uncomfortable, to watch someone have to pull life out of their audience. If I could be better. I want t0 know about it. I don't want t0 be lied t0. I don't want people to cheer me on, just because I'm begging them to. How is that talent? Idk if people just get in their own heads, and think they deserve more attention, or respect than they are getting, or what?.. but a good performance is a good performance. No matter if you are into that genre or not. It doesn't matter. Everyone can accept and appreciate a talented artist, an a good performance. This just didn't do that for me. The audience looked very uncomfortable, and this performance just wasn't it. No shade to anyone. I just wanted t0 give my opinion on it. ♡"
**
12. musweu mulijani
"If she was to perform at the Namibian Annual Music Awards like this she would get booed and kicked off the stage for failing to make the crowd dance"
**
13. Grace Art
"I didn't know she existed, but she is here to stay. She commanded her respect, the whole crowd stood up."
👏"
**
REPLY
14. Me1586 Me
"I'm 33 now, I remember watching her every Saturday on TV when I was growing up in Ghana. She still fly, hasn't aged one bit! And still rocking!!
I LOVE HER!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍🇬🇭"
**
REPLY
15. Vi lia
"And she is almost 60yrs"
**
16. Jonathan Cineus
"That little kid @ 2:39 made my day. Let’s end racism from the time people are kids."
**
REPLY
17. GiveMeShelter
"He was singing beautifully, too. Really enjoying singing this song. I'm so proud of Queen Angelique Kidjo."
**
18. Letoya Johnstone - Kenya
"It's so wrong how the Grammy don't even broadcast this live . You must learn to give African musicians enough airplay on the academy Chanel's and on Grammy ."
**
19. anicmarina
"The Grammys aren’t really known to appreciate world music - Angélique Kidjo has been making music for decades and the majority of the people there have probably have never heard of her even though she’s one of the most well known and talented African musicians"
**
REPLY
20. Stefan
"She’s been putting Africa on the map for decades.. she now has 4 Grammy awards"
**
21. Claudia Grant
"I couldn't understand her language but she kill the stage and got everybody on their feet's and she even got me dancing here too
Bravo ma'am 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼"
**
22. Noelle Parris
"Weak audience participation. But Angelique is a queen 👏🏽❤👏🏽"
**
23. Maurice Rivers
"I've been listening to her since 2001: the woman is a legend that NEVER gets her deserved props. It's sad that this portion of the Grammys never gets shown to the public, and most of the audience is seat-fillers and non-celebs. The jazz, blues, classical and world music categories are always given the cold shoulder at the Grammys."
**
24. manganbor nungchim
"3:00 gotta love that man"
**
REPLY
25. Sam
"Boy BOPPED👏🏾👏🏾"
**
REPLY
26. Krystin Grant
"Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣"
**
REPLY
27. Temi Ojoye
"Fell in love with him😊😊"
**
28. StaceyFoxx
“Come on come on you’re too sleepy for me” 🤣 she’s so fearless, but great performance 🤝"
**
REPLY
29. Acharich Speaks
"
🔥🔥🔥"
**
30. Rydiah Barron
"Im glad she got the audience involved. The audience can really kill an awesome vibe with their lameness"
****
Video #2: Angelique Kidjo & Carlos Santana - Mama Africa (Live @ Montreux)
Bedlem7, Feb 13, 2011
Live @ Montreux Jazz Festival [Switzerland]
-snip-
Here's a few comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. Little Flower, 2019
"I love how most Africans can switch from French to English and back to their native tribes in 60 second. Like they didn’t do anything."
**
REPLY
2. BILIKISU MOHAMED, 2019
"oh yes we can do that. proudly african"
**
REPLY
3. Mary Hernandez, 2019
"This is the ONLY country that brags about being monolingual (tho mostt DON'T speak English well!)"
**
REPLY
4. Blandina Mnyinga, 2020
"that's us Africans sweetheart, thanks by the way.much love from my beautiful land of mount Kilimanjaro,TANZANIA,East Africa
-snip-
I believe that the lack of familiarity that many people in the United States have with languages other than English and the fact that many people in the United States only speak English may at least partly explain why the audience at the Grammys weren't as enthusiastic about Angelique Kidjo's performance of "Afirika" ("Mama Africa"). [Read comment #9 after Video #1 about audiences in the United States not knowing Angelique Kidjo and not knowing the language/s that she sings in.]
****
Video #3: Angélique Kidjo Africa 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Concert
Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Nov 20, 2012
-snip-
Here are two comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. Celestine Ranft, 2018
"That’s our rythym go africa🤩🤩😍😍"
**
2. Latifa Ahmed, 2019
"These are the kind of artists that I would pay to go and enjoy their concerts without regrets"
****
Video #4: Angelique Kidjo on Austin City Limits "Afrika"
AustinCityLimitsTV, Jan 22, 2016
-snip-
Here's a few comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. GL Morticia, 2016
"those white folks dont know what the hell to do with all that rhythm"
**
REPLY
2. Cindy Morre, 2020
"Oh please, this is so tired!! who cares what is important is that people are having fun."
**
3. Kol by, 2018
"Why cant this world be like this..everyone just have fun and dance together!!! 💗💗💗"
****
This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Video comments are welcome.
Angelique Kidjo - "Afirika" (aka "Mama Africa") video & lyrics with English translation
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a pancocojams series about the song "Afirika" (also known as "Mama Africa" and "Afrika") that has been performed throughout the world by Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo.
This post showcases a 2016 video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") during a Grenada (Caribbean) music festival.
Information about Angelique Kidjo is included in this post along with lyrics to "Afirika" in Fongbe (Fon) & Yoruba, with English translations.
Some information about Fongbe (language) and Yoruba (language) is also included in this post along with an explanation of the Yoruba word "ase" (also given as "ashe" and "eshe").
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/angelique-kidjo-afirika-mama-africa-at.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases a video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") at the Grammy Awards 2020.
My transcription of Angelique Kidjo's opening remarks at that performance are included in this post along with a few selected comments about audience participation at that concert.
Part II also showcases three additional videos* of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") and a few additional comments from those videos' discussion threads.
*These additional videos don't include the video that is showcased in Part I of this series.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to the composer/s of this song and 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: Angelique Kidjo performing Mama Africa
Sabrina Francis, May 13, 2016
Angelique Kidjo performing Mama Africa during the Pure Grenada Music Festival.
-snip-
Here's a brief excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo
"Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo,[1][2][3] known as Angélique Kidjo (born July 14, 1960), is a Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos....
Kidjo was born in Ouidah, Benin.[7] Her father is from the Fon people of Ouidah and her mother from the Yoruba people.
[...]
[in 1981] She recorded the album Pretty with the Cameroonian producer Ekambi Brilliant and her brother Oscar. It featured the songs "Ninive", "Gbe Agossi" and a tribute to the singer Bella Bellow, one of her role models. The success of the album allowed her to tour all over West Africa. Continuing political conflicts in Benin prevented her from being an independent artist in her own country and led her to relocate to Paris in 1983.
[...]
Awards and recognition
In 2010, the BBC's Focus On Africa Magazine included Kidjo in its list of the African continent's 50 most iconic figures, based on reader votes.[68] In 2011, The Guardian listed her as one of its Top 100 Women in art, film, music and fashion[69] and Kidjo is the first woman to be listed among "The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa" by Forbes magazine.[70] The Daily Telegraph in London described her as "The undisputed queen of African music" during the 2012 Olympic Games River of Music Festival.[71] In March 2013, National Public Radio (NPR) in America, called her "Africa's greatest living diva".[72] Kidjo is listed among the "2014 Most Influential Africans" by New African magazine and Jeune Afrique.[73][74] Forbes Afrique put Kidjo on the cover of their "100 most influential women" issue in 2015.[75] On June 6, 2013, Kidjo was elected vice-president of the Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC). She now resides in New York City,[76] where she is an occasional contributor to The New York Times.[77][78][79] Kidjo has received Honorary Doctorates from Yale University, Berklee College of Music and Middlebury College.[80][81][82]...
On January 27th, 2020, Angelique won the Best world music album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards"...
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Angelique Kidjo has won four Grammy awards for "World Music" and has had nine Grammy nominations. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ang%C3%A9lique-kidjo
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Here's some information about Grenada from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada
"Grenada ... is a sovereign state in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines."...
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LYRICS- AFIRIKA
[sung by Angelique Kidjo]
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Min dé lè tin bo dji djan yin
Bomin dé lè fon do nou wa wè
Yénan don nou towé gblé lo
Yéman do nou dé wa wè nin yon
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
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TRANSLATION:
Who sees the beauty in you, Maman Afirika?
Don't cross your arms and stand still
We have to work day and night
Source: From https://genius.com/Angelique-kidjo-afirika-lyrics
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LYRICS: AFRIKA ("MAMA AFRIKA") [English language translation from Fon language and Yoruba language]
From 5050elvis, 2020 comment in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pTaEsWs3c
"My English is not perfect, but I try to translate the lyrics from my language Fon in English:
Each day we’re saying that Africa is ugly (or is lost), but who will wake up to see its beauty? This is in our own hands, nobody will think about our happiness. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus
« Eshe mama Africa » means Blessings to mother Africa.
Some people are sitting and others are working. The first ones will destroy your works, but they are not doing anything. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus"
-snip-
I reformatted this comment to add a space between the commenter's words and the song's transcription.
The Yoruba word "eshe" is usually given in English as "ase" ("ashe") [pronounced ah-shay in the United States if not elsewhere].
Here's an English language explanation about "ashe" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha
"Ashe
Ashe is the life-force that runs through all things, living and inanimate. It is described as the power to make things happen. It is an affirmation that is used in greetings and prayers, as well as a concept of spiritual growth. Orìṣà devotees strive to obtain Ashe through iwa-pele, gentle and good character, and in turn they experience alignment with the ori, what others might call inner peace and satisfaction with life. Ashe is divine energy that comes from Olodumare, the creator deity, and is manifested through Olorun, who rules the heavens and is associated with the sun. Without the sun, no life could exist, just as life cannot exist without some degree of ashe. Ashe is sometimes associated with Eshu, the messenger òrìṣà.[6] For practitioners, ashe represents a link to the eternal presence of the supreme deity, the orishas, and the ancestors.[7]
The concept is regularly referenced in Brazilian capoeira. Axé in this context is used as a greeting or farewell, in songs and as a form of praise. Saying that someone "has axé" in capoeira is complimenting their energy, fighting spirit, and attitude.[1]"
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Here's a comment from that same discussion thread in response to the question "What language is Angelique Kidjo singing in?"
Housna YAYA, 2020
""it is a mix of yorouba and fongbe (both are speak in Benin)"
Here's an alternate translation for the word "ashe" which is sometimes written as "eshe")
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThdXkwu42aw Alicia Keys and Angelique Kidjo perform "Afrika" at Mandela Day 2009 from Radio City Music Hall, MandeladayJul 30, 2009
1. Spongyb, 2011
"EShe Mama Afrika (Yoruba language). Thank you Mother Africa"
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2. adeoflagos Ade, 2019
" "Ese Mama Africa" translates "Thanks Mother Africa". The first two words are Yoruba words (Ese: thanks; Mama: mother). Yoruba is spoken mainly in south-west Nigeria, and across parts of Benin Republic (where Angela Kidjo come from), as well as in diaspora communities in Brazil, Cuba, and others. I believe without Europe incursion into Africa, there would have been a huge empire today called Dahomey. This empire cuts across a huge part of west Africa in ancient past.
-snip-
I think that translating "ase" ("ese) as "thanks" is a simplistic interpretation of that word.
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INFORMATION ABOUT FON (LANGUAGE)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fon_language
"Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē][3]) is part of the Eastern Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo languages. Fon is spoken mainly in Benin by approximately 1.7 million speakers, by the Fon people. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an analytic language with an SVO basic word order.
[...]
To date, there are about 53 different dialects of the Fon language spoken throughout Benin.
[...]
French used to be the only language of education in Benin, but in the second decade of the twenty first century, the government is experimenting with teaching some subjects in Benin schools in the country's local languages, among them Fon.[1][9][10][11]"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT YORUBA (LANGUAGE)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language
"Yoruba (English: /ˈjɒrʊbə/;[3] Yor. Èdè Yorùbá) is a language spoken in West Africa. The number of speakers of Yoruba is estimated between 30 and 40 million, primarily by the ethnic Yoruba people.[4][5][6] It is a pluricentric language spoken principally in Nigeria and Benin, with communities in Sierra Leone, Liberia, other parts of Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The non-vernacular remains of the language in the Caribbean, Lucumi, is the liturgical language of the Santería religion of the region. Many Yoruba words are used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé. Yoruba language remants are also used in many other Afro-American religions in the Americas and the Caribbean....
In present-day Nigeria, it is estimated that there are over 40 million Yoruba primary and secondary language speakers as well as several other millions of speakers outside Nigeria, making it the most widely spoken African language outside of the continent."...
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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part I of a pancocojams series about the song "Afirika" (also known as "Mama Africa" and "Afrika") that has been performed throughout the world by Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo.
This post showcases a 2016 video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") during a Grenada (Caribbean) music festival.
Information about Angelique Kidjo is included in this post along with lyrics to "Afirika" in Fongbe (Fon) & Yoruba, with English translations.
Some information about Fongbe (language) and Yoruba (language) is also included in this post along with an explanation of the Yoruba word "ase" (also given as "ashe" and "eshe").
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/angelique-kidjo-afirika-mama-africa-at.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases a video of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") at the Grammy Awards 2020.
My transcription of Angelique Kidjo's opening remarks at that performance are included in this post along with a few selected comments about audience participation at that concert.
Part II also showcases three additional videos* of Angelique Kidjo singing "Afirika" ("Mama Africa") and a few additional comments from those videos' discussion threads.
*These additional videos don't include the video that is showcased in Part I of this series.
****
The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Angelique Kidjo for her musical legacy. Thanks to the composer/s of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
****
SHOWCASE VIDEO: Angelique Kidjo performing Mama Africa
Sabrina Francis, May 13, 2016
Angelique Kidjo performing Mama Africa during the Pure Grenada Music Festival.
-snip-
Here's a brief excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo
"Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo,[1][2][3] known as Angélique Kidjo (born July 14, 1960), is a Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos....
Kidjo was born in Ouidah, Benin.[7] Her father is from the Fon people of Ouidah and her mother from the Yoruba people.
[...]
[in 1981] She recorded the album Pretty with the Cameroonian producer Ekambi Brilliant and her brother Oscar. It featured the songs "Ninive", "Gbe Agossi" and a tribute to the singer Bella Bellow, one of her role models. The success of the album allowed her to tour all over West Africa. Continuing political conflicts in Benin prevented her from being an independent artist in her own country and led her to relocate to Paris in 1983.
[...]
Awards and recognition
In 2010, the BBC's Focus On Africa Magazine included Kidjo in its list of the African continent's 50 most iconic figures, based on reader votes.[68] In 2011, The Guardian listed her as one of its Top 100 Women in art, film, music and fashion[69] and Kidjo is the first woman to be listed among "The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa" by Forbes magazine.[70] The Daily Telegraph in London described her as "The undisputed queen of African music" during the 2012 Olympic Games River of Music Festival.[71] In March 2013, National Public Radio (NPR) in America, called her "Africa's greatest living diva".[72] Kidjo is listed among the "2014 Most Influential Africans" by New African magazine and Jeune Afrique.[73][74] Forbes Afrique put Kidjo on the cover of their "100 most influential women" issue in 2015.[75] On June 6, 2013, Kidjo was elected vice-president of the Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC). She now resides in New York City,[76] where she is an occasional contributor to The New York Times.[77][78][79] Kidjo has received Honorary Doctorates from Yale University, Berklee College of Music and Middlebury College.[80][81][82]...
On January 27th, 2020, Angelique won the Best world music album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards"...
-snip-
Angelique Kidjo has won four Grammy awards for "World Music" and has had nine Grammy nominations. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ang%C3%A9lique-kidjo
-snip-
Here's some information about Grenada from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada
"Grenada ... is a sovereign state in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines."...
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LYRICS- AFIRIKA
[sung by Angelique Kidjo]
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Min dé lè tin bo dji djan yin
Bomin dé lè fon do nou wa wè
Yénan don nou towé gblé lo
Yéman do nou dé wa wè nin yon
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
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TRANSLATION:
Who sees the beauty in you, Maman Afirika?
Don't cross your arms and stand still
We have to work day and night
Source: From https://genius.com/Angelique-kidjo-afirika-lyrics
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LYRICS: AFRIKA ("MAMA AFRIKA") [English language translation from Fon language and Yoruba language]
From 5050elvis, 2020 comment in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pTaEsWs3c
"My English is not perfect, but I try to translate the lyrics from my language Fon in English:
Each day we’re saying that Africa is ugly (or is lost), but who will wake up to see its beauty? This is in our own hands, nobody will think about our happiness. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus
« Eshe mama Africa » means Blessings to mother Africa.
Some people are sitting and others are working. The first ones will destroy your works, but they are not doing anything. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus"
-snip-
I reformatted this comment to add a space between the commenter's words and the song's transcription.
The Yoruba word "eshe" is usually given in English as "ase" ("ashe") [pronounced ah-shay in the United States if not elsewhere].
Here's an English language explanation about "ashe" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha
"Ashe
Ashe is the life-force that runs through all things, living and inanimate. It is described as the power to make things happen. It is an affirmation that is used in greetings and prayers, as well as a concept of spiritual growth. Orìṣà devotees strive to obtain Ashe through iwa-pele, gentle and good character, and in turn they experience alignment with the ori, what others might call inner peace and satisfaction with life. Ashe is divine energy that comes from Olodumare, the creator deity, and is manifested through Olorun, who rules the heavens and is associated with the sun. Without the sun, no life could exist, just as life cannot exist without some degree of ashe. Ashe is sometimes associated with Eshu, the messenger òrìṣà.[6] For practitioners, ashe represents a link to the eternal presence of the supreme deity, the orishas, and the ancestors.[7]
The concept is regularly referenced in Brazilian capoeira. Axé in this context is used as a greeting or farewell, in songs and as a form of praise. Saying that someone "has axé" in capoeira is complimenting their energy, fighting spirit, and attitude.[1]"
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Here's a comment from that same discussion thread in response to the question "What language is Angelique Kidjo singing in?"
Housna YAYA, 2020
""it is a mix of yorouba and fongbe (both are speak in Benin)"
Here's an alternate translation for the word "ashe" which is sometimes written as "eshe")
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThdXkwu42aw Alicia Keys and Angelique Kidjo perform "Afrika" at Mandela Day 2009 from Radio City Music Hall, MandeladayJul 30, 2009
1. Spongyb, 2011
"EShe Mama Afrika (Yoruba language). Thank you Mother Africa"
**
2. adeoflagos Ade, 2019
" "Ese Mama Africa" translates "Thanks Mother Africa". The first two words are Yoruba words (Ese: thanks; Mama: mother). Yoruba is spoken mainly in south-west Nigeria, and across parts of Benin Republic (where Angela Kidjo come from), as well as in diaspora communities in Brazil, Cuba, and others. I believe without Europe incursion into Africa, there would have been a huge empire today called Dahomey. This empire cuts across a huge part of west Africa in ancient past.
-snip-
I think that translating "ase" ("ese) as "thanks" is a simplistic interpretation of that word.
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INFORMATION ABOUT FON (LANGUAGE)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fon_language
"Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē][3]) is part of the Eastern Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo languages. Fon is spoken mainly in Benin by approximately 1.7 million speakers, by the Fon people. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an analytic language with an SVO basic word order.
[...]
To date, there are about 53 different dialects of the Fon language spoken throughout Benin.
[...]
French used to be the only language of education in Benin, but in the second decade of the twenty first century, the government is experimenting with teaching some subjects in Benin schools in the country's local languages, among them Fon.[1][9][10][11]"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT YORUBA (LANGUAGE)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language
"Yoruba (English: /ˈjɒrʊbə/;[3] Yor. Èdè Yorùbá) is a language spoken in West Africa. The number of speakers of Yoruba is estimated between 30 and 40 million, primarily by the ethnic Yoruba people.[4][5][6] It is a pluricentric language spoken principally in Nigeria and Benin, with communities in Sierra Leone, Liberia, other parts of Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The non-vernacular remains of the language in the Caribbean, Lucumi, is the liturgical language of the Santería religion of the region. Many Yoruba words are used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé. Yoruba language remants are also used in many other Afro-American religions in the Americas and the Caribbean....
In present-day Nigeria, it is estimated that there are over 40 million Yoruba primary and secondary language speakers as well as several other millions of speakers outside Nigeria, making it the most widely spoken African language outside of the continent."...
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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams series.
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Visitor comments are welcome.
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Four YouTube Examples Of Yoruba Bolojo Music
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part series on the Yoruba people's Bolojo music & dance. Bolojo music is a form of popular music that developed among the Egbado (Yewa) Yoruba people in the 1970s.
Part II showcases one sound file of Bolojo music by Akinna Vasco Da Gama and one sound file by King Jossy Friday. This post also showcases two videos of Bolojo music by Zeynab.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/yoruba-bolojo-music-dance-online.html for Part I of this post. Part I provides a compilation of information about Bolojo music & dance from several online articles and YouTube video discussion threads.
The content of this post is presented for cultural and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the featured artists whose sound files and videos are showcased in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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DISCLAIMER:
I'm sharing this music to document this information and help spread examples of this music/dance.
I only know about Bolojo music from coming across examples as a result of "YouTube surfing" African music, and then using Google to search for information about that music genre.
Note: The four examples of Bolojo music that are showcased in this series aren't the only examples of Bolojo music on YouTube. However, I've only found a few more examples of that music on that site. Additional information about this information and its recording artists and additional publication of musical examples would be very welcome.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are presented in chronological order baded on the examples' publishing date on YouTube, with the oldest dated example given first.
Example #1: Fasco Da Gama - Aiyetoro Social Club
EgbaAlake Uploaded on Jun 24, 2011
bolojo music. Akanni Vasco Da Gama
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Example #2: KING JOSSY FRIDAY - BOLOJO SPECIAL
EgbaAlake Uploaded on Sep 11, 2011
Bolojo music
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Example #3: Zeynab -Mogba Ara Da (Bolojo)
Zeynab Abib Published on Jun 22, 2012
Zeynab performing Pour son Amour (C) 2011 Fekema Prod & Osha Studios
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Example #4: ZEYNAB - BOLOJO "Medley"
Zeynab Abib , Published on Aug 31, 2015
Zeynab performing Bolojo "Medley"
(C) 2015 Fekema Prod
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This concludes Part II of this series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part II of a two part series on the Yoruba people's Bolojo music & dance. Bolojo music is a form of popular music that developed among the Egbado (Yewa) Yoruba people in the 1970s.
Part II showcases one sound file of Bolojo music by Akinna Vasco Da Gama and one sound file by King Jossy Friday. This post also showcases two videos of Bolojo music by Zeynab.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/yoruba-bolojo-music-dance-online.html for Part I of this post. Part I provides a compilation of information about Bolojo music & dance from several online articles and YouTube video discussion threads.
The content of this post is presented for cultural and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the featured artists whose sound files and videos are showcased in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
****
DISCLAIMER:
I'm sharing this music to document this information and help spread examples of this music/dance.
I only know about Bolojo music from coming across examples as a result of "YouTube surfing" African music, and then using Google to search for information about that music genre.
Note: The four examples of Bolojo music that are showcased in this series aren't the only examples of Bolojo music on YouTube. However, I've only found a few more examples of that music on that site. Additional information about this information and its recording artists and additional publication of musical examples would be very welcome.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are presented in chronological order baded on the examples' publishing date on YouTube, with the oldest dated example given first.
Example #1: Fasco Da Gama - Aiyetoro Social Club
EgbaAlake Uploaded on Jun 24, 2011
bolojo music. Akanni Vasco Da Gama
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Example #2: KING JOSSY FRIDAY - BOLOJO SPECIAL
EgbaAlake Uploaded on Sep 11, 2011
Bolojo music
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Example #3: Zeynab -Mogba Ara Da (Bolojo)
Zeynab Abib Published on Jun 22, 2012
Zeynab performing Pour son Amour (C) 2011 Fekema Prod & Osha Studios
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Example #4: ZEYNAB - BOLOJO "Medley"
Zeynab Abib , Published on Aug 31, 2015
Zeynab performing Bolojo "Medley"
(C) 2015 Fekema Prod
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This concludes Part II of this series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Yoruba "Bolojo" Music & Dance - Online Information & Comments
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part series on the Yoruba people's Bolojo music & dance.
Part I provides a compilation of information about Bolojo music & dance from several online articles and YouTube video discussion threads.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/four-youtube-examples-of-yoruba-bolojo.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases sound file and video examples of Bolojo music by Akinna Vasco Da Gama, King Jossey Friday, and Zeynab Abib. (These artists names are given in chronological order of their examples publishing on YouTube.)
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the developers and early Bolojo recording artists and thanks to all contemporary recording artists and performers of that music & dance. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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DISCLAIMER:
I'm quoting these excerpts/comments to document this information and help spread examples of this music/dance.
I only know about Bolojo music from coming across examples as a result of "YouTube surfing" African music, and then using Google to search for information about that music genre.
Note: The four examples of Bolojo music that are showcased in this series aren't the only examples of Bolojo music on YouTube. However, I've only found a few more examples of that music on that site. Additional information about this information and its recording artists and additional publication of musical examples would be very welcome.
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FORMAT FOR THIS POST
These article excerpts are placed in no particular order. The excerpts are numbered for referencing purposes only.
The comments are given under their YouTube sound file or video link and are presented in chronological order based on their publishing dates, except for responses. The example numbers correspond to the number the sound file or video was given in Part II of this pancocojams series.
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ARTICLE EXCERPTS
Background - an article about the Yoruba people and an article about the nation of Benin
Excerpt #1:
he Yoruba people (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá) are an ethnic group of Southwestern and North central Nigeria as well as Southern and Central Benin known as the Yorubaland cultural region of West Africa. The Yoruba constitute over 40 million people in total; the majority of this population is from Nigeria and make up 21% of its population, according to the CIA World Factbook,[1] making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.
The Yoruba share borders with the Borgu in Benin; the Nupe and Ebira in central Nigeria; and the Edo, the Ẹsan, and the Afemai in mid-western Nigeria. The Igala and other related groups are found in the northeast, and the Egun, Fon, Ewe and others in the southeast Benin. The Itsekiri who live in the north-west Niger delta are related to the Yoruba but maintain a distinct cultural identity. Significant Yoruba populations in other West African countries can be found in Ghana,[8][9][10] Togo,[9] Ivory Coast,[11] Liberia and Sierra Leone.[12]
The Yoruba diaspora consists of two main groupings, one of them includes relatively recent migrants, the majority of which moved to the United States and the United Kingdom after major economic changes in the 1970s; the other is a much older population dating back to the Atlantic slave trade. This older community has branches in such countries as Cuba, Saint Lucia, Brazil, Grenada,[13] and Trinidad and Tobago.[14][15][16][17][18][19]...
Religion and mythology
The Yoruba faith, variously known as Aborisha, Orisha-Ifa or simply (and erroneously) Ifa, is commonly seen as one of the principal components of the African traditional religions.
Orisa'nla, also known as Ọbatala,[45] was the arch-divinity chosen by Olodumare, the Supreme God, to create solid land out of the primordial water that then constituted the earth and populating the land with human beings.
Traditional Yoruba religion
The Yorùbá religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the Yoruba people.[47] Its homeland is in Southwestern Nigeria and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, a region that has come to be known as Yorubaland. Yorùbá religion is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder.[48] Yoruba religious beliefs are part of itan, the total complex of songs, histories, stories and other cultural concepts which make up the Yorùbá society.[48]...
Today, most contemporary Yoruba are Christians and Muslims. Be that as it may, many of the principles of the traditional faith of their ancestors are either knowingly or unknowingly upheld by a significant proportion of the populations of Nigeria, Benin and Togo."...
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Excerpt #2:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Benin
"Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence, the country was home to a vibrant and innovative music scene, where native folk music combined with Ghanaian highlife, French cabaret, American rock, funk and soul, and Congolese rumba. It also has a rich variety of ethnomusicological traditions...
The majority of Benin’s 9.32 million people live in the south. The population includes about 42 ethnic groups overall. These include coastal populations of Yoruba in the southeast, who migrated from what is now Nigeria in the 12th century, the Fon in the south central area around Abomey, Mina, Xueda and Aja who came from what is now Togo.
Northern peoples include the Dendi in the north-central area, who came from what is now Mali in the 16th century, the Bariba and Fula people in the northeast and the Betammaribe and Somba in the Atacora Range."...
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Article excerpts about Bolojo music/dance
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaro
..."Ilaro, Ogun State is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria.
Ilaro was founded in the 18th century by Aro who migrated from the Oyo town[2] to settle down in Igbo Aje,[3] a little hill situated at the centre of the town from where he and his warriors could sight enemies (mostly slave traders from the neighbouring Benin republic known then as Dahomey) on attack from a long distance. Aro himself was a warrior and a hunter to be reckoned with. Ilaro had her name from "Ilu Aro"[2] meaning the settlement of Aro which later became Ilaro for ease of pronunciation.
Ancient Ilaro town was blessed with great farmers, hunters and warriors out of which Orona and Osata ranked the files of Ilaro history. In the history laid by these humble kinsmen and peace-loving individuals, apart from saving the lives of their kinsmen from the hands of the invading Dahome and other warriors, news had it that Orona with his "Ekun" (Leopard) when he became old and wanted to show the potency of His powers entered into the ground and told his people to call upon him whenever there is problem, i.e. in times of war, by just pulling the chain attached to himself and the leopard as at the time of entering the ground.[3] This place where Orona disappeared into the ground with his Leopard today had been renovated and constructed as an emolument for lovers of history and tourists. Close to this monument is the town hall named after the honourable warrior (picture shown,) "’Orona’ Hall". the statute of Oronna and his Leopard are still there for tourists and lovers of history to see...
The Ilaro people has very rich cultural heritage. The Ilaro people are the originator of the “Bolojo“ and the “gelede” dance. The language of communication at the Gelede dances is songs known as “EFE” which is mostly composed to expose and correct ills done by people in the neighbourhood. One wouldn’t know that one is being noticed at every bad steps one took until a visit to a Bolojo dance performance or the gelede dance stand when specific songs will be composed and rendered to one’s hearing. Listen to the EFE and you will have the cause to laugh stress as well as sorrows out of your life.... The Bolojo dance are usually held at the Oronna hall or at venues for annual programmes such as the independence anniversary, children’s day celebrations etc. The Gelede dances are usually held in the market square and usually during the summer time to enable each and every one both young and old indigenes of Ilaro to participate."...
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This excerpt was reformatted for this post for better reading clarity.
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Excerpt #2:
From http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2014/08/egbado-yewa-people-artisan-textile.html
EGBADO (YEWA) PEOPLE: ARTISAN TEXTILE PROCESSING YORUBA SUB-GROUP KNOWN FOR THEIR MYSTICAL GELEDE MASQUERADE AND SECRET SOCIETY, Posted by kwekudee, August 27, 2014
"The Egbado people also now known as Yewa, are amalgamated agriculturalists and artisan textile processing Yoruboid-speaking people that forms a sub-set of the Larger Yoruba ethnic group, inhabiting the eastern area of Ogun West Senatorial District, Ogun State, in south-west Nigeria, West Africa. In 1995, the Egbado people changed their name to the Yewa, which is the name of the River Yewa that passes through their land…..
Unlike other Yoruba sub-ethnic groups that points at only Ile Ife as their original home, the Egbado people appear to have migrated from different places - possibly from the Ketu, Ile-Ife, or Oyo - to their current area early in the 18th century. Historically, Egbado people lived in the of Egbaland near River Ogun. Their name Egbado was contracted from Egbaluwe, "the wanderers towards the river- probably an allusion towards the river Yewa, which runs through their land to the lagoon at Badagr....
Gelede pays homage to the spiritual powers of women, especially elderly women known affectionately as "our mothers," awon iya wa. The powers possessed by such women, comparable to those of the gods, spirits, or ancestors, may be used for the benefit or the destruction of society. When manifesting their destructive dimension such elderly women are termed aje ("witches"). If angered, they can bring down individuals and entire communities....
The Egbado are known for developing a popular style of music, called Bolojo, in the 1970s. Their population level is uncertain, but may be around 500,000....
Egbado speaks North-West Yoruba (NWY) dialect which is also spoken by Abẹokuta, Ibadan, Ọyọ, Ogun and Lagos (Eko) areas."
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Warning- Unfortunately, the comment section of this website pages (not just this one) have been spammed with sexually explicit content.
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Excerpt #3
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeynab_Habib&prev=search
Zeynab, whose real name Oloukèmi Zeynab Abibou, is a singer Benin of World music born 25 September 1975 to Abidjan in Ivory Coast . She won the trophy Kora Awards 2005 in the category best female artist of the West African and national good will ambassador for UNICEF since 2007...
Biography
Zeynab is from a family Muslim over sixteen children, she is the eighth of a father born engineer in electronics and a shopping mother."...
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Excerpt #4
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Benin
Popular music
[list of various artists]
....Zeynab Ouloukèmi Habib, born in Abidjan [Ivory Coast to Beninese parents] in 1975, has given concerts around Africa and won a Kora Award for Best Female West African Artist in 2005. She released her first album Intori in 2001, a second album D'un endroit à l'autre in 2004, and a third album Olukèmi in 2011.[5]"
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I haven't found any online articles about King Jossy Friday, Akinna Fasca Dagama, or any other Bolojo musician. If you know of any articles please add their links in the comment section of this post. Thanks!
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES OF BOLOJO MUSIC WHICH ARE SHOWCASED IN PART II OF THIS PANCOCOJAMS SERIES
Comments from Example #1
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yNJuJgf-4
Fasco Da Gama - Aiyetoro Social Club, EgbaAlake Uploaded on Jun 24, 2011
[All of these comments are from 2011.]
1. yormeey
"@EgbaAlake, this is highlife music?"
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Reply
EgbaAlake
"@yormeey .This is unique musical style called Bolojo,belonging distinctively to the Yewa/Egbado division of Ogun State.This particular genre was popularised by King Jossy Friday.My remote memory of Vasco Da Gama was probably in my elementry school days back in Abeokuta.Im hoping people can provide us more info on this.I also recall our extended family members coming from Imeko/Aiyetoro towns and surrounding villages coming to Abeokuta to entertain us with cool Bolojo/Efe music.Cheers Yormeey"
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Ebenezer Oluyemi Idowu
"bolojo belongs only to egbado/yewa..populirised by jossy friday, now i am learning vasco da-gama (of obey fame )also play bolojo...(gbanja re o, e ba mi wayawo" by jossy was banned by then western gov,adebayo..i was born in igan okoto ,yewa north..bolojo was my dads favourite....interesting, could vasco be from aiyeto-7 miles from igan okoto..obey was born in igbogila...gov. adebayo killed bolojo..egbado/yewa for life"
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The word "killed" in the last sentence of this comment has the standard meaning of that word and not the high complimentary meaning that it has in contemporary African American slang.
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planetolusola
"@EgbaAlake You've outdone yourself with this bolojo classic. Vasco Da Gama and King Jossy Friday were the biggest bolojo exponents popular in the 60's and 70's along the Egbado/Yewa axis. As a high school student at Egbado High School Igbogila of the middle 70's, I remembered sneaking out of the dorm room with friends to watch Vasco Da Gama's concert in Ilaro. Pure joy to be able to hear his music again on YT. Keep digging EgbaAlake"
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Comments from Example #2
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alydl-zGOys&list=PLTBBJ179RqiCNx8Tk72utSyrPrslQrwbd KING JOSSY FRIDAY - BOLOJO SPECIAL
EgbaAlake, Uploaded on Sep 11, 2011
1. EgbaAlake, 2011
"Special dedication to PLANETOLUSOLA for his relentless efforts at keeping Us all together with all the great Classics."
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Reply
2. planetolusola, 2011
"@EgbaAlake Much thanks and appreciation for the dedication. Jossy Friday, a native of Igbogila in Ogun State is the undisputable king of Bolojo along with the legendary Vasco Da Gamma. Keep on digging my friend."
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3. Adisa Olayinka, 2012
"EgbaAlake may God bless you, your family and the works of your hands. This is my late mother's native song as she was from Oke Odan, it brings her fond memory back, am close to tears. You're really a true Yoruba patriot, you deserve a chieftaincy title for promoting Yoruba traditional music. That atinga part reminds me of our stay in Ilaro when the atinga sect came in late 1940s picking witches and wizards. my dad used to take me to the town centre to watch the spectacles as a small boy then."
4. keemdig, 2012
"Many thanks EgbaAlake,You really made my day, I grew up listening to this genre of music around Mushin area of lagos. Mushin then, and may be up till now, had a boisterous population of people from Oke-Ogun. I am a fan of Bolojo music, please do not relent on the good work you are doing. Efforts like yours will save our music from extinction.Thanks fella."
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Comments from Example #3
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkK8VYq7HE Zeynab - Mogba Ara Da (Bolojo), Zeynab Abib, Published on Jun 22, 2012
1. dcbiglew, 2012
"Beautiful. About time to rediscover some of this awesome music. Thanks for the post. Bolojo became a bit political in the late 60's early 70's and the then governor of Lagos state banned bolojo music( imagine that) good stuff"
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2. Debo Alder, 2012
"This is so amazing and I find it extremely difficult to believe this master piece is from a young lady; though I appreciate the homogeneity among the Yorubas and the great people of Republic of Benin. This great ‘bolojo’ piece is capable of invoking the spirit of the origin of the music in Egb
ado Land. The foremost Bolojo exponent, King Jossy Friday is still very much alive and I’m sure he will be proud of Zeynab if he comes across this music."
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3. gracetchabi, 2012
"Rapublic of Benin and Nigeria are all the same !zeynab is a beninese artist which sings in english french yoruba fongbe ..love her..dont be surprised we have pure yoruba and nago culture in benin"
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Boniface Dubois, 2014
"I can't stop listing to this song. My mum is from abeoukouta Nigeria. This song reminds me my childhood in abeoukouta with my grandfather. Young couples should listen more this kind of song to learn about how to manage their problems. Proud of being yoruba"
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planetolusola, 2015
"The great Zeynab has done it again. Representing Anago/Egbado axis in this bolojo medley. True Yoruba ambassador you are."
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Read the information about Zeynab that is given in the section above.
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Comments from Example #4
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHftxPi5BP4
ZEYNAB - BOLOJO "Medley", Zeynab Abib Published on Aug 31, 2015
1. ajedeluwasa, 2015
"I just love and appreciate this unique adaptation of Bolojo music. She is simply good. Some Ekiti/Owo musicians still sing in authentic and appealing way. But Zeynab is really very good.
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2. Mike Emma, 2016
"This is d best Yoruba music I ever listen to in my life time. I v listened to so many but none compared to dis music. I even sing it in my sleep so captivating dat I can't get enough of it. I wish she could do more of dis traditional music bcos she is a gud dancer and singer. One day, I hope to bring her to her mother land , Land of oduduwa. More grease to ur elbow."
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3. Ola Ogunbunmi
"Thanks for the near perfect musical presentation of yoruba cultural heritage. Thanks again for keeping our tradional music intact without western polution."
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This concludes Part I of this series.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part I of a two part series on the Yoruba people's Bolojo music & dance.
Part I provides a compilation of information about Bolojo music & dance from several online articles and YouTube video discussion threads.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/four-youtube-examples-of-yoruba-bolojo.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases sound file and video examples of Bolojo music by Akinna Vasco Da Gama, King Jossey Friday, and Zeynab Abib. (These artists names are given in chronological order of their examples publishing on YouTube.)
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the developers and early Bolojo recording artists and thanks to all contemporary recording artists and performers of that music & dance. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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DISCLAIMER:
I'm quoting these excerpts/comments to document this information and help spread examples of this music/dance.
I only know about Bolojo music from coming across examples as a result of "YouTube surfing" African music, and then using Google to search for information about that music genre.
Note: The four examples of Bolojo music that are showcased in this series aren't the only examples of Bolojo music on YouTube. However, I've only found a few more examples of that music on that site. Additional information about this information and its recording artists and additional publication of musical examples would be very welcome.
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FORMAT FOR THIS POST
These article excerpts are placed in no particular order. The excerpts are numbered for referencing purposes only.
The comments are given under their YouTube sound file or video link and are presented in chronological order based on their publishing dates, except for responses. The example numbers correspond to the number the sound file or video was given in Part II of this pancocojams series.
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ARTICLE EXCERPTS
Background - an article about the Yoruba people and an article about the nation of Benin
Excerpt #1:
he Yoruba people (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá) are an ethnic group of Southwestern and North central Nigeria as well as Southern and Central Benin known as the Yorubaland cultural region of West Africa. The Yoruba constitute over 40 million people in total; the majority of this population is from Nigeria and make up 21% of its population, according to the CIA World Factbook,[1] making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.
The Yoruba share borders with the Borgu in Benin; the Nupe and Ebira in central Nigeria; and the Edo, the Ẹsan, and the Afemai in mid-western Nigeria. The Igala and other related groups are found in the northeast, and the Egun, Fon, Ewe and others in the southeast Benin. The Itsekiri who live in the north-west Niger delta are related to the Yoruba but maintain a distinct cultural identity. Significant Yoruba populations in other West African countries can be found in Ghana,[8][9][10] Togo,[9] Ivory Coast,[11] Liberia and Sierra Leone.[12]
The Yoruba diaspora consists of two main groupings, one of them includes relatively recent migrants, the majority of which moved to the United States and the United Kingdom after major economic changes in the 1970s; the other is a much older population dating back to the Atlantic slave trade. This older community has branches in such countries as Cuba, Saint Lucia, Brazil, Grenada,[13] and Trinidad and Tobago.[14][15][16][17][18][19]...
Religion and mythology
The Yoruba faith, variously known as Aborisha, Orisha-Ifa or simply (and erroneously) Ifa, is commonly seen as one of the principal components of the African traditional religions.
Orisa'nla, also known as Ọbatala,[45] was the arch-divinity chosen by Olodumare, the Supreme God, to create solid land out of the primordial water that then constituted the earth and populating the land with human beings.
Traditional Yoruba religion
The Yorùbá religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the Yoruba people.[47] Its homeland is in Southwestern Nigeria and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, a region that has come to be known as Yorubaland. Yorùbá religion is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder.[48] Yoruba religious beliefs are part of itan, the total complex of songs, histories, stories and other cultural concepts which make up the Yorùbá society.[48]...
Today, most contemporary Yoruba are Christians and Muslims. Be that as it may, many of the principles of the traditional faith of their ancestors are either knowingly or unknowingly upheld by a significant proportion of the populations of Nigeria, Benin and Togo."...
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Excerpt #2:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Benin
"Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence, the country was home to a vibrant and innovative music scene, where native folk music combined with Ghanaian highlife, French cabaret, American rock, funk and soul, and Congolese rumba. It also has a rich variety of ethnomusicological traditions...
The majority of Benin’s 9.32 million people live in the south. The population includes about 42 ethnic groups overall. These include coastal populations of Yoruba in the southeast, who migrated from what is now Nigeria in the 12th century, the Fon in the south central area around Abomey, Mina, Xueda and Aja who came from what is now Togo.
Northern peoples include the Dendi in the north-central area, who came from what is now Mali in the 16th century, the Bariba and Fula people in the northeast and the Betammaribe and Somba in the Atacora Range."...
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Article excerpts about Bolojo music/dance
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaro
..."Ilaro, Ogun State is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria.
Ilaro was founded in the 18th century by Aro who migrated from the Oyo town[2] to settle down in Igbo Aje,[3] a little hill situated at the centre of the town from where he and his warriors could sight enemies (mostly slave traders from the neighbouring Benin republic known then as Dahomey) on attack from a long distance. Aro himself was a warrior and a hunter to be reckoned with. Ilaro had her name from "Ilu Aro"[2] meaning the settlement of Aro which later became Ilaro for ease of pronunciation.
Ancient Ilaro town was blessed with great farmers, hunters and warriors out of which Orona and Osata ranked the files of Ilaro history. In the history laid by these humble kinsmen and peace-loving individuals, apart from saving the lives of their kinsmen from the hands of the invading Dahome and other warriors, news had it that Orona with his "Ekun" (Leopard) when he became old and wanted to show the potency of His powers entered into the ground and told his people to call upon him whenever there is problem, i.e. in times of war, by just pulling the chain attached to himself and the leopard as at the time of entering the ground.[3] This place where Orona disappeared into the ground with his Leopard today had been renovated and constructed as an emolument for lovers of history and tourists. Close to this monument is the town hall named after the honourable warrior (picture shown,) "’Orona’ Hall". the statute of Oronna and his Leopard are still there for tourists and lovers of history to see...
The Ilaro people has very rich cultural heritage. The Ilaro people are the originator of the “Bolojo“ and the “gelede” dance. The language of communication at the Gelede dances is songs known as “EFE” which is mostly composed to expose and correct ills done by people in the neighbourhood. One wouldn’t know that one is being noticed at every bad steps one took until a visit to a Bolojo dance performance or the gelede dance stand when specific songs will be composed and rendered to one’s hearing. Listen to the EFE and you will have the cause to laugh stress as well as sorrows out of your life.... The Bolojo dance are usually held at the Oronna hall or at venues for annual programmes such as the independence anniversary, children’s day celebrations etc. The Gelede dances are usually held in the market square and usually during the summer time to enable each and every one both young and old indigenes of Ilaro to participate."...
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This excerpt was reformatted for this post for better reading clarity.
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Excerpt #2:
From http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2014/08/egbado-yewa-people-artisan-textile.html
EGBADO (YEWA) PEOPLE: ARTISAN TEXTILE PROCESSING YORUBA SUB-GROUP KNOWN FOR THEIR MYSTICAL GELEDE MASQUERADE AND SECRET SOCIETY, Posted by kwekudee, August 27, 2014
"The Egbado people also now known as Yewa, are amalgamated agriculturalists and artisan textile processing Yoruboid-speaking people that forms a sub-set of the Larger Yoruba ethnic group, inhabiting the eastern area of Ogun West Senatorial District, Ogun State, in south-west Nigeria, West Africa. In 1995, the Egbado people changed their name to the Yewa, which is the name of the River Yewa that passes through their land…..
Unlike other Yoruba sub-ethnic groups that points at only Ile Ife as their original home, the Egbado people appear to have migrated from different places - possibly from the Ketu, Ile-Ife, or Oyo - to their current area early in the 18th century. Historically, Egbado people lived in the of Egbaland near River Ogun. Their name Egbado was contracted from Egbaluwe, "the wanderers towards the river- probably an allusion towards the river Yewa, which runs through their land to the lagoon at Badagr....
Gelede pays homage to the spiritual powers of women, especially elderly women known affectionately as "our mothers," awon iya wa. The powers possessed by such women, comparable to those of the gods, spirits, or ancestors, may be used for the benefit or the destruction of society. When manifesting their destructive dimension such elderly women are termed aje ("witches"). If angered, they can bring down individuals and entire communities....
The Egbado are known for developing a popular style of music, called Bolojo, in the 1970s. Their population level is uncertain, but may be around 500,000....
Egbado speaks North-West Yoruba (NWY) dialect which is also spoken by Abẹokuta, Ibadan, Ọyọ, Ogun and Lagos (Eko) areas."
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Warning- Unfortunately, the comment section of this website pages (not just this one) have been spammed with sexually explicit content.
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Excerpt #3
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeynab_Habib&prev=search
Zeynab, whose real name Oloukèmi Zeynab Abibou, is a singer Benin of World music born 25 September 1975 to Abidjan in Ivory Coast . She won the trophy Kora Awards 2005 in the category best female artist of the West African and national good will ambassador for UNICEF since 2007...
Biography
Zeynab is from a family Muslim over sixteen children, she is the eighth of a father born engineer in electronics and a shopping mother."...
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Excerpt #4
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Benin
Popular music
[list of various artists]
....Zeynab Ouloukèmi Habib, born in Abidjan [Ivory Coast to Beninese parents] in 1975, has given concerts around Africa and won a Kora Award for Best Female West African Artist in 2005. She released her first album Intori in 2001, a second album D'un endroit à l'autre in 2004, and a third album Olukèmi in 2011.[5]"
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I haven't found any online articles about King Jossy Friday, Akinna Fasca Dagama, or any other Bolojo musician. If you know of any articles please add their links in the comment section of this post. Thanks!
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES OF BOLOJO MUSIC WHICH ARE SHOWCASED IN PART II OF THIS PANCOCOJAMS SERIES
Comments from Example #1
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yNJuJgf-4
Fasco Da Gama - Aiyetoro Social Club, EgbaAlake Uploaded on Jun 24, 2011
[All of these comments are from 2011.]
1. yormeey
"@EgbaAlake, this is highlife music?"
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Reply
EgbaAlake
"@yormeey .This is unique musical style called Bolojo,belonging distinctively to the Yewa/Egbado division of Ogun State.This particular genre was popularised by King Jossy Friday.My remote memory of Vasco Da Gama was probably in my elementry school days back in Abeokuta.Im hoping people can provide us more info on this.I also recall our extended family members coming from Imeko/Aiyetoro towns and surrounding villages coming to Abeokuta to entertain us with cool Bolojo/Efe music.Cheers Yormeey"
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Ebenezer Oluyemi Idowu
"bolojo belongs only to egbado/yewa..populirised by jossy friday, now i am learning vasco da-gama (of obey fame )also play bolojo...(gbanja re o, e ba mi wayawo" by jossy was banned by then western gov,adebayo..i was born in igan okoto ,yewa north..bolojo was my dads favourite....interesting, could vasco be from aiyeto-7 miles from igan okoto..obey was born in igbogila...gov. adebayo killed bolojo..egbado/yewa for life"
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The word "killed" in the last sentence of this comment has the standard meaning of that word and not the high complimentary meaning that it has in contemporary African American slang.
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planetolusola
"@EgbaAlake You've outdone yourself with this bolojo classic. Vasco Da Gama and King Jossy Friday were the biggest bolojo exponents popular in the 60's and 70's along the Egbado/Yewa axis. As a high school student at Egbado High School Igbogila of the middle 70's, I remembered sneaking out of the dorm room with friends to watch Vasco Da Gama's concert in Ilaro. Pure joy to be able to hear his music again on YT. Keep digging EgbaAlake"
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Comments from Example #2
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alydl-zGOys&list=PLTBBJ179RqiCNx8Tk72utSyrPrslQrwbd KING JOSSY FRIDAY - BOLOJO SPECIAL
EgbaAlake, Uploaded on Sep 11, 2011
1. EgbaAlake, 2011
"Special dedication to PLANETOLUSOLA for his relentless efforts at keeping Us all together with all the great Classics."
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2. planetolusola, 2011
"@EgbaAlake Much thanks and appreciation for the dedication. Jossy Friday, a native of Igbogila in Ogun State is the undisputable king of Bolojo along with the legendary Vasco Da Gamma. Keep on digging my friend."
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3. Adisa Olayinka, 2012
"EgbaAlake may God bless you, your family and the works of your hands. This is my late mother's native song as she was from Oke Odan, it brings her fond memory back, am close to tears. You're really a true Yoruba patriot, you deserve a chieftaincy title for promoting Yoruba traditional music. That atinga part reminds me of our stay in Ilaro when the atinga sect came in late 1940s picking witches and wizards. my dad used to take me to the town centre to watch the spectacles as a small boy then."
4. keemdig, 2012
"Many thanks EgbaAlake,You really made my day, I grew up listening to this genre of music around Mushin area of lagos. Mushin then, and may be up till now, had a boisterous population of people from Oke-Ogun. I am a fan of Bolojo music, please do not relent on the good work you are doing. Efforts like yours will save our music from extinction.Thanks fella."
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Comments from Example #3
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkK8VYq7HE Zeynab - Mogba Ara Da (Bolojo), Zeynab Abib, Published on Jun 22, 2012
1. dcbiglew, 2012
"Beautiful. About time to rediscover some of this awesome music. Thanks for the post. Bolojo became a bit political in the late 60's early 70's and the then governor of Lagos state banned bolojo music( imagine that) good stuff"
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2. Debo Alder, 2012
"This is so amazing and I find it extremely difficult to believe this master piece is from a young lady; though I appreciate the homogeneity among the Yorubas and the great people of Republic of Benin. This great ‘bolojo’ piece is capable of invoking the spirit of the origin of the music in Egb
ado Land. The foremost Bolojo exponent, King Jossy Friday is still very much alive and I’m sure he will be proud of Zeynab if he comes across this music."
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3. gracetchabi, 2012
"Rapublic of Benin and Nigeria are all the same !zeynab is a beninese artist which sings in english french yoruba fongbe ..love her..dont be surprised we have pure yoruba and nago culture in benin"
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Boniface Dubois, 2014
"I can't stop listing to this song. My mum is from abeoukouta Nigeria. This song reminds me my childhood in abeoukouta with my grandfather. Young couples should listen more this kind of song to learn about how to manage their problems. Proud of being yoruba"
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planetolusola, 2015
"The great Zeynab has done it again. Representing Anago/Egbado axis in this bolojo medley. True Yoruba ambassador you are."
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Read the information about Zeynab that is given in the section above.
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Comments from Example #4
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHftxPi5BP4
ZEYNAB - BOLOJO "Medley", Zeynab Abib Published on Aug 31, 2015
1. ajedeluwasa, 2015
"I just love and appreciate this unique adaptation of Bolojo music. She is simply good. Some Ekiti/Owo musicians still sing in authentic and appealing way. But Zeynab is really very good.
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2. Mike Emma, 2016
"This is d best Yoruba music I ever listen to in my life time. I v listened to so many but none compared to dis music. I even sing it in my sleep so captivating dat I can't get enough of it. I wish she could do more of dis traditional music bcos she is a gud dancer and singer. One day, I hope to bring her to her mother land , Land of oduduwa. More grease to ur elbow."
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3. Ola Ogunbunmi
"Thanks for the near perfect musical presentation of yoruba cultural heritage. Thanks again for keeping our tradional music intact without western polution."
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This concludes Part I of this series.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Seven Videos Of Beninese Recording Star Ricos Compos
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases seven videos of songs performed by Beninese vocalist Ricos Campos.
Information about Benin is included in this post along with information about Ricos Campos and a few comments from some of these featured videos' discussion threads.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Ricos Campos for his musical legacy and thanks to all those who are featured in the videos that are embedded in this post. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT BENIN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
"Benin ... officially the Republic of Benin ... and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean.[7] The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital....
The official language of Benin is French. However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken....
The country of Benin has no connection to Benin City in modern Nigeria, nor to the Benin bronzes.
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Benin
"Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence, the country was home to a vibrant and innovative music scene, where native folk music combined with Ghanaian highlife, French cabaret, American rock, funk and soul, and Congolese rumba. It also has a rich variety of ethnomusicological traditions."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT RICOS CAMPOS
[Note: This biography is translated from French into English by Google translate. That translation is given "as is".]
From https://www.reverbnation.com/ricoscampos
"Ricos Campos real name of Eric Campos was born on 24 March 1971 in Benin's capital Porto-Novo. He catches the virus of music from the age of 6 years. This young man with the voice of a nightingale, often compared to that of the dean Papa Wemba, began his solo career in traditional music. After initiated several years with Adolphe YEHOUELASSI, Benin traditional musician, he decided to make music his livelihood. Using a first guitar, he began a series of compositions. After obtaining his CPCE, he joined the choir of the Church of St. Francis Xavier from Porto Novo.
Two years later it was the turn of "Ascension", 8 titles and distributed by Lucas Koffi to be discovered by the Beninese public.
With several tours through Benin and neighboring countries and a strong presence on the national airwaves, Ricos acquires some confidence and becomes unavoidable on the Beninese music scene.
In early 2002, after a long stay in Ivory Coast, the voice of Rossignol is back this time with an album recorded entirely in the studio Akwaba Freddy ASSOGBA in Abidjan and produced by DECAMEL productions (opening soon its offices Cotonou). An album of 8 songs entitled "Love Ends to grave", which made a splash thunder in Cotonou, Lome and Abidjan, which also attacked Accra, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Bamako, Dakar, Douala and Libreville. An album that ends to establish professionalism and popularity of Ricos in Benin."
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FEATURED VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube with the oldest dated video given first.
Example #1: Benin- Ricos Campos -Amour finit au tombeau
yel Yel, Uploaded on Apr 24, 2008
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Google translate of "Amour finit au tombeau = "Love ends in the tomb"
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Example #2: Benin Music-Ricos campos: Courage
HERVAKOMDJ, Uploaded on Mar 5, 2009
SEUL LE COURAGE FAIT REUSSIR DANS LA VIE,
Album coulant comme du pain au marche Dantokpa au benin.
God bless BENIN
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Translated from French to English
"DONE ONLY THE COURAGE TO SUCCEED IN LIFE,
Album flowing like bread Dantokpa walking in Benin"
-snip-
Here's some information about Dantokpa:
From https://unseenbenin.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/dantokpa-the-biggest-market-in-benin-and-west-africa/
"Located in the economical town of Benin named Cotonou, Dantokpa is the biggest market in Benin if not in West Africa".
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Example #3: RICOS CAMPOS- Sens interdit
HERVAKOMDJ, Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011
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Google translate of "Sens Interdit" from French to English = "No entry"
-snip-
Here are two comments from this video's discussion thread:
gbemevivi, 2011
"eh oui cest vrai tout est sens interdit maintenant......pas de langues crochees.....bananes gantees.......et encore il fo ke les femmes surveillent pour ke sa neclate pas sinon .....salut linsomnie la peur.... vraiment tu as tout dit mon frere..big up"
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Google translate from French to English
"yes it's true meaning everything is forbidden now ...... no ..... bananas languages crochees gloved ....... and yet he fo ke ke women to monitor its neclate not otherwise. Insomnia .... hi .... really fear you all said my frere..big up"
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lordmiky1234, 2012
"Campos est THE BEST !"
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Example #4: RICOS CAMPOS - AZIZA
HERVAKOMDJ, Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011
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Example #5: RICOS CAMPOS- BEBE
HERVAKOMDJ Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011
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Google translate of "Bebe" from French to English = "baby"
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Example #6: Ricos Campos - Ahouita
Clipsdubenin, Uploaded on May 28, 2011
Ricos Campos dans un style orienté vers le traditionnel. A ECOUTER ABSOLUMENT. Encouragé par http://www.atinsa.net
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
Ricos Campos in a traditional oriented style. A MUST LISTEN.
-snip-
Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread:
Clémence Delavie, 2013
"Cette chanson me met en transe et à chaque fois que je l'écoute je danse."
Google translate:
This song puts me in a trance and every time I listen I dance.
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Example #7: Ricos Campos Faivi
mll19720408, Published on Mar 30, 2015
Nouvelle vidéo de ricos campos: FAIVI
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases seven videos of songs performed by Beninese vocalist Ricos Campos.
Information about Benin is included in this post along with information about Ricos Campos and a few comments from some of these featured videos' discussion threads.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Ricos Campos for his musical legacy and thanks to all those who are featured in the videos that are embedded in this post. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT BENIN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
"Benin ... officially the Republic of Benin ... and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean.[7] The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital....
The official language of Benin is French. However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken....
The country of Benin has no connection to Benin City in modern Nigeria, nor to the Benin bronzes.
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Benin
"Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence, the country was home to a vibrant and innovative music scene, where native folk music combined with Ghanaian highlife, French cabaret, American rock, funk and soul, and Congolese rumba. It also has a rich variety of ethnomusicological traditions."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT RICOS CAMPOS
[Note: This biography is translated from French into English by Google translate. That translation is given "as is".]
From https://www.reverbnation.com/ricoscampos
"Ricos Campos real name of Eric Campos was born on 24 March 1971 in Benin's capital Porto-Novo. He catches the virus of music from the age of 6 years. This young man with the voice of a nightingale, often compared to that of the dean Papa Wemba, began his solo career in traditional music. After initiated several years with Adolphe YEHOUELASSI, Benin traditional musician, he decided to make music his livelihood. Using a first guitar, he began a series of compositions. After obtaining his CPCE, he joined the choir of the Church of St. Francis Xavier from Porto Novo.
Two years later it was the turn of "Ascension", 8 titles and distributed by Lucas Koffi to be discovered by the Beninese public.
With several tours through Benin and neighboring countries and a strong presence on the national airwaves, Ricos acquires some confidence and becomes unavoidable on the Beninese music scene.
In early 2002, after a long stay in Ivory Coast, the voice of Rossignol is back this time with an album recorded entirely in the studio Akwaba Freddy ASSOGBA in Abidjan and produced by DECAMEL productions (opening soon its offices Cotonou). An album of 8 songs entitled "Love Ends to grave", which made a splash thunder in Cotonou, Lome and Abidjan, which also attacked Accra, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Bamako, Dakar, Douala and Libreville. An album that ends to establish professionalism and popularity of Ricos in Benin."
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FEATURED VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube with the oldest dated video given first.
Example #1: Benin- Ricos Campos -Amour finit au tombeau
yel Yel, Uploaded on Apr 24, 2008
-snip-
Google translate of "Amour finit au tombeau = "Love ends in the tomb"
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Example #2: Benin Music-Ricos campos: Courage
HERVAKOMDJ, Uploaded on Mar 5, 2009
SEUL LE COURAGE FAIT REUSSIR DANS LA VIE,
Album coulant comme du pain au marche Dantokpa au benin.
God bless BENIN
-snip-
Translated from French to English
"DONE ONLY THE COURAGE TO SUCCEED IN LIFE,
Album flowing like bread Dantokpa walking in Benin"
-snip-
Here's some information about Dantokpa:
From https://unseenbenin.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/dantokpa-the-biggest-market-in-benin-and-west-africa/
"Located in the economical town of Benin named Cotonou, Dantokpa is the biggest market in Benin if not in West Africa".
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Example #3: RICOS CAMPOS- Sens interdit
HERVAKOMDJ, Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011
-snip-
Google translate of "Sens Interdit" from French to English = "No entry"
-snip-
Here are two comments from this video's discussion thread:
gbemevivi, 2011
"eh oui cest vrai tout est sens interdit maintenant......pas de langues crochees.....bananes gantees.......et encore il fo ke les femmes surveillent pour ke sa neclate pas sinon .....salut linsomnie la peur.... vraiment tu as tout dit mon frere..big up"
-snip-
Google translate from French to English
"yes it's true meaning everything is forbidden now ...... no ..... bananas languages crochees gloved ....... and yet he fo ke ke women to monitor its neclate not otherwise. Insomnia .... hi .... really fear you all said my frere..big up"
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lordmiky1234, 2012
"Campos est THE BEST !"
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Example #4: RICOS CAMPOS - AZIZA
HERVAKOMDJ, Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011
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Example #5: RICOS CAMPOS- BEBE
HERVAKOMDJ Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011
-snip-
Google translate of "Bebe" from French to English = "baby"
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Example #6: Ricos Campos - Ahouita
Clipsdubenin, Uploaded on May 28, 2011
Ricos Campos dans un style orienté vers le traditionnel. A ECOUTER ABSOLUMENT. Encouragé par http://www.atinsa.net
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
Ricos Campos in a traditional oriented style. A MUST LISTEN.
-snip-
Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread:
Clémence Delavie, 2013
"Cette chanson me met en transe et à chaque fois que je l'écoute je danse."
Google translate:
This song puts me in a trance and every time I listen I dance.
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Example #7: Ricos Campos Faivi
mll19720408, Published on Mar 30, 2015
Nouvelle vidéo de ricos campos: FAIVI
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Visitor comments are welcome.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Seven Videos Of Anice Pépé - (Traditional Music & Dance From Benin, West Africa)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases videos of Benin, West Africa's Anice Pépé.
Unfortunately, I've not been able to find much information about Anice Pépé except that he is a Beninese traditional singer. I'd love to know more about this artist and about the videos that are featured below. What language does Anice Pépé sing in?
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
Thanks to Anice Pépé for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all the musicians and dancers who performed in these featured videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these featured videos.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube with the oldest dated videos given first.
Example #1 Anice pépé - Nayé
BENIN CHANNEL Uploaded on Aug 30, 2009
Benin Musique
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My guess is that this video is about the difficulties involved with being a mother. What does "Nayé" mean?
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Example #2: BENIN MUSIC ANICE PEPE: MEDJOME
HERVAKOMDJ Uploaded on Oct 11, 2009
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Example #3: Benin-Anice Pepe : we non ko
HERVAKOMDJUploaded on Oct 11, 2009
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Example #4: BENIN Anice pépé - SOUROU-
chegundossi, Uploaded on Sep 16, 2010
Sourou (du calme,patience).Dans la vie il faut de la patience,du calme en toute chose
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Google Translate from French to English - Sourou (calm, patience) .In life it takes patience, calmness in everything
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Example #5: Anice Pépé - Mi Kpo Do Yovo Si.DAT
Thomas Euloge Koudogbo Uploaded on Sep 2, 2011
Encore une vérité sur nos indépendances cha-cha comme dirait l'autre
Google Translate from French to English: Another truth about our independence cha looks like another
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Example #6: Anice Pépé - Mi Djo Pépé Do.DAT
Thomas Euloge Koudogbo Uploaded on Sep 3, 2011
Anice Pépé dans sa version de "Laissez parler les gens"
Google Translate from French to English: Anice Pepe in his version of "Let the people speak"
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Example #7: PRD UV2013 ANICE PEPE chanson
Conforte AVO Published on Nov 4, 2013
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Thank you for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases videos of Benin, West Africa's Anice Pépé.
Unfortunately, I've not been able to find much information about Anice Pépé except that he is a Beninese traditional singer. I'd love to know more about this artist and about the videos that are featured below. What language does Anice Pépé sing in?
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
Thanks to Anice Pépé for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all the musicians and dancers who performed in these featured videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these featured videos.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube with the oldest dated videos given first.
Example #1 Anice pépé - Nayé
BENIN CHANNEL Uploaded on Aug 30, 2009
Benin Musique
-snip-
My guess is that this video is about the difficulties involved with being a mother. What does "Nayé" mean?
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Example #2: BENIN MUSIC ANICE PEPE: MEDJOME
HERVAKOMDJ Uploaded on Oct 11, 2009
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Example #3: Benin-Anice Pepe : we non ko
HERVAKOMDJUploaded on Oct 11, 2009
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Example #4: BENIN Anice pépé - SOUROU-
chegundossi, Uploaded on Sep 16, 2010
Sourou (du calme,patience).Dans la vie il faut de la patience,du calme en toute chose
-snip-
Google Translate from French to English - Sourou (calm, patience) .In life it takes patience, calmness in everything
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Example #5: Anice Pépé - Mi Kpo Do Yovo Si.DAT
Thomas Euloge Koudogbo Uploaded on Sep 2, 2011
Encore une vérité sur nos indépendances cha-cha comme dirait l'autre
Google Translate from French to English: Another truth about our independence cha looks like another
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Example #6: Anice Pépé - Mi Djo Pépé Do.DAT
Thomas Euloge Koudogbo Uploaded on Sep 3, 2011
Anice Pépé dans sa version de "Laissez parler les gens"
Google Translate from French to English: Anice Pepe in his version of "Let the people speak"
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Example #7: PRD UV2013 ANICE PEPE chanson
Conforte AVO Published on Nov 4, 2013
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