Edited by Azizi Powell
This is part of an ongoing series on Afro-Zouk music.
This post presents an English translation of the Afro-Zouk song "Bane" that was composed and originally performed by Gabonese (Central Africa) artist Oliver N'Goma (also given as Oliver Ngoma; Oliver N'goma).
This posts also showcases sound files and videos of "Bane".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/gabonese-singer-oliver-ngoma-adia-part.html for Part I of a two part pancocojams series about Oliver N'Goma's song "Adia". That post provides information about Oliver N'Goma, showcase a sound file of "Adia", and provides three versions of that song's lyrics (in its original language from Gabon+ French; in English, and in French).
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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 Oliver N'Goma for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. And thanks to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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ARTICLE EXCERPT ABOUT OLIVER N'GOMA'S SONG "BANE"
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.musicinafrica.net/fr/magazine/3-bijoux-afro-zouk-qui-ont-fait-danser-lafrique&prev=search [translated from French to English]
"3 Afro-Zouk jewels that made Africa dance
By Jean de Dieu BO ...
28 Jul 2017 - 13:48
Musical genre where the languorous rhythms of the Caribbean zouk mix with African styles to give a very catchy, Afro-Zouk music was dancing all over Africa in the 90s. Music in Africa presents here three tubes of this kind very popular on the continent.
"Bane"
"Bane" is a title of Oliver N'goman singer and guitarist Gabon born in Mayumba in 1959, gone 7 years ago. This talented artist has left a rich legacy to African music. Its title "Bane" which has traveled Africa has even been successful in France and many other lands.
Released in 1990 under the artistic direction of Manu Lima, "Bane" does not take right away. But its constant broadcast on the radio Africa No. 1 and RFI will participate in the popularization. It therefore becomes common to play in discotheques in France, as in Africa. This is a real hit of 1990, which we do not get tired of following in 2017."....
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ENGLISH LYRICS FOR "BANE"
(Oliver N'Goma)
Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin' home
I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you, loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're goin' nowhere
Night and day there's a burning down inside of me
Burning love
With a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go and I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you, Loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're goin' nowhere
Lyrics posted by Fenomeno 22, 2018 in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msRi40IEG0 (Example #1 embedded below)
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According to Delcia Mwind, a commenter writing in that same discussion thread in 2017, the language that Oliver N'Goma used in this song is "Ilumbu (a language of southern Gabon)"
Arsene Tchiama, another commenter quoted in http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/gabonese-singer-oliver-ngoma-adia-part.html, posted the same information:
..."He sang in Lumbu. a language of southern Gabon. more precisely one of the 2 languages spoken in Mayumba. Mayumba who was his hometown."
In the same discussion thread another commenter, Marie Manomba wrote "it's gabonese and it's my dialect which is ypunu...if you reacts to the answer, i translate for you. best wishes!!!"
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I don't know if "ypunu" is a dialect of or another name for "Lumbu". I didn't see any translation from this commenter in that discussion thread as of the date of this blog post.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Oliver N'Goma - BANE
TheVideoSelection, Published on Jun 3, 2013
Oliver N'Goma, ou Noli pour les intimes, est né à Mayumba, dans le sud-ouest du Gabon, le 23 mars 1959. Il est décédé d'une insuffisance rénale dans la nuit du 6 au 7 juin 2010 à l'Hôpital d'instruction des armées Omar Bongo Ondimba de Libreville.
En 1990, Olivier sort l'album BANE provoquant d'abord un petit succès d'estime.
Mais grâce notamment à la radio Africa N°1, à Gilles Obringer sur R.F.I, puis aux discothèques en France, comme en Afrique, BANE, la chanson, devient un tube colossal, cette année là, dans toute l'Afrique, en France, jusqu'aux Antilles.
BANE, l'album, devient l'une des plus grosses ventes de l'histoire de la musique africaine ! Un deuxième titre, ICOLE, extrait de l'album, connaîtra aussi un énorme succès.
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Google translate from French to English:
Oliver N'Goma, or Noli for intimates, was born in Mayumba, southwest of Gabon, on March 23, 1959. He died of kidney failure in the night of June 6 to 7, 2010 at the Hospital of Omar Bongo Ondimba's armies of Libreville.
In 1990, Olivier released the album BANE causing first a small success of esteem.
But thanks to Radio Africa No. 1, Gilles Obringer on RFI, then to discotheques in France, as in Africa, BANE, the song, becomes a colossal hit, that year, all over Africa, in France, to the West Indies.
BANE, the album, becomes one of the biggest sales in the history of African music! A second title, ICOLE, from the album, will also be a huge
success.
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Example #2: Africa Dance - Hommage a Olive Ngoma - Bane.mpg
Reggae Olisa, Published on Nov 20, 2011
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Example #3:Oliver N'GOMA - Bane concert de la francophonie en 1991
Tonton Nightwolf, Published on Nov 11, 2017
Lors du concert de la Francophonie qui avait réuni plusieurs artistes à Paris en 1991. Le boss avait improvisé une petite partie de BANE (les enfants) en francais. Meme si c'etait la francophonie nos langues avant tout. De plus qu'il allait falloir réécrire la chanson.
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Google translate from French to English:
During the concert of La Francophonie which brought together several artists in Paris in 1991. The boss had improvised a small part of BANE (children) in French. Even if it was the Francophonie our languages first and foremost. Moreover, it was going to be necessary to rewrite the song.
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The English translation of this comment isn't clear to me. Is Uncle Nightwolf, the video uploader, indicating that "Bane" means children? If so, that meaning doesn't appear to fit the English translation for that song which is given above. Also, what does the sentence "it was going to be necessary to rewrite the song" mean?
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Example #4: Lebel vs Oumar - Bane (Les battles | The Voice Afrique francophone 2016)
The Voice Afrique, Published on Dec 10, 2016
| The Voice Afrique francophone 2016
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Here's an English translation of the beginning sentence for https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_Afrique_francophone: "The Francophone Africa Voice is the French-speaking African version of the tele-hook show The Voice."
According to the comments [that I translated from French to English using Google translate], Lebel won this particular battle, however lots of commenters wrote that both of the singers performed very well, and a number of singers preferred Oumar over Lebel. Here's one of these comments:
Junior Claude Bola, 2017
"vraiment c'était parfait les gars!C'est chaque jour que j'écoute ce battle et à chaque fois je suis emporté au nirvana. En effet,les deux ont été au top de leurs prestations et n'ont pas demérité.Cependant,je trouve qu'il aurait été techniquement acceptable que Oumar l'emporte compte tenu de sa touche naturelle et africaine contre celle de Lebel qui frise une touche trop européenne et par conséquent pas originale. Quand il chante,on voit déjà des références telles que Singula,Matt Pokora ect. Lebel a donc fait du "déjà entendu".Par contre,comme je l'ai dit plus haut,Oumar a été assez originale et a su donné du charme traditionnel à la chanson quand bien même la part apportée par Lebel n'a pas été mauvaise du tout. voilà! Oumar aurait dû l'emporter selon moi.
Toutefois,bravo auc deux jeunes gens!C'était super cool."
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it was perfect guys! It's every day that I listen to this battle and every time I'm carried away to nirvana. Indeed, the two were at the top of their performances and have no death.However, I think it would have been technically acceptable that Oumar prevails given its natural and African touch against that of Lebel which borders on a touch too European and therefore not original. When he sings, we already see references such as Singula, Matt Pokora ect. Lebel has therefore made the "already heard" .By cons, as I said above, Oumar was quite original and gave traditional charm to the song even though the share brought by Lebel was not bad at all. here! Oumar should have won in my opinion.
However, congratulations to two young people! It was so cool.
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I'm not sure which singer in the video is Lebel and which is Oumar. Please share this information, if you know it. Thanks!
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
The Global Reach Of Gabonese Afro-Zouk Singer Oliver N'Goma's Song "Adia" (sound file and selected comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases the song "Adia" performed by Gabonese (Central Africa) Afro-Zouk singer and composer Oliver N'Goma (also given as Oliver Ngoma; Oliver N'goma).
Part II showcases a sound file of Oliver N'Goma performing "Adia" and presents selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread, with a particular focus on comments from a number of African nations as well as comments from some other nations worldwide.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/gabonese-singer-oliver-ngoma-adia-part.html for Part I of a two part pancocojams post abouot Oliver N'Goma's song "Adia". This post provides information about Oliver N'Goma, showcase a sound file of the song, and provides three versions of this song's lyrics (in its original language from Gabon+ French; in English, and in French).
UPDATE: July 11, 2018- Part I also includes an excerpt about Afro-Zouk music.
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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 Oliver N'Goma for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. And thanks to the producer of this video and thanks to the publisher of this song file on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Oliver Ngoma...ADIA
jennithony, Published on Apr 19, 2008
4,065,894 total # of views [as of July 10, 20181; 12:51 AM EDT]
total # of likes 10K
total # of dislikes 608
total # of comments- 1,056
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Most of these selected comments identify the nation that the commenter is in or is from.
These comments are given in relative chronological order, except for replies. English translations by Google Translates are given under comments. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
This compilation doesn't include all of the comments from that discussion thread which identified a geographical place. However, after reading that entire discussion thread to date, I attempted to include at least one comment from every nation that was cited. My apologies if I inadvertently omitted a nation that was cited in that discussion.
1. asadraza5367, 2009
"I remember this song, when i was living in the Caribbean from 1999-2001. It was played a lot at the dance clubs there, along with his other songs like Fely and Bane."
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2. Linje Manyozo
"i remember one radio dj playing this song often on radio mbc in malawi. very popular..and ngoma sounds like a malawian name anyway.."
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3. dorlika, 2010
"this is pure african musique you feel the heart of africa by listening to this , i remember i was very young when this came out but it still rock , every single country of africa knows this song"
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4. Domsta333, 2010
"RIP RIP RIP Olivier Ngoma! King of African Zouk!"
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5. Aminah K., 2010
"ça me rappelle mon pays, le Sénégal!!!! Okhooooooo!!!!"
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"it reminds me of my country, Senegal !!!! Okhooooooo !!!!"
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6. charleslester assoumou, 2010
"Que de bons souvenirs , quelle musique, un salut a partir de Montréal, Québec, Canada"
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"What good memories, what music, a salute from Montreal, Quebec, Canada "
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7. ibara gaston, 2010
"congolese people respect you , forever in our mind , one of the big left us rest in peace ibaragaston from paris"
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8. TheDarinelo, 2010
"Angolan peaple cry for you oliver ngoma R.I.P"
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9. monace Productions, 2010
"im from mz.. and im telling you it is still a hit here =)
i love this guy"
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“mz”= probably Mozambique
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10. cturiel, 2010
"Quel perte pour la musique africaine, puisses tu seulement reposer en paix l'ami ! Au paradis des musiciens ou tu te trouves maintenant tu nous as fait vibrer au son de ton afro zook tellement international. Cela fait plaisir de voir tous ces messages de condoléances affluer de partout dans le monde et cela prouve si il en était besoin que ton sound à su transcender les frontières...et les couleurs de peau !!! Pour sûr les enfants auront droit à Bane et Adia en boucle ce soir à la case :-) !!!"
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"What a loss for African music, can you only rest in peace the friend! In the paradise of the musicians where you are now you made us vibrate to the sound of your afro zook so international. It is nice to see all these messages of condolence pouring in from all over the world and that proves if it was necessary that your sound knew to transcend the borders ... and the colors of skin !!! For sure the children will be entitled to Bane and Adia loop this evening to the box :-)!"
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11. Daryl Richardson, 2010
"in the caribbean too, we love us some Oliver N' gouma"
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12. TimF, 2011
"I was clueless of his passing away. His video accidently popped out of a query I was conducting. Being one of his countless endearing fans, I went on to play the video miles away from expecting the awful news that was about to leave me speechless. When one resides within the U.S., one's completely shut off from the outside world!
Thankfully he left us with a cluster of perennial masterpieces and a beautiful voice that will never cease to marvel us. May GOD welcome him with open arms!!"
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13. Gaira Alhadi, 2011
"Noli, you went too soon, but God knows best and may light perpetual shine upon you...Your music will live on forever, Love from Sierra Leone."
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"Noli" is Oliver N'goma's nickname.
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14. eliott jonath, 2011
"olivier ngoma est le plus celebre artist d'afro zouk pour les mauriciens! repose en paix!!"
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"olivier ngoma is the most famous Afro zouk artist for the Mauritians! rest in peace!!"
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15. Al-Jean J. Sauray, 2012
"Nice, the beat reminds me of the Konpa from Haiti and Martinique -- Nice, Love it1"
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16. Willy E. Victoria Ramírez, 2012
"I like this song, great music. I am listen from dominican republic. Me gusta esta cancion, gran musica. estoy escuchando desde republica dominicana."
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Spanish to English translation : "Me gusta esta cancion, gran musica. estoy escuchando desde republica dominicana" = "I like this song, great music. I'm listening from the Dominican Republic."
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17. JOHNWISLY OFFICIAL, 2012
"I like this song it makes me go crassy wisly am listening it in Belgium [ ik vind de lied heel heel super
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Dutch to English translation = "ik vind de lied heel heel super" = "I find the song very whole"
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18. Alix, 2012
"that afro music that some of us youngn's grew up hearing :) (SOUTH AFRICA)"
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19. Patra Okelo, 2012
"im 2o years old from sudan grew up in nairobi kenya and i listened to tjis song every tuesday it never missed the countdow it feel like im hearing it for the first time.....i love love this one..."
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20. gyler972, 2013
"Je suis antillaise et j'ai dansé et vibré sur les sons de ce grand Monsieur à la voix pleine de sensibilité.J'avoue apprécié d'avantage l'afro zouk (Monique Séka etc...)au zouk purement antillais.INOUBLIABLE! Oliver ngoma.Paix à son âme.Merci pour les émotions qu'il nous a donner."
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21. gyler972, 2013
"I am West Indian and I danced and vibrated on the sounds of this great gentleman with a voice full of sensitivity. I have enjoyed more afro zouk (Monique Séka etc ...) zouk purely antillais.INOUBLIABLE! Oliver ngoma.Peace to his soul.Thanks for the emotions he gave us."
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22. Anibal DaSilva, 2013
"Noli, we Cape Vedeans love you. Rest in Peace!
Paz a tua alma!"
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Portuguese to English translation: "Paz a tua alma!" = "Peace to your soul!"
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23. MrKoolvictor, 2013
"Manu Lima a Capeverdian producer helped with the tracks. Great music. viva Afrika"
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24. sami guelawe Palm, 2013
"la musique africaine en general te donne la chaire de poule. comme un sage à tes cotés. très éducative en general la musique afrique; on se diverti mais éducative. Le journalisme africain est notre musique. Très sociale e éducative. chaque matin, nous écoutons nos journaux à travers ces chanteurs qui nous donnent beaucoup. Bref d'enchainer avec les media et journaux."
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"African music in general gives you goose bumps. like a wise man by your side. very educational in general music africa; we are entertained but educative. African journalism is our music. Very social and educational. every morning we listen to our newspapers through these singers who give us a lot. In short to chain with the media and newspapers."
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25. Richardson Mzaidume, 2013
"It's unfortunate that he passed away without having seen him perform live. I'd have paid whatever amount. African politics also revolve around colonial times. As result, us from Anglophone Africa know very little about musicians from Francophone Countries. It's sad but true. Gone too soon!!"
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26. peace kazungu, 2013
"Rip Ngoma now i talk on behalf of Ugandans even though we don't understand the mean ,but the music so good it sounds ."
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"Rip" = "Rest in peace"
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27. kevin wamaya, 2013
"mad respect from KENYA!! my father loved this song so much. it reminds me of the good times we had together"
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"Mad respect" = an African American Vernacular English phrase meaning "lots of respect"
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28. joseph mcgill, 2014
"I'm Liberian and a huge zouk fan and noli is my all time zouk favorite. His voice and rhythm gives you an indescribable feeling. Rip noli you sure are missed"
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29. SuperPeace1970, 2014
"i have no idea what he is saying, however this music is soothing to my soul!! Loving this....from the U.S. Virgin Islands"
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30. James Gitonga, 2014
"Wish i could turn back the hands of time.Gone are the days.RIP Oliver.
Kenyan in Krefeld,Germany."
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31. Tim Harvey, 2014
"I just feel exactly the same! I'm in Germany too"
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32. elisabeth tenberge, 2014
"we from Surinam (South America) also knew his songs.
oh man what a rhythm"
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33. Arturo, 2014
"wwwooooowww que riiiitmo. Supremo. Para bailar y bailar sin parar"
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Spanish to English translation: "wwwooooowww what riiiitmo. Supreme." = "Wow. What rhythm Supreme. To dance and dance without stopping"
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34. essenamism
"Cette chanson me rappelle mon enfance au Togo. Je ne peux pas cesser de verser des larmes quand j écouté cette chanson et c est pour cette raison que j écouté rarement cette chanson aujourd'hui . Cette chanson me rappelle les amis d enfance et les rues de Lomé . Tout a changé . Les rues ne sont plus les même . Les amis sont tous mort ou à l étrange ou très pauvre."
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"This song reminds me of my childhood in Togo. I can not stop shedding tears when I listened to this song and that is why I rarely listened to this song today. This song reminds me of childhood friends and the streets of Lome. Everything changed . The streets are not the same anymore. Friends are all dead or strange or very poor."
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35. SuperCapuka, 2014
"Boy i was 5 when i used to stay up till 5 am when we had party's at home, and this song remembers me of those days, life in Europe wasnt great but everyone was happy! We didn't had much but we shared among us Africans look at how we are separated now due to litle money! R.I.P Oliver N'Gomma, great songs!"
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36. Marcos Bile by nze. 2015
"Mi infancia en Gabón"
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"My childhood in Gabon"
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37. Nature Isle, 2015
"ahhh memories!!! Oliver's songs always brings me to tears.these good old days will never come back!!"
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38. embe1, 2015
"Thanks so much! Listened to him as a small boy, didn't know he was from Gabon until right this minute. Always thought he was from Cameroon."
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39. Léon-Paul BOUNOMBAR, 2015
"je saivas connu Oliver Ngoma dans les années 1977 en classe de 4éme au Lycée Technique National O. Bongo à Libreville. Des années plus tard, j'apprendrai qu'il serait devenu un célèbre musicien. Que son corps repose en paix dans les profondeurs du néant."
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"I knew Oliver Ngoma in 1977 in 4th class at the O. Bongo National Technical High School in Libreville. Years later, I will learn that he would become a famous musician. May his body rest in peace in the depths of nothingness."
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40. Lil Mal, 2015
"forget Redsun and the likes.. now this is what i call muuussiiiiiic!!! a kenyan in the UK"
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41. MySt Justin, 2016
"Nice music make me remember 90s in librevile lovely city"
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Libreville is the capitol of Gabon.
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42. Appiah Eric, 2016
"I'm Ghanaian but I like Adia, a song by Oliver Ngoma"
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43. yashouberry, 2016
"Mauritius? someone? ok im alone,,"
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44. lapologang semong, 2016
"Am from Botswana and i love this song very much ,true african music.."
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45. Bravia muyakane, 2016
"From Nairobi Kenya, Is all about Originality and not faking. I love this piece."
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46. EL MIMOUNI Abla, 2016
"I am from Morocco and I love this music which make me feel extra happy, dancing like nobody watching ;)"
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47. henrietta swen, 2016
"I 'm from Liberia, this song make me think on so many things during our civil war."
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48. Ettie Manjo, 2017
"Hello, my family is from Liberia, but I was born in America. I know it was hard back then auntie, but thankfully Liberia is getting better now. My father used to play this song allllll the time, I basically grew up listening to Oliver Ngoma."
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49. Tawanda Chakupeta, 2016
"I'm a zimbo this music is good"
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My guess is that "Zimbo" means "Zimbabwe; "a person from Zimbabwe".
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50. Ghuma Bama, 2016
"when i hear this Song i remenber my wonderfull childhood in Angola:) granda queta. ..😎"
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51. loise mbaye, 2016
"am loise from kenya this song is awesome even if i dont understand the words it makes me feel so relaxed"
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52. Gaelle M, 2016
"Mon enfance à Saint-Martin! jusqu'à mtn je l'entends. Une belle étoile qui nous a laissé de merveilleuses chansons qu'on n'oubliera jamais! R.I.P grand Monsieur"
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"My childhood in Saint-Martin! until I hear it. A beautiful star who has left us wonderful songs we will never forget! R.I.P tall gentleman"
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53. Katongole Paulinho II, 2016
"anyone from Uganda here??"
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54. Roland Ainembabazi, 2016
"+Katongole Paulinho II Here iam.. i love the song so much, it just reminds me of how Wonderful African classics are, and above all of how African music is real music"
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55. Prémices Lw, 2016
"who listen this in April 2016 like me ? vieux bons souvenirs!"
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"vieux bons souvenirs" = "old good memories"
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56. Priscah Wairimu, 2017
"Prémices Lwanzo am listening 2017 April😂love love Oliver ngoma songs though can't understand but i do enjoy. ...From Kenya👌"
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57. Cathrine Ntore, 2018
"Priscah Wairimu still listening December 2017 I so love Oliver Ngoma thought I was the only one from Kenya"
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58. Esperanza Dias, 2017
"tolle musik höre ich mir fast täglich an und die anderen Songs auch.Andenken an früher in einer Disco in Strasbourg.merci pour ca"
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German to English translation = "I listen to great music almost every day and the other songs too. Remembering at a disco in Strasbourg.merci pour ca"
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59. Marie Sambou, 2017
"love from Gambia :) :) :) :) :) : ) :) :) :)"
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60. Essy Mirembe, 2017
"I really love and appreciate how a song can brew so much love and unity among us all...... God bless Africa...Rip Mr.Oliver Ngoma
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61. N Jame, 2017
"One love to mother Africa!"
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62. Masaba Masaba, 2017
"Am still loving Oliver Music ..Here in Uganda Kampala"
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63. Owen Sampule, 2018
"Gabonese People please translate for us. It will make pipo enjoy the music even more."
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Lyrics for this song can be found by clicking http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/gabonese-singer-oliver-ngoma-adia-part.html (Part I of this pancocojams series).
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64. 20x5 lao atr, 2017
"Merci, enfin la traduction d'une chanson très populaire en Nouvelle-Calédonie ! Thanks so much ;)"
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"Thank you, finally the translation of a very popular song in New Caledonia! Thanks so much;)"
[Note: That comment was written to a commenter who posted the French translation of "Adia"'s lyrics]
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65. Edith Hoff, 2017
"edith from atlanta love this song .rest in peace oliver"
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Atlanta= Atlanta, Georgia [United States]
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66. FATOU AWA THIAM, 2017
"Je suis Sénégalaise et j'adore cette chanson. Elle me rappelle mon premier jour d'école.
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"I am Senegalese and I love this song. She reminds me of my first day of school."
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67. Abudushakulu Damulira, 2017
"Namibia windhoek city live"
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68. TheSushiraw, 2017
"thumbs up from, NORWAY..."
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69. My Dental Wig, 2017
"OMG! I danced this song at AFRO-Antillaise parties in FRANCE! Damn!!!!! Cette Terre sait ouvrir sa bouche et engloutir des vies!!!! Suis speechless d'apprendre qu'Olover N'Goma est decede depuis Juillet 2010 et nous sommes le 28 decembre 2016! Repose en paix l'Artiste!"
-snip-
..."This Earth knows how to open its mouth and swallow lives !!!! Am speechless to learn that Olover N'Goma has died since July 2010 and we are on December 28, 2016! Rest in peace the Artist!"
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70. Chris4, 2017
"Composition et Interprétation: Oliver N'GOMA (Gabon)
Programmation et Arrangements: Manu LIMA (Cap Vert)
Deux génies de la musique africaine 😃"
-snip-
"Composition and Interpretation: Oliver N'GOMA (Gabon)
Programming and Arrangements: Manu LIMA (Cape Verde)
Two geniuses of African music 😃"
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71. SuperCapuka, 2017
"When your kid asks for good and beautiful African music, here is a place to start!"
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72. mara louna, 2017
"Africa Africa Africa i love you"
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73. Matheus Nkandanga
"I'm from Namibia, I may not understand the language used in this music but it carries some African rhythms and lyrics. RIP Ngoma"
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74. fredy adam, 2017
"He was a King, Genius and most of all he was our own brother.... everytime i hear this song my heart gets peace."
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75. Natasha Washaya, 2017
"very nice song to dance along to on a wedding, will still have it on mine, it will never get outdated"
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76. Unicornfan 246, 2018
"love from togo✊❤💛💚😄"
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77. simon creevo, 2018
"Je kiffe trop. Ici Comores"
-snip-
"je kiffe"= French slang from Arabic; "Je Kiffe trop" = I really enjoy it.
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78. OTHMANE MAJOR, 2018
"je suis de Maroc souvenir inoubliable merci infiniment"
-snip-
"I am from Morocco unforgettable memory thank you very much"
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79. Rony Paul, 2018
"Afro-zouk! We truly miss you Mr Oliver N'goma..."
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80. Rodgers Gasper, 2018
"am from TANZANIA just by listening this song made my day well."
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81. Sophia Youboty, 2018
"Rip my African brother Oliver n Goma..love from U.S.A. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂"
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82. mohamed hussien, 2018
"i am from Ethiopia and I love this song he is songs"
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83. Marliq Kigozi, 2018
"This reminds of my early years when everything was real ,life was more simpler and music was real and even people were real can't get enough of this song"
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Visitor comments are welcome.his is a nice african song,from Gabon, I love this song
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases the song "Adia" performed by Gabonese (Central Africa) Afro-Zouk singer and composer Oliver N'Goma (also given as Oliver Ngoma; Oliver N'goma).
Part II showcases a sound file of Oliver N'Goma performing "Adia" and presents selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread, with a particular focus on comments from a number of African nations as well as comments from some other nations worldwide.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/gabonese-singer-oliver-ngoma-adia-part.html for Part I of a two part pancocojams post abouot Oliver N'Goma's song "Adia". This post provides information about Oliver N'Goma, showcase a sound file of the song, and provides three versions of this song's lyrics (in its original language from Gabon+ French; in English, and in French).
UPDATE: July 11, 2018- Part I also includes an excerpt about Afro-Zouk music.
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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 Oliver N'Goma for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. And thanks to the producer of this video and thanks to the publisher of this song file on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Oliver Ngoma...ADIA
jennithony, Published on Apr 19, 2008
4,065,894 total # of views [as of July 10, 20181; 12:51 AM EDT]
total # of likes 10K
total # of dislikes 608
total # of comments- 1,056
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Most of these selected comments identify the nation that the commenter is in or is from.
These comments are given in relative chronological order, except for replies. English translations by Google Translates are given under comments. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
This compilation doesn't include all of the comments from that discussion thread which identified a geographical place. However, after reading that entire discussion thread to date, I attempted to include at least one comment from every nation that was cited. My apologies if I inadvertently omitted a nation that was cited in that discussion.
1. asadraza5367, 2009
"I remember this song, when i was living in the Caribbean from 1999-2001. It was played a lot at the dance clubs there, along with his other songs like Fely and Bane."
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2. Linje Manyozo
"i remember one radio dj playing this song often on radio mbc in malawi. very popular..and ngoma sounds like a malawian name anyway.."
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3. dorlika, 2010
"this is pure african musique you feel the heart of africa by listening to this , i remember i was very young when this came out but it still rock , every single country of africa knows this song"
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4. Domsta333, 2010
"RIP RIP RIP Olivier Ngoma! King of African Zouk!"
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5. Aminah K., 2010
"ça me rappelle mon pays, le Sénégal!!!! Okhooooooo!!!!"
-snip-
"it reminds me of my country, Senegal !!!! Okhooooooo !!!!"
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6. charleslester assoumou, 2010
"Que de bons souvenirs , quelle musique, un salut a partir de Montréal, Québec, Canada"
-snip-
"What good memories, what music, a salute from Montreal, Quebec, Canada "
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7. ibara gaston, 2010
"congolese people respect you , forever in our mind , one of the big left us rest in peace ibaragaston from paris"
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8. TheDarinelo, 2010
"Angolan peaple cry for you oliver ngoma R.I.P"
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9. monace Productions, 2010
"im from mz.. and im telling you it is still a hit here =)
i love this guy"
-snip-
“mz”= probably Mozambique
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10. cturiel, 2010
"Quel perte pour la musique africaine, puisses tu seulement reposer en paix l'ami ! Au paradis des musiciens ou tu te trouves maintenant tu nous as fait vibrer au son de ton afro zook tellement international. Cela fait plaisir de voir tous ces messages de condoléances affluer de partout dans le monde et cela prouve si il en était besoin que ton sound à su transcender les frontières...et les couleurs de peau !!! Pour sûr les enfants auront droit à Bane et Adia en boucle ce soir à la case :-) !!!"
-snip-
"What a loss for African music, can you only rest in peace the friend! In the paradise of the musicians where you are now you made us vibrate to the sound of your afro zook so international. It is nice to see all these messages of condolence pouring in from all over the world and that proves if it was necessary that your sound knew to transcend the borders ... and the colors of skin !!! For sure the children will be entitled to Bane and Adia loop this evening to the box :-)!"
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11. Daryl Richardson, 2010
"in the caribbean too, we love us some Oliver N' gouma"
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12. TimF, 2011
"I was clueless of his passing away. His video accidently popped out of a query I was conducting. Being one of his countless endearing fans, I went on to play the video miles away from expecting the awful news that was about to leave me speechless. When one resides within the U.S., one's completely shut off from the outside world!
Thankfully he left us with a cluster of perennial masterpieces and a beautiful voice that will never cease to marvel us. May GOD welcome him with open arms!!"
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13. Gaira Alhadi, 2011
"Noli, you went too soon, but God knows best and may light perpetual shine upon you...Your music will live on forever, Love from Sierra Leone."
-snip-
"Noli" is Oliver N'goma's nickname.
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14. eliott jonath, 2011
"olivier ngoma est le plus celebre artist d'afro zouk pour les mauriciens! repose en paix!!"
-snip-
"olivier ngoma is the most famous Afro zouk artist for the Mauritians! rest in peace!!"
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15. Al-Jean J. Sauray, 2012
"Nice, the beat reminds me of the Konpa from Haiti and Martinique -- Nice, Love it1"
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16. Willy E. Victoria Ramírez, 2012
"I like this song, great music. I am listen from dominican republic. Me gusta esta cancion, gran musica. estoy escuchando desde republica dominicana."
-snip-
Spanish to English translation : "Me gusta esta cancion, gran musica. estoy escuchando desde republica dominicana" = "I like this song, great music. I'm listening from the Dominican Republic."
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17. JOHNWISLY OFFICIAL, 2012
"I like this song it makes me go crassy wisly am listening it in Belgium [ ik vind de lied heel heel super
-snip-
Dutch to English translation = "ik vind de lied heel heel super" = "I find the song very whole"
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18. Alix, 2012
"that afro music that some of us youngn's grew up hearing :) (SOUTH AFRICA)"
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19. Patra Okelo, 2012
"im 2o years old from sudan grew up in nairobi kenya and i listened to tjis song every tuesday it never missed the countdow it feel like im hearing it for the first time.....i love love this one..."
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20. gyler972, 2013
"Je suis antillaise et j'ai dansé et vibré sur les sons de ce grand Monsieur à la voix pleine de sensibilité.J'avoue apprécié d'avantage l'afro zouk (Monique Séka etc...)au zouk purement antillais.INOUBLIABLE! Oliver ngoma.Paix à son âme.Merci pour les émotions qu'il nous a donner."
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21. gyler972, 2013
"I am West Indian and I danced and vibrated on the sounds of this great gentleman with a voice full of sensitivity. I have enjoyed more afro zouk (Monique Séka etc ...) zouk purely antillais.INOUBLIABLE! Oliver ngoma.Peace to his soul.Thanks for the emotions he gave us."
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22. Anibal DaSilva, 2013
"Noli, we Cape Vedeans love you. Rest in Peace!
Paz a tua alma!"
-snip-
Portuguese to English translation: "Paz a tua alma!" = "Peace to your soul!"
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23. MrKoolvictor, 2013
"Manu Lima a Capeverdian producer helped with the tracks. Great music. viva Afrika"
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24. sami guelawe Palm, 2013
"la musique africaine en general te donne la chaire de poule. comme un sage à tes cotés. très éducative en general la musique afrique; on se diverti mais éducative. Le journalisme africain est notre musique. Très sociale e éducative. chaque matin, nous écoutons nos journaux à travers ces chanteurs qui nous donnent beaucoup. Bref d'enchainer avec les media et journaux."
-snip-
"African music in general gives you goose bumps. like a wise man by your side. very educational in general music africa; we are entertained but educative. African journalism is our music. Very social and educational. every morning we listen to our newspapers through these singers who give us a lot. In short to chain with the media and newspapers."
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25. Richardson Mzaidume, 2013
"It's unfortunate that he passed away without having seen him perform live. I'd have paid whatever amount. African politics also revolve around colonial times. As result, us from Anglophone Africa know very little about musicians from Francophone Countries. It's sad but true. Gone too soon!!"
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26. peace kazungu, 2013
"Rip Ngoma now i talk on behalf of Ugandans even though we don't understand the mean ,but the music so good it sounds ."
-snip-
"Rip" = "Rest in peace"
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27. kevin wamaya, 2013
"mad respect from KENYA!! my father loved this song so much. it reminds me of the good times we had together"
-snip-
"Mad respect" = an African American Vernacular English phrase meaning "lots of respect"
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28. joseph mcgill, 2014
"I'm Liberian and a huge zouk fan and noli is my all time zouk favorite. His voice and rhythm gives you an indescribable feeling. Rip noli you sure are missed"
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29. SuperPeace1970, 2014
"i have no idea what he is saying, however this music is soothing to my soul!! Loving this....from the U.S. Virgin Islands"
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30. James Gitonga, 2014
"Wish i could turn back the hands of time.Gone are the days.RIP Oliver.
Kenyan in Krefeld,Germany."
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REPLY
31. Tim Harvey, 2014
"I just feel exactly the same! I'm in Germany too"
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32. elisabeth tenberge, 2014
"we from Surinam (South America) also knew his songs.
oh man what a rhythm"
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33. Arturo, 2014
"wwwooooowww que riiiitmo. Supremo. Para bailar y bailar sin parar"
-snip-
Spanish to English translation: "wwwooooowww what riiiitmo. Supreme." = "Wow. What rhythm Supreme. To dance and dance without stopping"
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34. essenamism
"Cette chanson me rappelle mon enfance au Togo. Je ne peux pas cesser de verser des larmes quand j écouté cette chanson et c est pour cette raison que j écouté rarement cette chanson aujourd'hui . Cette chanson me rappelle les amis d enfance et les rues de Lomé . Tout a changé . Les rues ne sont plus les même . Les amis sont tous mort ou à l étrange ou très pauvre."
-snip-
"This song reminds me of my childhood in Togo. I can not stop shedding tears when I listened to this song and that is why I rarely listened to this song today. This song reminds me of childhood friends and the streets of Lome. Everything changed . The streets are not the same anymore. Friends are all dead or strange or very poor."
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35. SuperCapuka, 2014
"Boy i was 5 when i used to stay up till 5 am when we had party's at home, and this song remembers me of those days, life in Europe wasnt great but everyone was happy! We didn't had much but we shared among us Africans look at how we are separated now due to litle money! R.I.P Oliver N'Gomma, great songs!"
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36. Marcos Bile by nze. 2015
"Mi infancia en Gabón"
-snip-
"My childhood in Gabon"
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37. Nature Isle, 2015
"ahhh memories!!! Oliver's songs always brings me to tears.these good old days will never come back!!"
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38. embe1, 2015
"Thanks so much! Listened to him as a small boy, didn't know he was from Gabon until right this minute. Always thought he was from Cameroon."
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39. Léon-Paul BOUNOMBAR, 2015
"je saivas connu Oliver Ngoma dans les années 1977 en classe de 4éme au Lycée Technique National O. Bongo à Libreville. Des années plus tard, j'apprendrai qu'il serait devenu un célèbre musicien. Que son corps repose en paix dans les profondeurs du néant."
-snip-
"I knew Oliver Ngoma in 1977 in 4th class at the O. Bongo National Technical High School in Libreville. Years later, I will learn that he would become a famous musician. May his body rest in peace in the depths of nothingness."
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40. Lil Mal, 2015
"forget Redsun and the likes.. now this is what i call muuussiiiiiic!!! a kenyan in the UK"
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41. MySt Justin, 2016
"Nice music make me remember 90s in librevile lovely city"
-snip-
Libreville is the capitol of Gabon.
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42. Appiah Eric, 2016
"I'm Ghanaian but I like Adia, a song by Oliver Ngoma"
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43. yashouberry, 2016
"Mauritius? someone? ok im alone,,"
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44. lapologang semong, 2016
"Am from Botswana and i love this song very much ,true african music.."
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45. Bravia muyakane, 2016
"From Nairobi Kenya, Is all about Originality and not faking. I love this piece."
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46. EL MIMOUNI Abla, 2016
"I am from Morocco and I love this music which make me feel extra happy, dancing like nobody watching ;)"
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47. henrietta swen, 2016
"I 'm from Liberia, this song make me think on so many things during our civil war."
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REPLY
48. Ettie Manjo, 2017
"Hello, my family is from Liberia, but I was born in America. I know it was hard back then auntie, but thankfully Liberia is getting better now. My father used to play this song allllll the time, I basically grew up listening to Oliver Ngoma."
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49. Tawanda Chakupeta, 2016
"I'm a zimbo this music is good"
-snip-
My guess is that "Zimbo" means "Zimbabwe; "a person from Zimbabwe".
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50. Ghuma Bama, 2016
"when i hear this Song i remenber my wonderfull childhood in Angola:) granda queta. ..😎"
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51. loise mbaye, 2016
"am loise from kenya this song is awesome even if i dont understand the words it makes me feel so relaxed"
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52. Gaelle M, 2016
"Mon enfance à Saint-Martin! jusqu'à mtn je l'entends. Une belle étoile qui nous a laissé de merveilleuses chansons qu'on n'oubliera jamais! R.I.P grand Monsieur"
-snip-
"My childhood in Saint-Martin! until I hear it. A beautiful star who has left us wonderful songs we will never forget! R.I.P tall gentleman"
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53. Katongole Paulinho II, 2016
"anyone from Uganda here??"
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REPLY
54. Roland Ainembabazi, 2016
"+Katongole Paulinho II Here iam.. i love the song so much, it just reminds me of how Wonderful African classics are, and above all of how African music is real music"
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55. Prémices Lw, 2016
"who listen this in April 2016 like me ? vieux bons souvenirs!"
-snip-
"vieux bons souvenirs" = "old good memories"
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REPLY
56. Priscah Wairimu, 2017
"Prémices Lwanzo am listening 2017 April😂love love Oliver ngoma songs though can't understand but i do enjoy. ...From Kenya👌"
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REPLY
57. Cathrine Ntore, 2018
"Priscah Wairimu still listening December 2017 I so love Oliver Ngoma thought I was the only one from Kenya"
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58. Esperanza Dias, 2017
"tolle musik höre ich mir fast täglich an und die anderen Songs auch.Andenken an früher in einer Disco in Strasbourg.merci pour ca"
-snip-
German to English translation = "I listen to great music almost every day and the other songs too. Remembering at a disco in Strasbourg.merci pour ca"
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59. Marie Sambou, 2017
"love from Gambia :) :) :) :) :) : ) :) :) :)"
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60. Essy Mirembe, 2017
"I really love and appreciate how a song can brew so much love and unity among us all...... God bless Africa...Rip Mr.Oliver Ngoma
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61. N Jame, 2017
"One love to mother Africa!"
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62. Masaba Masaba, 2017
"Am still loving Oliver Music ..Here in Uganda Kampala"
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63. Owen Sampule, 2018
"Gabonese People please translate for us. It will make pipo enjoy the music even more."
-snip-
Lyrics for this song can be found by clicking http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/gabonese-singer-oliver-ngoma-adia-part.html (Part I of this pancocojams series).
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64. 20x5 lao atr, 2017
"Merci, enfin la traduction d'une chanson très populaire en Nouvelle-Calédonie ! Thanks so much ;)"
-snip-
"Thank you, finally the translation of a very popular song in New Caledonia! Thanks so much;)"
[Note: That comment was written to a commenter who posted the French translation of "Adia"'s lyrics]
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65. Edith Hoff, 2017
"edith from atlanta love this song .rest in peace oliver"
-snip-
Atlanta= Atlanta, Georgia [United States]
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66. FATOU AWA THIAM, 2017
"Je suis Sénégalaise et j'adore cette chanson. Elle me rappelle mon premier jour d'école.
-snip-
"I am Senegalese and I love this song. She reminds me of my first day of school."
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67. Abudushakulu Damulira, 2017
"Namibia windhoek city live"
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68. TheSushiraw, 2017
"thumbs up from, NORWAY..."
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69. My Dental Wig, 2017
"OMG! I danced this song at AFRO-Antillaise parties in FRANCE! Damn!!!!! Cette Terre sait ouvrir sa bouche et engloutir des vies!!!! Suis speechless d'apprendre qu'Olover N'Goma est decede depuis Juillet 2010 et nous sommes le 28 decembre 2016! Repose en paix l'Artiste!"
-snip-
..."This Earth knows how to open its mouth and swallow lives !!!! Am speechless to learn that Olover N'Goma has died since July 2010 and we are on December 28, 2016! Rest in peace the Artist!"
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70. Chris4, 2017
"Composition et Interprétation: Oliver N'GOMA (Gabon)
Programmation et Arrangements: Manu LIMA (Cap Vert)
Deux génies de la musique africaine 😃"
-snip-
"Composition and Interpretation: Oliver N'GOMA (Gabon)
Programming and Arrangements: Manu LIMA (Cape Verde)
Two geniuses of African music 😃"
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71. SuperCapuka, 2017
"When your kid asks for good and beautiful African music, here is a place to start!"
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72. mara louna, 2017
"Africa Africa Africa i love you"
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73. Matheus Nkandanga
"I'm from Namibia, I may not understand the language used in this music but it carries some African rhythms and lyrics. RIP Ngoma"
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74. fredy adam, 2017
"He was a King, Genius and most of all he was our own brother.... everytime i hear this song my heart gets peace."
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75. Natasha Washaya, 2017
"very nice song to dance along to on a wedding, will still have it on mine, it will never get outdated"
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76. Unicornfan 246, 2018
"love from togo✊❤💛💚😄"
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77. simon creevo, 2018
"Je kiffe trop. Ici Comores"
-snip-
"je kiffe"= French slang from Arabic; "Je Kiffe trop" = I really enjoy it.
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78. OTHMANE MAJOR, 2018
"je suis de Maroc souvenir inoubliable merci infiniment"
-snip-
"I am from Morocco unforgettable memory thank you very much"
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79. Rony Paul, 2018
"Afro-zouk! We truly miss you Mr Oliver N'goma..."
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80. Rodgers Gasper, 2018
"am from TANZANIA just by listening this song made my day well."
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81. Sophia Youboty, 2018
"Rip my African brother Oliver n Goma..love from U.S.A. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂"
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82. mohamed hussien, 2018
"i am from Ethiopia and I love this song he is songs"
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83. Marliq Kigozi, 2018
"This reminds of my early years when everything was real ,life was more simpler and music was real and even people were real can't get enough of this song"
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Visitor comments are welcome.his is a nice african song,from Gabon, I love this song
Monday, July 9, 2018
Gabonese Afro-Zouk Singer Oliver N'Goma - "Adia" (Part I - information & lyrics in its original languages, in English, & in French)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series that showcases the song "Adia" performed by Gabonese (Central Africa) Afro-Zouk singer and composer Oliver N'Goma (also given as Oliver Ngoma; Oliver N'goma).
Part I of this series presents information about Gabon and information about Oliver N'Goma. Part I of this series also showcase a sound file of the song as well as three versions of this song's lyrics (in its original language from Gabon+ French; in English, and in French).
UPDATE: July 11, 2018- Part I also includes an excerpt about Afro-Zouk music.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-global-reach-of-gabonese-afro-zouk.html for Part II of this series. Part I showcases a sound file of Oliver N'Goma performing "Adia". Part I also presents selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread, with a particular focus on comments from a number of African nations as well as comments from some other nations worldwide.
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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 Oliver N'Goma for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. And thanks to the producer of this video and thanks to the publisher of this song file on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT OLIVER N'GOMA
Excerpt #1
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_N%2527Goma&prev=search [translated from French to English]
"Oliver N'goma , says Noli , born on March 23 , 1959 at Mayumba and died on June 7 , 2010 , is a Gabonese singer and guitarist of Afro - zouk
Biography
Oliver Ngoma was born in Mayumba, southwest Gabon, on March 23, 1959. His father, a harmonium player, introduced him to music at the age of eight.
In 1971 , his family left Mayumba for Libreville . Oliver studied accounting at the Technical High School in Libreville, where he became a guitarist for Capo Sound, the high school orchestra. Accounting studies do not excite him, Oliver prefers to devote himself to his two passions that are cinema and music. Thus, he will begin by collecting musical instruments, and tinkering a small home studio . In parallel, he is engaged as a cameraman by the second Gabonese television channel (RTG 2).
In 1988 , during an internship in Paris , he met Manu Lima , a director / producer of the African scene in Paris, ex-leader of Cabo Verde Show . Manu takes care of the artistic direction of Oliver's first album, BANE .
In 1990 , the album BANE where is included Bané , goes out without provoking a first outcry. But its constant broadcast on Africa No. 1 and RFI radios, is resumed in force in discotheques in France, as in Africa. Bané became a hit in 1990 throughout Africa and France. From the album BANE will be extracted tracks like Icole and Lusa , which will also know the success.
In 1995 , he released the album ADIA again in collaboration with Manu Lima. The album will be as successful as the first one.
In 2001 , he released his third album SEVA made without Manu Lima, which will have a mixed success.
In 2006 , he released his fourth album SAGA . On this occasion, he returns to the producer Manu Lima.
He died June 7, 2010 of a renal failure in the hospital of Libreville, Gabon 1 ."...
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Excerpt #2
From a comment this embedded video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8LUQgbKz0 ; posted by Augusto pinheiro, júnior, 2017
"This is Olivier N'Goma. A product of Capeverdean Music and Gabonese Music.
Oliver’s accountancy lessons did not interest him much. He preferred to concentrate on his two great passions: films and music. Beginning to collect musical instruments, he put together a little home studio and entertained secret hopes of becoming a professional musician. However, when an opportunity arose, it was in the shape of his other love, the camera. He went to work for Gabon’s second TV channel as a cameraman, travelling to Paris for training in 1988. During the long winter he spent in the French capital, Oliver worked on his home demos.
Then he met Manu Lima, from Cabo Verde, in the north atlantic ocean, one of the best producers on the African show scene in Paris. Former leader of Cabo Verde Show, Manu had relaunched the careers of many great African artists, from Monique Séka to Pépé Kallé. He was interested by the tunes that Oliver brought him and agreed to work on his first record as artistic director. When the album - which included the song BANE - was finally released, it met with only modest critical acclaim at first.
BANE is one of the greatest hits of modern African music.
On the track, Manu Lima achieved a perfect balance between Africa’s rich melodic heritage and a Zouk-style beat that proved irresistible on the dance floor.
Oliver refused to get carried away by this massive success, realising he would have to live up to his new status. As he calmly got back to work, he knew that his second album would come under close scrutiny on its release.
He continued his partnership with Manu Lima, with the same capeverdean ancestors of Cesária Évora, from Mindelo and the two started recording sessions together in the late summer of 1995. The album, ADIA, appeared in mid-December of the same year. Combining sophistication with a proliferation of beats, ADIA proved that Oliver was no one-hit wonder. In 2001, he made SÉVA without Manu Lima, but then got back together with the French-Cape Verdean producer whose skill had been so crucial in shaping his first 2 albums. The result, SAGA, was released in May 2006.
Manu’s trademark skills successfully pervade SAGA, which is primarily a dance record of African-style zouk. Apart from title track SAGA, the record includes several other excellent songs, such as NOLI, a kind of rumba-zouk with featured vocalists and Congolese guitars."
-snip-
"Noli" is Oliver Ngoma's nickname. It was created by combining the "N" in his last name "Ngoma" with the letters "oli" from his name "Oliver".
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INFORMATION ABOUT AFRO-ZOUK
UPDATE: July 12, 2018: Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/excerpts-about-zouk-music-from-1990.html for Part I of a pancocojams post entitled Excerpts About The Roots Of Zouk Music From The 1990 Book "African Rock: The Pop Music Of A Continent", Part I. The link for Part II is found in that post. Part II provides additional information about Kassav (band) as well as information about Zouk in Africa (up to 1987).
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There's very little information online that describes "Afro-Zouk", a genre (or sub-genre) of music which is much less often called "African Zouk".
Here's the complete Wikipedia article about Afro-Zouk which is translated to English from French. A small portion of this article served as the source for the English language translated Wikipedia article on this music genre:
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-zouk&prev=search
"The Afro-zouk
Styles | Origin: 1980
Zouk is a West Indian musical movement initiated in the late 1970s by the Kassav 'group, under the leadership of Pierre-Édouard Decimus and Jacob Desvarieux. It is immediately adopted in Guyana, in the Indian Ocean and in Africa where it is merged with national styles to give afro-zouk.
The text above is under a free license (CC-BY-SA)
Until the early 1980s, the zouk concrete or "chiré", an ephemeral style dancing alone, was fashionable. Very rhythmic and sung in Creole, zouk concrete is a fusion of gwo ka, biguine, calypso, cadence, compass and African rhythms. With the appearance of the band Kassav ', this musical genre disappears in the 1980s.
Having lived for a long time in Senegal where he frequented the capverdian milieu amateur of coladeira (popular musical genre in the archipelago), Jacob Desvarieux had the idea, with the members of the group, of creating a fusion between West Indian music (cadence, biguine, "Mas a sinjan" (mask of Saint-Jean), rhythm of the carnival), the Haitian compass and African sounds (coladeira, Cameroonian makossa brought by Mbida Douglas, one of the musicians of the group), with whirling guitar riffs Congolese soukouss and rock, salsa brass lines and funk keyboard notes.
The release in 1980 of Kassav's first album, "Love and Ka Dance", thus marks the birth of this new musical genre that immediately seduces the Afro-Caribbean community. But it is their title "Zouk The medikaman nou ni se se" which will largely contribute to the sustainability of the zouk. This new musical Caribbean is then adopted in Guyana.
Several derivatives will be derived from zouk: zouk love (very throbbing, slow genre), R & B-zouk, soul-zouk, rap-zouk, reggae-zouk, ragga-zouk.
In addition to the initiating group Kassav 'and its members who release solo albums (Jocelyne Béroard, the brothers Pierre-Édouard Georges Decimus, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Claude Naimrod, Patrick Saint-Eloi), several other formations and artists will report on the international scene in the 1980s / 1990s: Zouk Machine, Dédé Saint-Prix, the late Edith Lefel, Experience 7, Francky Vincent, Joëlle Ursull, Ralph Tamar, Ronald Rubinel, Tanya St-Val, Souskay ...
In Africa and the Indian Ocean it is merged with national styles, giving Kizomba, afro zouk, sega zouk, maloya zouk, comorian zouk, makossa / zouk, zouglou / zook, soukouss / zouk (soukou- zouk), coladeira / zouk (cola-zouk) ...
Among the following: Mpongo Love, Gadji Celi, Awa Maiga, Monique Seka, Oliver NGoma, Mathey, Africa Maestro, Galvao, Vivick, Yvon Paris, Stacy, Roger, Philippe Monteiro, Mobass, Elaisa, Roger Gobea, Pierrette Adams, Kaysha, Patience Dabany, Chantal Taïba, Kino, Jorge Neto, Chamsia Sagaf, Naima, Jerry, Don Kikas and many others ...
by Nago Seck July 14, 2008 - © Afrisson"
-snip-
Based on comments about Oliver N'goma's music, it occurs to me that one feature of Afro-Zouk vocal music might be singing in traditional African languages and/or African Creole languages. Afro-Zouk singers might also combine these languages with French.
Also note this excerpt from a comment this embedded video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8LUQgbKz0 ; posted by Augusto pinheiro, júnior, 2017. This excerpt refers to Gabonese singer/composer Oliver N'goma's first album having "a Zouk-style beat":
"Then he [Gabonese singer Oliver N'goma] met Manu Lima, from Cabo Verde, in the north atlantic ocean, one of the best producers on the African show scene in Paris. Former leader of Cabo Verde Show, Manu had relaunched the careers of many great African artists, from Monique Séka to Pépé Kallé. He was interested by the tunes that Oliver brought him and agreed to work on his first record as artistic director. When the album - which included the song BANE - was finally released, it met with only modest critical acclaim at first.
BANE is one of the greatest hits of modern African music.
On the track, Manu Lima achieved a perfect balance between Africa’s rich melodic heritage and a Zouk-style beat that proved irresistible on the dance floor."...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Oliver Ngoma...ADIA
jennithony, Published on Apr 19, 2008
this is a nice african song,from Gabon, I love this song
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LYRICS FOR OLIVER NGOMA'S SONG "ADIA"
Each of these transcriptions are from the discussion thread for the sound file that is embedded in this post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8LUQgbKz0
Lyrics #1:
[posted by LOVESTAR HIGH, 2015]
Chérie
Vumissio wa murim'agu
Ni skia mune
Oh...Adia
murim'ami n'agu u li
Oh ...n'agu buandi
Ah
Nge ni va tsole
Ndzile ine
Ndzile i gulu
a ngeyu
mognu'ami
Bébé
tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
pour la vie
Florence
Ngambo bi biva u si
Murime ndzungu
Oh chéri
Ngambo yetu kue tu li
mo murim'agu
Ah....
Murime ufitse
Suze otima
we ma abaraga
mognu'ami
a ngeyu
nge buandi
U li mo
Murim'ami
Bébé
Ndzile ine
Ndzile i gulu
a ngeyu
mognu'ami
Bébé
tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
pour la vie
Ah... Yo yo yo
Bi uva lile Adia
Duniru duami
Ni va lile Bébé
Duniru a duagu
guagu veke Adia
Chérie Ah...Eh..
Ngulu wandi bébé
Florence...
u ya be lile mama
Chérie...
Uya du gabile
Florence
uya regembe wandi
Adia
Ngukuobu
Bébé
Ngeyu a minu
Bébé
Ka lembu
Biyogu
Biva bandissi
Bébé... Biyogu Musson-
gu... bébé ...
-snip-
Here's a comment exchange about the language that Oliver N'goma used for the song "Adia":
Jean Marie Bafouta, 2017
"Arsene Tchiama
Hello I would like to know Oliver Ngoma sang in what language of Gabon?
**
REPLY
Arsene Tchiama, 2017
"Jean marie Bafouta
bjr. Il chantait en Lumbu. une langue du Sud du Gabon. plus précisément une des 2 langues parlées à Mayumba. Mayumba qui était sa ville natale."
-snip-
bjr. He sang in Lumbu. a language of southern Gabon. more precisely one of the 2 languages spoken in Mayumba. Mayumba who was his hometown. "
In the same discussion thread another commenter, Marie Manomba wrote "it's gabonese and it's my dialect which is ypunu...if you reacts to the answer, i translate for you. best wishes!!!"
-snip-
I don't know if "ypunu" is a dialect of or another name for "Lumbu". I didn't see any translation from this commenter in that discussion thread as of the date of this blog post.
Also, note that Delcia Mwind, a commenter in the discussion thread for Oliver N'Goma's song "Bane" also indicated that "Lumbu" was the language that N'Goma used for that song.
-snip-
Oliver N'Goma also included the French words "Chérie" and "Bébé" in the song "Adia".
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Lyric #2 [English translation]
[posted by Arsene Tchiama, 2017]
Adia ( my love )
Calm your heart
I am not anymore in it
Oh... my love.
My heart is yours.
Oh... only to you
Ah...
It's you that i love
That road is a old road
It is you my life baby
You are mine
I am yours for life
Florence
Say me what you are doing
Pain in the heart
Oh darling
Say me how many are we
In your heart
Ah...
What a pain in the heart
Suzy Otima
It's to you i think
My life is you
Only you is in my heart
Baby
That road
It's a old road
It is you my life
Baby
You are mine
I am yours for life
Ah...yo yo yo
What are you crying
This body is yours
Only yours
Florence
Don't cry mama
Darling
Don't tremble
My love listen me
Baby
You are mine
Baby
Let the lamentations
Those make you lose weight
Baby... lamentations are source of diseases...Baby.
-snip-
For clarification purposes, according to several commenters, the word "Adia" means "my love". One commenter interpreted that word as "darling".
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Lyric #3: in French, posted by Arsene Tchiama, 2017]
chérie
Calme ton coeur
Je ne suis plus dedans
Oh...Amour
C'est avec toi que mon coeur est
Oh...avec toi seulement
Ah...
C'est toi que j'aime
Cette route là
C'est une vieille route
C'est toi mon amour
Bébé
Tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
Pour la vie
Florence
Dis moi ce qui te fait mal au coeur
Oh chéri
Dis moi combien sommes nous
Dans ton coeur
Ah...
j'ai le coeur noir
Suzy Otima
ne suis pas ca
Ma vie
C'est toi
Toi seule
Est dans mon coeur
Bébé
Cette voie
Est une vieille route
C'est toi
Ma vie
Bébé
Tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
Pour la vie
Ah...yo yo yo
Que pleures tu Amour
C'est mon corps que je pleure Bébé
Ce corps est tien
A toi uniquement
Chérie ah...eh...
Écoutes moi bébé
Florence. ...
Ne pleures plus maman
Chérie. ...
Ne le partage pas
Florence. ...
Ne paniques pas
Amour
Écoutes
Bébé
Toi c'est moi
Bébé
Donc arrêtes ces lamentations
Qui te font maigrir
Bébé. ..les lamentations sont source de maladies
Bébé ...
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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.
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This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series that showcases the song "Adia" performed by Gabonese (Central Africa) Afro-Zouk singer and composer Oliver N'Goma (also given as Oliver Ngoma; Oliver N'goma).
Part I of this series presents information about Gabon and information about Oliver N'Goma. Part I of this series also showcase a sound file of the song as well as three versions of this song's lyrics (in its original language from Gabon+ French; in English, and in French).
UPDATE: July 11, 2018- Part I also includes an excerpt about Afro-Zouk music.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-global-reach-of-gabonese-afro-zouk.html for Part II of this series. Part I showcases a sound file of Oliver N'Goma performing "Adia". Part I also presents selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread, with a particular focus on comments from a number of African nations as well as comments from some other nations worldwide.
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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 Oliver N'Goma for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. And thanks to the producer of this video and thanks to the publisher of this song file on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT OLIVER N'GOMA
Excerpt #1
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_N%2527Goma&prev=search [translated from French to English]
"Oliver N'goma , says Noli , born on March 23 , 1959 at Mayumba and died on June 7 , 2010 , is a Gabonese singer and guitarist of Afro - zouk
Biography
Oliver Ngoma was born in Mayumba, southwest Gabon, on March 23, 1959. His father, a harmonium player, introduced him to music at the age of eight.
In 1971 , his family left Mayumba for Libreville . Oliver studied accounting at the Technical High School in Libreville, where he became a guitarist for Capo Sound, the high school orchestra. Accounting studies do not excite him, Oliver prefers to devote himself to his two passions that are cinema and music. Thus, he will begin by collecting musical instruments, and tinkering a small home studio . In parallel, he is engaged as a cameraman by the second Gabonese television channel (RTG 2).
In 1988 , during an internship in Paris , he met Manu Lima , a director / producer of the African scene in Paris, ex-leader of Cabo Verde Show . Manu takes care of the artistic direction of Oliver's first album, BANE .
In 1990 , the album BANE where is included Bané , goes out without provoking a first outcry. But its constant broadcast on Africa No. 1 and RFI radios, is resumed in force in discotheques in France, as in Africa. Bané became a hit in 1990 throughout Africa and France. From the album BANE will be extracted tracks like Icole and Lusa , which will also know the success.
In 1995 , he released the album ADIA again in collaboration with Manu Lima. The album will be as successful as the first one.
In 2001 , he released his third album SEVA made without Manu Lima, which will have a mixed success.
In 2006 , he released his fourth album SAGA . On this occasion, he returns to the producer Manu Lima.
He died June 7, 2010 of a renal failure in the hospital of Libreville, Gabon 1 ."...
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Excerpt #2
From a comment this embedded video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8LUQgbKz0 ; posted by Augusto pinheiro, júnior, 2017
"This is Olivier N'Goma. A product of Capeverdean Music and Gabonese Music.
Oliver’s accountancy lessons did not interest him much. He preferred to concentrate on his two great passions: films and music. Beginning to collect musical instruments, he put together a little home studio and entertained secret hopes of becoming a professional musician. However, when an opportunity arose, it was in the shape of his other love, the camera. He went to work for Gabon’s second TV channel as a cameraman, travelling to Paris for training in 1988. During the long winter he spent in the French capital, Oliver worked on his home demos.
Then he met Manu Lima, from Cabo Verde, in the north atlantic ocean, one of the best producers on the African show scene in Paris. Former leader of Cabo Verde Show, Manu had relaunched the careers of many great African artists, from Monique Séka to Pépé Kallé. He was interested by the tunes that Oliver brought him and agreed to work on his first record as artistic director. When the album - which included the song BANE - was finally released, it met with only modest critical acclaim at first.
BANE is one of the greatest hits of modern African music.
On the track, Manu Lima achieved a perfect balance between Africa’s rich melodic heritage and a Zouk-style beat that proved irresistible on the dance floor.
Oliver refused to get carried away by this massive success, realising he would have to live up to his new status. As he calmly got back to work, he knew that his second album would come under close scrutiny on its release.
He continued his partnership with Manu Lima, with the same capeverdean ancestors of Cesária Évora, from Mindelo and the two started recording sessions together in the late summer of 1995. The album, ADIA, appeared in mid-December of the same year. Combining sophistication with a proliferation of beats, ADIA proved that Oliver was no one-hit wonder. In 2001, he made SÉVA without Manu Lima, but then got back together with the French-Cape Verdean producer whose skill had been so crucial in shaping his first 2 albums. The result, SAGA, was released in May 2006.
Manu’s trademark skills successfully pervade SAGA, which is primarily a dance record of African-style zouk. Apart from title track SAGA, the record includes several other excellent songs, such as NOLI, a kind of rumba-zouk with featured vocalists and Congolese guitars."
-snip-
"Noli" is Oliver Ngoma's nickname. It was created by combining the "N" in his last name "Ngoma" with the letters "oli" from his name "Oliver".
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INFORMATION ABOUT AFRO-ZOUK
UPDATE: July 12, 2018: Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/07/excerpts-about-zouk-music-from-1990.html for Part I of a pancocojams post entitled Excerpts About The Roots Of Zouk Music From The 1990 Book "African Rock: The Pop Music Of A Continent", Part I. The link for Part II is found in that post. Part II provides additional information about Kassav (band) as well as information about Zouk in Africa (up to 1987).
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There's very little information online that describes "Afro-Zouk", a genre (or sub-genre) of music which is much less often called "African Zouk".
Here's the complete Wikipedia article about Afro-Zouk which is translated to English from French. A small portion of this article served as the source for the English language translated Wikipedia article on this music genre:
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-zouk&prev=search
"The Afro-zouk
Styles | Origin: 1980
Zouk is a West Indian musical movement initiated in the late 1970s by the Kassav 'group, under the leadership of Pierre-Édouard Decimus and Jacob Desvarieux. It is immediately adopted in Guyana, in the Indian Ocean and in Africa where it is merged with national styles to give afro-zouk.
The text above is under a free license (CC-BY-SA)
Until the early 1980s, the zouk concrete or "chiré", an ephemeral style dancing alone, was fashionable. Very rhythmic and sung in Creole, zouk concrete is a fusion of gwo ka, biguine, calypso, cadence, compass and African rhythms. With the appearance of the band Kassav ', this musical genre disappears in the 1980s.
Having lived for a long time in Senegal where he frequented the capverdian milieu amateur of coladeira (popular musical genre in the archipelago), Jacob Desvarieux had the idea, with the members of the group, of creating a fusion between West Indian music (cadence, biguine, "Mas a sinjan" (mask of Saint-Jean), rhythm of the carnival), the Haitian compass and African sounds (coladeira, Cameroonian makossa brought by Mbida Douglas, one of the musicians of the group), with whirling guitar riffs Congolese soukouss and rock, salsa brass lines and funk keyboard notes.
The release in 1980 of Kassav's first album, "Love and Ka Dance", thus marks the birth of this new musical genre that immediately seduces the Afro-Caribbean community. But it is their title "Zouk The medikaman nou ni se se" which will largely contribute to the sustainability of the zouk. This new musical Caribbean is then adopted in Guyana.
Several derivatives will be derived from zouk: zouk love (very throbbing, slow genre), R & B-zouk, soul-zouk, rap-zouk, reggae-zouk, ragga-zouk.
In addition to the initiating group Kassav 'and its members who release solo albums (Jocelyne Béroard, the brothers Pierre-Édouard Georges Decimus, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Claude Naimrod, Patrick Saint-Eloi), several other formations and artists will report on the international scene in the 1980s / 1990s: Zouk Machine, Dédé Saint-Prix, the late Edith Lefel, Experience 7, Francky Vincent, Joëlle Ursull, Ralph Tamar, Ronald Rubinel, Tanya St-Val, Souskay ...
In Africa and the Indian Ocean it is merged with national styles, giving Kizomba, afro zouk, sega zouk, maloya zouk, comorian zouk, makossa / zouk, zouglou / zook, soukouss / zouk (soukou- zouk), coladeira / zouk (cola-zouk) ...
Among the following: Mpongo Love, Gadji Celi, Awa Maiga, Monique Seka, Oliver NGoma, Mathey, Africa Maestro, Galvao, Vivick, Yvon Paris, Stacy, Roger, Philippe Monteiro, Mobass, Elaisa, Roger Gobea, Pierrette Adams, Kaysha, Patience Dabany, Chantal Taïba, Kino, Jorge Neto, Chamsia Sagaf, Naima, Jerry, Don Kikas and many others ...
by Nago Seck July 14, 2008 - © Afrisson"
-snip-
Based on comments about Oliver N'goma's music, it occurs to me that one feature of Afro-Zouk vocal music might be singing in traditional African languages and/or African Creole languages. Afro-Zouk singers might also combine these languages with French.
Also note this excerpt from a comment this embedded video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8LUQgbKz0 ; posted by Augusto pinheiro, júnior, 2017. This excerpt refers to Gabonese singer/composer Oliver N'goma's first album having "a Zouk-style beat":
"Then he [Gabonese singer Oliver N'goma] met Manu Lima, from Cabo Verde, in the north atlantic ocean, one of the best producers on the African show scene in Paris. Former leader of Cabo Verde Show, Manu had relaunched the careers of many great African artists, from Monique Séka to Pépé Kallé. He was interested by the tunes that Oliver brought him and agreed to work on his first record as artistic director. When the album - which included the song BANE - was finally released, it met with only modest critical acclaim at first.
BANE is one of the greatest hits of modern African music.
On the track, Manu Lima achieved a perfect balance between Africa’s rich melodic heritage and a Zouk-style beat that proved irresistible on the dance floor."...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Oliver Ngoma...ADIA
jennithony, Published on Apr 19, 2008
this is a nice african song,from Gabon, I love this song
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LYRICS FOR OLIVER NGOMA'S SONG "ADIA"
Each of these transcriptions are from the discussion thread for the sound file that is embedded in this post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8LUQgbKz0
Lyrics #1:
[posted by LOVESTAR HIGH, 2015]
Chérie
Vumissio wa murim'agu
Ni skia mune
Oh...Adia
murim'ami n'agu u li
Oh ...n'agu buandi
Ah
Nge ni va tsole
Ndzile ine
Ndzile i gulu
a ngeyu
mognu'ami
Bébé
tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
pour la vie
Florence
Ngambo bi biva u si
Murime ndzungu
Oh chéri
Ngambo yetu kue tu li
mo murim'agu
Ah....
Murime ufitse
Suze otima
we ma abaraga
mognu'ami
a ngeyu
nge buandi
U li mo
Murim'ami
Bébé
Ndzile ine
Ndzile i gulu
a ngeyu
mognu'ami
Bébé
tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
pour la vie
Ah... Yo yo yo
Bi uva lile Adia
Duniru duami
Ni va lile Bébé
Duniru a duagu
guagu veke Adia
Chérie Ah...Eh..
Ngulu wandi bébé
Florence...
u ya be lile mama
Chérie...
Uya du gabile
Florence
uya regembe wandi
Adia
Ngukuobu
Bébé
Ngeyu a minu
Bébé
Ka lembu
Biyogu
Biva bandissi
Bébé... Biyogu Musson-
gu... bébé ...
-snip-
Here's a comment exchange about the language that Oliver N'goma used for the song "Adia":
Jean Marie Bafouta, 2017
"Arsene Tchiama
Hello I would like to know Oliver Ngoma sang in what language of Gabon?
**
REPLY
Arsene Tchiama, 2017
"Jean marie Bafouta
bjr. Il chantait en Lumbu. une langue du Sud du Gabon. plus précisément une des 2 langues parlées à Mayumba. Mayumba qui était sa ville natale."
-snip-
bjr. He sang in Lumbu. a language of southern Gabon. more precisely one of the 2 languages spoken in Mayumba. Mayumba who was his hometown. "
In the same discussion thread another commenter, Marie Manomba wrote "it's gabonese and it's my dialect which is ypunu...if you reacts to the answer, i translate for you. best wishes!!!"
-snip-
I don't know if "ypunu" is a dialect of or another name for "Lumbu". I didn't see any translation from this commenter in that discussion thread as of the date of this blog post.
Also, note that Delcia Mwind, a commenter in the discussion thread for Oliver N'Goma's song "Bane" also indicated that "Lumbu" was the language that N'Goma used for that song.
-snip-
Oliver N'Goma also included the French words "Chérie" and "Bébé" in the song "Adia".
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Lyric #2 [English translation]
[posted by Arsene Tchiama, 2017]
Adia ( my love )
Calm your heart
I am not anymore in it
Oh... my love.
My heart is yours.
Oh... only to you
Ah...
It's you that i love
That road is a old road
It is you my life baby
You are mine
I am yours for life
Florence
Say me what you are doing
Pain in the heart
Oh darling
Say me how many are we
In your heart
Ah...
What a pain in the heart
Suzy Otima
It's to you i think
My life is you
Only you is in my heart
Baby
That road
It's a old road
It is you my life
Baby
You are mine
I am yours for life
Ah...yo yo yo
What are you crying
This body is yours
Only yours
Florence
Don't cry mama
Darling
Don't tremble
My love listen me
Baby
You are mine
Baby
Let the lamentations
Those make you lose weight
Baby... lamentations are source of diseases...Baby.
-snip-
For clarification purposes, according to several commenters, the word "Adia" means "my love". One commenter interpreted that word as "darling".
****
Lyric #3: in French, posted by Arsene Tchiama, 2017]
chérie
Calme ton coeur
Je ne suis plus dedans
Oh...Amour
C'est avec toi que mon coeur est
Oh...avec toi seulement
Ah...
C'est toi que j'aime
Cette route là
C'est une vieille route
C'est toi mon amour
Bébé
Tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
Pour la vie
Florence
Dis moi ce qui te fait mal au coeur
Oh chéri
Dis moi combien sommes nous
Dans ton coeur
Ah...
j'ai le coeur noir
Suzy Otima
ne suis pas ca
Ma vie
C'est toi
Toi seule
Est dans mon coeur
Bébé
Cette voie
Est une vieille route
C'est toi
Ma vie
Bébé
Tu es à moi
Je suis à toi
Pour la vie
Ah...yo yo yo
Que pleures tu Amour
C'est mon corps que je pleure Bébé
Ce corps est tien
A toi uniquement
Chérie ah...eh...
Écoutes moi bébé
Florence. ...
Ne pleures plus maman
Chérie. ...
Ne le partage pas
Florence. ...
Ne paniques pas
Amour
Écoutes
Bébé
Toi c'est moi
Bébé
Donc arrêtes ces lamentations
Qui te font maigrir
Bébé. ..les lamentations sont source de maladies
Bébé ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
Videos Of Ikoku, A Traditional Central African Dance
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases six videos of the traditional Ikoku dance of Southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo (Congo/Brazzaville). Some information about this dance is included in this post along with brief notes about the Central African nations of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo and information about the Puna ethnic group.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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The Ikoku dance is traditional to the Puna ethnic group. That ethnic group is found in the Central Africa nations of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
Several of the videos embedded below indicate that they feature "ikoku and dimbu". My guess is that "dimbu" is another type of dance. Unfortunately, to date, I haven't found any information online in English about "dimbu". If anyone reading this post could add information about that dance, it would be appreciated.
INFORMATION ABOUT GABON
From http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/gabon.htm
"Gabon, a country at the Equator in West-Central Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean in west is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo
"The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo Republic,[5] West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUNU ETHNIC GROUP
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punu_people
"The Punu, or Bapunu (Bapounou), are a Bantu group of Central Africa and one of the four major peoples of Gabon, inhabiting interior mountain and grassland areas in the southwest of the country, around the upper N'Gounié and Nyanga Rivers. Bapunu also live in the Divenie, Kibangou, and Mossendjo districts of the Republic of the Congo. They are linguistically related to the Eshira."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE IKOKU DANCE
Here's information that I found online about the Ikoku dance. Additions and corrections are very welcome.
From https://sites.google.com/site/dancetherapyshistory/gabon "The Pharmacopoeia And Gesture Dance Of Yesterday And Today" by Jean Ondeno Rebieno, Author - Composer - Performer, Traditional therapist, Libreville, Gabon
..."The courtesans dances
In central Africa in general and in Gabon in particular, women's choreography should reflect its femininity and grace and typically the posterior portion thereof is widely and often put to use to magnify fertility, whereas for the man, power, agility and virility prevail...
Almost all of Gabon's ethnic groups have at least a courtesan dance, dance whose choreography performed by a person in the center of the circle and, after walking exhibition will invite an opposite sex person simulating a sex act .
Following the example of Mabumi (Massango) Ekunda (Myene), Malamu (Lumbu) Elone (Fang) Ikoku (Punu) etc .... these dances called courtesans can also have a ritual character (twins ceremony) in coarse songs which are often associated with choreography explaining them. They can be or be part of an initiation ritual, a ritual part of a funeral dance.
The choreography can take on the appearance of a provocative dance for a dance warrior or joy or profane dance.
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From http://www.academia.edu/2703762/On_Dancing_and_Fishing_Joy_and_the_Celebration_of_Fertility_Among_the_Punu_of_Congo-Brazzaville "On Dancing and Fishing: Joy and the Celebration of Fertility Among the Punu of Congo-Brazzaville" by Carine Plancke
October 28, 2010
..."In this article dealing with ikoku dancing among the rural Punu of south-western Congo-Brazzaville, the emotional experience of the dance is brought to the fore, along with the emphasis placed on this aspect by the Punu themselves. Indeed, joy is the concept used to account for the emergence of a dance event and to appraise its quality.1....
1.The transcription of the Yipunu language is based on Mabik-ma-Kombil (2001). I have,however, substituted the transcription -ny for ñ."
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
Example #1: ikokou
La muse, Uploaded on Nov 11, 2007
clip d ikoku y dimbu
-snip-
This video includes stilt dancing.
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Example #2: Gabon - Dibaku - Ikoku
Seka Moke, Uploaded on Aug 15, 2008
AFRICA FROM A-Z : GABON
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Example #3: IKOKU stanley koumba
bangando77, Uploaded on Mar 9, 2009
pour ceux qui sont loin du pays et qui souhaitent retrouver maman
la nostalgie du bled
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
for those who are far from home and want to find mom
nostalgia of corn
-snip-
A possible translation in Standard English - for those who are far from home and want to feel nostalgic about their home country
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Example #4: Gabon Ikoku
bangando77 Uploaded on Mar 27, 2009
Danse Ikoku du sud du Gabon. Regalez vous dans la culture gabonaise.
Dedicace aux exilés
-snip-
Google translate from French to English
Dance [from] Ikoku southern Gabon. Treat yourself [to] the Gabonese culture.
Dedicated to [Gabonese] exiles
-snip-
This video includes stilt dancing.
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Example #5: G45 (HEMYSON)
clark ogyama, Uploaded on Jan 29, 2010
Rythme Ikokou!!!!!!!!!!!
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Example #6: IKOKU Y DIMBU
Dolce Gaboma, Published on Mar 24, 2013.
-snip-
This video includes stilt dancing.
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases six videos of the traditional Ikoku dance of Southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo (Congo/Brazzaville). Some information about this dance is included in this post along with brief notes about the Central African nations of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo and information about the Puna ethnic group.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
****
The Ikoku dance is traditional to the Puna ethnic group. That ethnic group is found in the Central Africa nations of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
Several of the videos embedded below indicate that they feature "ikoku and dimbu". My guess is that "dimbu" is another type of dance. Unfortunately, to date, I haven't found any information online in English about "dimbu". If anyone reading this post could add information about that dance, it would be appreciated.
INFORMATION ABOUT GABON
From http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/gabon.htm
"Gabon, a country at the Equator in West-Central Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean in west is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo
"The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo Republic,[5] West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUNU ETHNIC GROUP
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punu_people
"The Punu, or Bapunu (Bapounou), are a Bantu group of Central Africa and one of the four major peoples of Gabon, inhabiting interior mountain and grassland areas in the southwest of the country, around the upper N'Gounié and Nyanga Rivers. Bapunu also live in the Divenie, Kibangou, and Mossendjo districts of the Republic of the Congo. They are linguistically related to the Eshira."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE IKOKU DANCE
Here's information that I found online about the Ikoku dance. Additions and corrections are very welcome.
From https://sites.google.com/site/dancetherapyshistory/gabon "The Pharmacopoeia And Gesture Dance Of Yesterday And Today" by Jean Ondeno Rebieno, Author - Composer - Performer, Traditional therapist, Libreville, Gabon
..."The courtesans dances
In central Africa in general and in Gabon in particular, women's choreography should reflect its femininity and grace and typically the posterior portion thereof is widely and often put to use to magnify fertility, whereas for the man, power, agility and virility prevail...
Almost all of Gabon's ethnic groups have at least a courtesan dance, dance whose choreography performed by a person in the center of the circle and, after walking exhibition will invite an opposite sex person simulating a sex act .
Following the example of Mabumi (Massango) Ekunda (Myene), Malamu (Lumbu) Elone (Fang) Ikoku (Punu) etc .... these dances called courtesans can also have a ritual character (twins ceremony) in coarse songs which are often associated with choreography explaining them. They can be or be part of an initiation ritual, a ritual part of a funeral dance.
The choreography can take on the appearance of a provocative dance for a dance warrior or joy or profane dance.
****
From http://www.academia.edu/2703762/On_Dancing_and_Fishing_Joy_and_the_Celebration_of_Fertility_Among_the_Punu_of_Congo-Brazzaville "On Dancing and Fishing: Joy and the Celebration of Fertility Among the Punu of Congo-Brazzaville" by Carine Plancke
October 28, 2010
..."In this article dealing with ikoku dancing among the rural Punu of south-western Congo-Brazzaville, the emotional experience of the dance is brought to the fore, along with the emphasis placed on this aspect by the Punu themselves. Indeed, joy is the concept used to account for the emergence of a dance event and to appraise its quality.1....
1.The transcription of the Yipunu language is based on Mabik-ma-Kombil (2001). I have,however, substituted the transcription -ny for ñ."
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
Example #1: ikokou
La muse, Uploaded on Nov 11, 2007
clip d ikoku y dimbu
-snip-
This video includes stilt dancing.
****
Example #2: Gabon - Dibaku - Ikoku
Seka Moke, Uploaded on Aug 15, 2008
AFRICA FROM A-Z : GABON
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Example #3: IKOKU stanley koumba
bangando77, Uploaded on Mar 9, 2009
pour ceux qui sont loin du pays et qui souhaitent retrouver maman
la nostalgie du bled
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
for those who are far from home and want to find mom
nostalgia of corn
-snip-
A possible translation in Standard English - for those who are far from home and want to feel nostalgic about their home country
****
Example #4: Gabon Ikoku
bangando77 Uploaded on Mar 27, 2009
Danse Ikoku du sud du Gabon. Regalez vous dans la culture gabonaise.
Dedicace aux exilés
-snip-
Google translate from French to English
Dance [from] Ikoku southern Gabon. Treat yourself [to] the Gabonese culture.
Dedicated to [Gabonese] exiles
-snip-
This video includes stilt dancing.
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Example #5: G45 (HEMYSON)
clark ogyama, Uploaded on Jan 29, 2010
Rythme Ikokou!!!!!!!!!!!
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Example #6: IKOKU Y DIMBU
Dolce Gaboma, Published on Mar 24, 2013.
-snip-
This video includes stilt dancing.
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Visitor comments are welcome.
Five Videos Of The Gabonese (Central African) Vocalist Patience Dabany
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases five videos of the Gabonese Pop/Soukous (Congolese Rumba) vocalist Patience Dabany. Information about the West-Central African nation of Gabon is also included in this post along with the information about Patience Dabany.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Patience Dabany for her musical legacy. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT GABON
From http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/gabon.htm
"Gabon, a country at the Equator in West-Central Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean in west is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo.
With an area of 267,668 km², the country is somewhat larger than the United Kingdom, or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Colorado.
Because of its oil and mineral reserves and a relatively small population, Gabon is one of Africa's wealthier nations, which is able to protect and preserve its pristine rain forests with a rich biodiversity. More than 10% of Gabon's area is protected parkland, there are 13 National Parks in the country, among them the forested coastal terrain of the Loango National Park, 'Africa's Last Eden' shelters a diversity of wildlife from gorillas and hippos to whales. Lopé National Park consists of mostly rainforest, but in in the north the park contains the last remnants of grass savannas. Akanda Park is known for its mangroves and tidal beaches. Highest mountain in Gabon is Mont Iboundji with 1,575 m."...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
"Gabon... officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and its population is estimated at 1.5 million people. Its capital and largest city is Libreville...
It is estimated that 80% of Gabon's population can speak French, and that 30% of Libreville residents are native speakers of the language. Nationally, 32% of the Gabonese people speak the Fang language as a mother tongue.[7]
Gabonese music is lesser-known in comparison with regional giants like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. The country boasts an array of folk styles, as well as pop stars like Patience Dabany and Annie Flore Batchiellilys, a Gabonese singer and renowned live performer. Also known are guitarists like Georges Oyendze, La Rose Mbadou and Sylvain Avara, and the singer Oliver N'Goma.
Imported rock and hip hop from the US and UK are popular in Gabon, as are rumba, makossa and soukous. Gabonese folk instruments include the obala, the ngombi, balafon and traditional drums."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT PATIENCE DABANY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_Dabany
"Patience Marie Josephine Kama Dabany (born 22 January 1944; member of the Order of Gabriela Silang), also known by the names Marie Joséphine Kama and Josephine Bongo, is a Gabonese singer and musician. Dabany served as the First Lady of Gabon from 1967 to 1988. For nearly 30 years she was married to Omar Bongo Ondimba, who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. After their divorce, she successfully pursued a career in music. She is the mother of the current President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba.
….In 1986 Joséphine and Albert Bongo divorced. Marie embarked on a career as a professional artist, under her new name, Patience Dabany. Her first album was Levekisha. Other albums followed such as Cheri Ton Disque Est Rayé, Associé, and Patience Dabany in 1994. In 1997, she released the album Nouvelle Attitude. The same year Dabany returned to her motherland and reestablished herself in Libreville. In 2001 she released Article 106. Her 2004 world music album Obomiyia allowed her to tour with James Brown in Europe. She recorded an album with Kounabeli in 2005; the song La Connaissance from this album was one of the anthems of her former husband (now using the name Omar Bongo Ondimba) used during the presidential campaign of 2005.
Patience Dabany collaborated with many artists such as El DeBarge, Tabu Ley Rochereau, and Tshala Muana...
She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of music in Los Angeles. She has composed music for feature films. Having performed at Paris Olympia in 2001,[1] Patience Dabany is one of the most prolific musical ambassadors of Gabon."...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
If you know what these songs mean, please add that information in the comment section. Thanks!
Example #1: C'est pour la vie - Patience Dabany [It is for the life]
sweetytruth, Uploaded on Feb 24, 2008
La diva de la musique gabonaise. la Mama ! La seule dont chaque gabonais aime au moins une chanson!
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
The diva of Gabonese music. Mama! The only one Gabonese love each at least one song!
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Example #2: Patience Dabany - Zain aya
schadrel Uploaded on Dec 30, 2008
Gabon culture et danse
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Example #3: Patience Dabany - Ewawa video
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schadrel Uploaded on Jun 29, 2009
Patience Dabany, Ewawa. La Mama chante Ewawa. C'est en fait une invitation à lap iste de danse.
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Example #4: Patience Dabany - On vous connait [We know you]
Bl@ck Pok€s, Uploaded on Sep 20, 2010
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Example #5: Patience Dabany : Onkira
MBILASUKU, Published on Sep 14, 2013
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post showcases five videos of the Gabonese Pop/Soukous (Congolese Rumba) vocalist Patience Dabany. Information about the West-Central African nation of Gabon is also included in this post along with the information about Patience Dabany.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Patience Dabany for her musical legacy. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
****
INFORMATION ABOUT GABON
From http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/gabon.htm
"Gabon, a country at the Equator in West-Central Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean in west is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo.
With an area of 267,668 km², the country is somewhat larger than the United Kingdom, or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Colorado.
Because of its oil and mineral reserves and a relatively small population, Gabon is one of Africa's wealthier nations, which is able to protect and preserve its pristine rain forests with a rich biodiversity. More than 10% of Gabon's area is protected parkland, there are 13 National Parks in the country, among them the forested coastal terrain of the Loango National Park, 'Africa's Last Eden' shelters a diversity of wildlife from gorillas and hippos to whales. Lopé National Park consists of mostly rainforest, but in in the north the park contains the last remnants of grass savannas. Akanda Park is known for its mangroves and tidal beaches. Highest mountain in Gabon is Mont Iboundji with 1,575 m."...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
"Gabon... officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and its population is estimated at 1.5 million people. Its capital and largest city is Libreville...
It is estimated that 80% of Gabon's population can speak French, and that 30% of Libreville residents are native speakers of the language. Nationally, 32% of the Gabonese people speak the Fang language as a mother tongue.[7]
Gabonese music is lesser-known in comparison with regional giants like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. The country boasts an array of folk styles, as well as pop stars like Patience Dabany and Annie Flore Batchiellilys, a Gabonese singer and renowned live performer. Also known are guitarists like Georges Oyendze, La Rose Mbadou and Sylvain Avara, and the singer Oliver N'Goma.
Imported rock and hip hop from the US and UK are popular in Gabon, as are rumba, makossa and soukous. Gabonese folk instruments include the obala, the ngombi, balafon and traditional drums."...
****
INFORMATION ABOUT PATIENCE DABANY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_Dabany
"Patience Marie Josephine Kama Dabany (born 22 January 1944; member of the Order of Gabriela Silang), also known by the names Marie Joséphine Kama and Josephine Bongo, is a Gabonese singer and musician. Dabany served as the First Lady of Gabon from 1967 to 1988. For nearly 30 years she was married to Omar Bongo Ondimba, who was President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009. After their divorce, she successfully pursued a career in music. She is the mother of the current President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba.
….In 1986 Joséphine and Albert Bongo divorced. Marie embarked on a career as a professional artist, under her new name, Patience Dabany. Her first album was Levekisha. Other albums followed such as Cheri Ton Disque Est Rayé, Associé, and Patience Dabany in 1994. In 1997, she released the album Nouvelle Attitude. The same year Dabany returned to her motherland and reestablished herself in Libreville. In 2001 she released Article 106. Her 2004 world music album Obomiyia allowed her to tour with James Brown in Europe. She recorded an album with Kounabeli in 2005; the song La Connaissance from this album was one of the anthems of her former husband (now using the name Omar Bongo Ondimba) used during the presidential campaign of 2005.
Patience Dabany collaborated with many artists such as El DeBarge, Tabu Ley Rochereau, and Tshala Muana...
She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of music in Los Angeles. She has composed music for feature films. Having performed at Paris Olympia in 2001,[1] Patience Dabany is one of the most prolific musical ambassadors of Gabon."...
****
SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
If you know what these songs mean, please add that information in the comment section. Thanks!
Example #1: C'est pour la vie - Patience Dabany [It is for the life]
sweetytruth, Uploaded on Feb 24, 2008
La diva de la musique gabonaise. la Mama ! La seule dont chaque gabonais aime au moins une chanson!
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
The diva of Gabonese music. Mama! The only one Gabonese love each at least one song!
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Example #2: Patience Dabany - Zain aya
schadrel Uploaded on Dec 30, 2008
Gabon culture et danse
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Example #3: Patience Dabany - Ewawa video
.
schadrel Uploaded on Jun 29, 2009
Patience Dabany, Ewawa. La Mama chante Ewawa. C'est en fait une invitation à lap iste de danse.
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Example #4: Patience Dabany - On vous connait [We know you]
Bl@ck Pok€s, Uploaded on Sep 20, 2010
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Example #5: Patience Dabany : Onkira
MBILASUKU, Published on Sep 14, 2013
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