Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents an exchange of comments about the meanings of the terms "Afro House Dance", "Afro Dance",and "Afrobeats" from the discussion thread of the 2019 YouTube video entitled "How To Dance Afro House from Angola/Portugal 🇵🇹🇦🇴 (Tutorial) | Chop Daily."
That video is also showcased in this post.
Several other online comments about these terms are also included in this post.
The Addendum to this post showcases a 2019 Afro Dance video featuring Congolese choreographer Petit Afro who is based in Holland.
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 quoted in this post. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the producers of these videos on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: How To Dance Afro House from Angola/Portugal 🇵🇹🇦🇴 (Tutorial) | Chop Daily
Chop Daily, May 29, 2019
Song used for tutorial is Dj Poco - Omunye Vs Mondengue
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COMMENTS ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE TERMS "AFRO HOUSE DANCING" AND "AFRO DANCING"
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7uHtgAxjgc&t=4s How To Dance Afro House from Angola/Portugal 🇵🇹🇦🇴 (Tutorial) | Chop Daily
Chop Daily, May 29, 2019
1. Tamar - Unique Tay, 2019
"Thank you. Love this. Finally house dance love it.
Can we be clear with where it is from and the origins, names and termologies. Just generally speaking on 'afro dance' styles. I love house and know this is Portuguese, angolan..."
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2. Andrew Ndambuki, 2019
"Should check out Limpopo Boyz....King of afro house dance....afrohouse is very footwork intense.....Naile walk, thuso phala dance etc.."
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3. Anthoniette Agyemang, 2019
"What's the difference between afro house and afro dance???"
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4. Alana Alberto, 2019
"Ngl im not too sure on the term Afro dance - it’s probably the general term for African dancing, usually the popular dance moves. AfroHouse is a genre and there’s certain dance moves you dance to it:"
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5. Elaine xo, 2019
"Anthoniette Agyemang Afro House is usually from central & southern africa (Angola/Congo/SA etc) Afro Dance/Beats is usually from western africa (Nigeria/Ghana etc)"
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6. Unique Movez Dance Collective, 2020
"House dance it self is part of the street dance family. House originating from Chicago. But afro house is typical Angolan and/or south African culture. Foot walk and lower half of the body
Afro dance is not a real term. Its just to identify dances of the African diaspora. But we must call the dance of its original name to be honest.
Hope this helps"
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7. Marggie Ponce, 2020
"Afrohouse has its own style, the dance to Afro House is called kuduro from Angola. Afro dance is a general term. Afrobeats is more commonly Nigeria/Ghana. There are many styles and I’m still learning myself but this is what I know so far lol"
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There is also a separate discussion in those comments about the video publisher's inclusion of Portugal in the title "How To Dance Afro House from Angola/Portugal." Here are a few of those comments:
1. Keren Ariana Mendes, 2019
"Loved your dance, but being from Angola 🇦🇴. I must tell, our afro beats and our dance have nothing to do with Portugal."
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2. Marggie Ponce, 2020
"Keren Ariana Mendes 💯💯💯"
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3. omalone11, 2020
"@Marggie Ponce it depends I mean what a out the producers?"
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4. Marggie Ponce, 2020
"omalone11 There are producers everywhere but its origin is not from Portugal and has nothing to do with Portugal. The music originated from South Africa and the dance from Angola"
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REPLY
5. omalone11, 2020
"@Marggie Ponce not to mention Fabio ? And how about Dj Telio? Unless mistaken he is based in Portugal...if that means anything"
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6. Marggie Ponce, 2020
"omalone11 I’m not one to speak for the culture but I’m just saying what I’ve learned from Afro House teachers. They never mention Portugal as it’s origination 🤷🏽♀️ I know there are producers from other countries but the origins are not from Portugal. If we’re talking about the scene itself right now in 2020 that’s different"
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7. Kizomba Fusion, 2020
"Kudurooooooooooooooo!!!! 😍"
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ADDITIONAL ONLINE EXCERPTS THAT MENTION "AFRO DANCE", "AFRO HOUSE DANCING", AND/OR "AFROBEATS".
(These excerpts are given in no particular order)
1. From http://socialdancecommunity.com/dance-afro-house/ BY RACHEL CASSANDRA "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AFRO HOUSE" [no date given]
"If you go to a big kizomba party or festival, at some point in the night there is sure to be an Afro House animation. The DJ changes the music to something upbeat and pulsating with energy. People line up facing the DJ booth or stage, then follow the moves of a leading artist. After a while another confident dancer may stride up to take over for a while or a different teacher may be pushed to the center. People copy the moves until they are too tired or sweaty or the DJ relents and brings it back to a semba or kizomba song.
Some people can’t wait for that point in the party. They find it revitalizes them. Other people roll their eyes, go check their phones, and maybe even call it a night if the set goes on longer than a few songs. I used to be one of them – but somehow in the past couple years I’ve become super excited about taking any African solo dance on offer at festivals.
I would attribute some of that shift to an amazing hour dancing Kuduro and Afro House behind an ever-smiling and tireless Paulo Cruz at the Hamburg Kizomba Gala in 2014....
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Introduction to African Dance
For most people in the kizomba scene, the Afro House set is how they first encountered any kind of solo African movement. For me it was Kuduro line-ups at big salsa parties. From Casablanca to Lyon to New York, the only time I saw Kuduro from 2010 to 2011 was as part of an animation or choreographed dance, usually performed to a Caribbean or Brazilian dance tune like Don Omar’s infamous “Danza Kuduro.” I assumed it was a recent Latin craze.
My first real encounter with Afro House was when my kizomba partner in 2012, Nelson Campos, insisted that we add some to our kizomba/semba show. I was very resistant to the idea. “Aren’t we supposed to be showcasing the dances we teach? I don’t know how to dance Afro House!”...
And it wasn’t because I hadn’t taken any classes. I did go to Afro House and Kuduro classes at festivals, but their purpose also seemed to be animation. The classes were a game of “Do what I do – if you can keep up!” and trying to memorize the choreography du jour. I spent so much time trying to remember the basic blocking and order of the moves I never got any better at the actual movement.
Fortunately, things seem to be changing. Increasingly festivals are offering not just a single Afro House or Kuduro class, but a range of classes that include other African dance styles. The quality of instruction has improved to include assessment of and adjustment to students’ needs. Most importantly, more and more people are beginning to recognize the dynamic freedom of these various dances. Like me, they’re coming to class wanting to learn more than they can from line-ups at parties.
An Incomplete Alphabet
In a single weekend this month at Hamburg’s Ginga Festival I got to do workshops in six solo African dances. Here they are in alphabetical order, to avoid any question of hierarchy: Afro House (mixed origins), Afrobeats (Nigeria), Azonto (Ghana), Coupé Décalé (Côte d’Ivoire), Kuduro (Angola), and Ndombolo (Congo). While there are certainly many others out there, I’d say these six are pretty representative of the offerings I’ve seen across festivals in the last two years.
When it comes to the kizomba scene, the most commonly taught solo dances are Kuduro and Afro House. Kuduro has been party music for decades in Angola. The dance is a bridge between traditional tribal dances and modern African movement. Kuduro translates into English as “hard ass,” and the energetic leaps, squats, kicks, and various isolations that characterize Kuduro absolutely deliver on that name.
Afro House comes from the intersection of South African music and house. The dance is popular across several African countries and therefore varies wildly. I’ve even heard people say that they dance “Angolan Afro House” or “Afro House from Congo.” In most festival workshops, there’s no real explanation of what defines Afro House, and our objective as attendees is simply to fit the mold presented to us. Personally I have seen elements of many other dances in Afro House."...
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This article includes several embedded videos.
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2.
From https://medium.com/the-dao-of-dance/my-beginners-journey-with-afro-dance-2968ca232ed0
My Beginner’s Journey with Afro Dance
Respecting and appreciating the diverse cultures and histories of the African continent through dance.
John Joseph Wong, Sep 18, 2019
"I love dancing.
Earlier this year, I started exploring a variety of popular dance styles that span the vast, beautiful continent of Africa. From Nigerian and Ghanaian Afro Fusion and Afro Pop, Congolese Ndombolo, Angolan Kuduro and Afro House, Ivorian Coupé-Décalé, to South African Gqom, and many more.
I fell in love with the emphasis on rhythm and syncopation found in many of these popular music and dance styles. There’s heart and soul embedded in every track.
The music grabbed my attention, but the dances kept me coming back for more.
I find that Afro dances often celebrate community. At the same time, these dances provide space for individuality, flavour and sauce. It’s not just about technical ability or skill — it’s about the energy you bring to the dance floor and the vibes you share."
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3.
From https://www.aileyextension.com/classes/afrodance-0
"Afro'Dance
Afro'Dance class is a mixture of the new generation of African influences and street dance. In the class, you will work on musicality heavily influenced by the rhythm and musical trends from The Congo, Ivory Coast, Angola, and beyond. Urban street styles are incorporated into the backdrop of this heavily African based technique"...
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4.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrobeats
"Afrobeats (not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing[1]), also known as Afro-pop, Afro-fusion (also styled as Afropop and Afrofusion), is an umbrella term for contemporary pop music made in West Africa and the diaspora[2][3] that initially developed in Nigeria, Ghana, and the UK in the 2000s and 2010s. Afrobeats is less of a style per se, and more of a descriptor for the fusion of sounds flowing out of Ghana and Nigeria. Genres such as hiplife, jùjú music, highlife and naija beats, among others, are often lumped under the 'afrobeats' umbrella.[4]"...
Characteristics
Afrobeats (with the s) is commonly conflated with and referred to as Afrobeat (without the s), however, these are two distinct and different sounds and are not the same.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Afrobeat is a genre that developed in the 1960s and 1970s, taking influences from Fuji music and Highlife, mixed in with American Jazz and Funk. Characteristics of afrobeat include big bands, long instrumental solos, and complex jazzy rhythms.[15][16] The name was coined by Nigerian afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.[17] Fela Kuti and his longtime partner, drummer Tony Allen, are credited for laying the groundwork for what would become afrobeats.[3][18][19][20][21]
This is in contrast to afrobeats, pioneered in the 2000s and 2010s. While afrobeats takes on influences from afrobeat, it is a diverse fusion of various different genres such as British house music, hiplife, hip hop, dancehall, soca, Jùjú music, highlife, R&B, Ndombolo, Naija beats, Azonto, and Palm-wine music.[22][9][10][23][2][12][24][25][4] Unlike Afrobeat, which is a clearly defined genre, afrobeats is more of an overarching term for contemporary West African pop music. The term was created in order to package these various sounds into a more easily accessible label, which were unfamiliar to the UK listeners where the term was first coined."...
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ADDENDUM: Petit Afro Presents - #PetitAfroChallenge || Afro Dance || Video By HRN
Petit Afro Official, Sep 1, 2018
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Five YouTube Videos Of Angola's Kuduro Dancing: 2009-2020 (with comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases five YouTube videos of the Angola's Kuduro dancing.
A few comments from three of these videos are included in this post.
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 and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Additional pancocojams post about Kuduro dancing can be found by clicking the "kuduro" tag below or entering kuduro dance "pancocojams" in a search engine such as Google search.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Dancing kuduro in the streets of Sambizanga
Akwaaba Music, Jul 10, 2009
Na Grelha, aka Estado Maior, lead singer of Os Lambas, turned up the volume of his friends car, hollered at a couple kids, and 10 seconds later live crazy kuduro dancing erupted, quickly turning into a sea of people gathered to watch the sick moves of 2 of Os Lambas' neighborhood bailarinos.
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.
1. camairgirl kmer, 2009
"kuduro de verdade e eu sou do sambizanga....."
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"real kuduro and I'm from sambizanga ..."
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2. Boogie Down Pampas, 2009
"I love how people of all ages come to watch and enjoy the dancing and not just the kids. :) There's no way it would be like that in europe."
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3. MrFufumann, 2010
"This is kuduro, original ghetto music out of Luanda Angola. This is like breakdance in the early days. Watch this blow up in the future, there are already some house- and electro-mixes of this style and they start playing kuduro in some clubs here in Switzerland. Forca Angola!"
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4. Cleber David, 2011
"Esse é kuduro verdadeiro que brota nas ruas de Luanda e não esse formato estilizado por Latino e companhia que a Globo nos empurra de goela abaixo."
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Google translate from Portuguese to English:
"This is true kuduro that grows on the streets of Luanda and not this format stylized by Latino and company that Globo pushes us down our throats."
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5. Mary Wong, 2012
"WHAT'S THIS SONG??????"
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REPLY
6. Kito Mc, 2013
"Title Dança Zema
singer Os Lambas"
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Example #2: kuduro Dance Thats the way its Done in Angola
manuel kanza Published on Dec 29, 2014
Thats how we do it !!
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.
1. 15kixot, 2015
"10/10 for the dance guys
Does anyone know the name of song they are dancing to?"
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REPLY
2. omalone11, 2017
15kixot it's called "fallin" by Kes
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3. Maria Inês Teixeira, 2018
"Adoro kuduro mas não é aquela parvoíce do “Danza Kuduro”, é este verdadeiro kuduro de Angola! Dança linda parece que estão a desafiar a gravidade :)"
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Google translate from Portuguese to English:
"I love kuduro but it’s not that “Danza Kuduro” nonsense, it’s this real kuduro from Angola! Beautiful dance looks like they are defying gravity :)"
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4. king caz, 2019
"Looks like dertoit jitting and chicago footwork"
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5. king caz, 2019
"Manzel brother we need to keep in touch. Im a dancer from Detroit and we have a similar dance"
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REPLY
6. manuel kanza, 2019
"That's awesome. We are in Angola fam."
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Example #3: Welcome to Angola kuduro music and dance
LEILAO. AO ANGOLA, Dec 11, 2019
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Example #4: Be Kuduro | Noite & Dia - Lhe Avança
BEKUDURO OFICIAL, Mar 23, 2018
Estreou no Be Kuduro o novo videoclipe da Noite & Dia, “Lhe Avança”.
Ritmo, cor, movimento e batida. Esta é a energia do Be Kuduro, um canal de música que espelha o pulsar de uma nação, através da sua manifestação musical e cultural mais autêntica e renovadora.
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Google translate from Portuguese to English:
The new video clip of Noite & Dia, “Lhe Avança” debuted at Be Kuduro.
Rhythm, color, movement and beat. This is the energy of Be Kuduro, a music channel that mirrors the pulse of a nation, through its most authentic and renewing musical and cultural manifestation.
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only. Comments are translated from Portuguese to English using Google translate:
1. yana marenseva, 2019
"Sou mocambicano! Tiro chapeu e me inclino perante este talento dos meus irmaos de angola."
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"I'm Mozambican! I take off my hat and bow to this talent from my brothers in Angola."
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2. Willian Farias, 2020
"Gostei muito da dança e o ritmo ,os angolanos são muito bom na dança ,abraço s do Brasil"
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"I really enjoyed the dance and the rhythm, Angolans are very good at dancing, hugs from Brazil"
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3. Eva Domingos Vivi, 2020
"Eu gosto muito dessa música é uma música muito boa 🤘😎😜"
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"I really like this song, it's a really good song 🤘😎😜"
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Example #5: Africa Dance Angola Nominated Best Kuduro Instructor | #manuelkanza Demo Video
manuel kanza, Premiered Apr 11, 2020
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Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post showcases five YouTube videos of the Angola's Kuduro dancing.
A few comments from three of these videos are included in this post.
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 and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Additional pancocojams post about Kuduro dancing can be found by clicking the "kuduro" tag below or entering kuduro dance "pancocojams" in a search engine such as Google search.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Dancing kuduro in the streets of Sambizanga
Akwaaba Music, Jul 10, 2009
Na Grelha, aka Estado Maior, lead singer of Os Lambas, turned up the volume of his friends car, hollered at a couple kids, and 10 seconds later live crazy kuduro dancing erupted, quickly turning into a sea of people gathered to watch the sick moves of 2 of Os Lambas' neighborhood bailarinos.
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.
1. camairgirl kmer, 2009
"kuduro de verdade e eu sou do sambizanga....."
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"real kuduro and I'm from sambizanga ..."
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2. Boogie Down Pampas, 2009
"I love how people of all ages come to watch and enjoy the dancing and not just the kids. :) There's no way it would be like that in europe."
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3. MrFufumann, 2010
"This is kuduro, original ghetto music out of Luanda Angola. This is like breakdance in the early days. Watch this blow up in the future, there are already some house- and electro-mixes of this style and they start playing kuduro in some clubs here in Switzerland. Forca Angola!"
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4. Cleber David, 2011
"Esse é kuduro verdadeiro que brota nas ruas de Luanda e não esse formato estilizado por Latino e companhia que a Globo nos empurra de goela abaixo."
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Google translate from Portuguese to English:
"This is true kuduro that grows on the streets of Luanda and not this format stylized by Latino and company that Globo pushes us down our throats."
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5. Mary Wong, 2012
"WHAT'S THIS SONG??????"
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REPLY
6. Kito Mc, 2013
"Title Dança Zema
singer Os Lambas"
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Example #2: kuduro Dance Thats the way its Done in Angola
manuel kanza Published on Dec 29, 2014
Thats how we do it !!
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.
1. 15kixot, 2015
"10/10 for the dance guys
Does anyone know the name of song they are dancing to?"
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REPLY
2. omalone11, 2017
15kixot it's called "fallin" by Kes
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3. Maria Inês Teixeira, 2018
"Adoro kuduro mas não é aquela parvoíce do “Danza Kuduro”, é este verdadeiro kuduro de Angola! Dança linda parece que estão a desafiar a gravidade :)"
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Google translate from Portuguese to English:
"I love kuduro but it’s not that “Danza Kuduro” nonsense, it’s this real kuduro from Angola! Beautiful dance looks like they are defying gravity :)"
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4. king caz, 2019
"Looks like dertoit jitting and chicago footwork"
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5. king caz, 2019
"Manzel brother we need to keep in touch. Im a dancer from Detroit and we have a similar dance"
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REPLY
6. manuel kanza, 2019
"That's awesome. We are in Angola fam."
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Example #3: Welcome to Angola kuduro music and dance
LEILAO. AO ANGOLA, Dec 11, 2019
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Example #4: Be Kuduro | Noite & Dia - Lhe Avança
BEKUDURO OFICIAL, Mar 23, 2018
Estreou no Be Kuduro o novo videoclipe da Noite & Dia, “Lhe Avança”.
Ritmo, cor, movimento e batida. Esta é a energia do Be Kuduro, um canal de música que espelha o pulsar de uma nação, através da sua manifestação musical e cultural mais autêntica e renovadora.
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Google translate from Portuguese to English:
The new video clip of Noite & Dia, “Lhe Avança” debuted at Be Kuduro.
Rhythm, color, movement and beat. This is the energy of Be Kuduro, a music channel that mirrors the pulse of a nation, through its most authentic and renewing musical and cultural manifestation.
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only. Comments are translated from Portuguese to English using Google translate:
1. yana marenseva, 2019
"Sou mocambicano! Tiro chapeu e me inclino perante este talento dos meus irmaos de angola."
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"I'm Mozambican! I take off my hat and bow to this talent from my brothers in Angola."
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2. Willian Farias, 2020
"Gostei muito da dança e o ritmo ,os angolanos são muito bom na dança ,abraço s do Brasil"
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"I really enjoyed the dance and the rhythm, Angolans are very good at dancing, hugs from Brazil"
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3. Eva Domingos Vivi, 2020
"Eu gosto muito dessa música é uma música muito boa 🤘😎😜"
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"I really like this song, it's a really good song 🤘😎😜"
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Example #5: Africa Dance Angola Nominated Best Kuduro Instructor | #manuelkanza Demo Video
manuel kanza, Premiered Apr 11, 2020
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Friday, April 26, 2019
(Ugandan children's dance group) Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" Video (with comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents information about the Ugandan, East African children's dance group Masaka Kids (formerly known as Masaka Boys) and showcases their 2016 YouTube video "Viva Africa" ("Long Live Africa).
This post also includes a general overview about "nation signing in" comments and documents some examples of that category of comments and a few other comments from the discussion thread for Masaka Boys' "Viva Africa" video.
A list of nations that these commenters represent is also included in this post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the Masaka Boys for this video. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT MASAKA KIDS
Excerpt #1:
From https://www.masakakidsafricana.com/about
"The Masaka Kids Africana is composed of African children, from the age of 2 and up. Many have lost one or both parents through the devastation of war, famine and disease. They represent all the children of a continent and they demonstrate the potential of African children to become strong leaders for a better future in their land.
The children melt the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles and delightful African tunes, accompanied by vibrant dance moves. Nearly every performance is concluded with a thunderous standing ovation. A marvelous by-product of the concert is the inspiration the music brings to virtually every listener. In spite of the tragedy that has marred their young lives, the children are radiant with hope, musically gifted and wonderfully entertaining.
We rely on the generosity of our extended family — people like you — so we can educate, feed, clothe and support all of our children. Every dollar we save from our performance is also a dollar earned for the continued care of our kids. Our music and dance troupe children will soon begin training again during their school term breaks and over select weekends. Show your support of music and advocacy – it’s so easy to do."
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Excerpt #2
From https://face2faceafrica.com/article/masaka-kids-africana
"The popular Ugandan Masaka Kids Africana dance group is making headlines once again with a new dance video for the song “Movie Star” by Mi Casa, featuring Eddy Kenzo.
In front of a house, a medley of about six youths dance and sing along to “Movie Star” while the other youths in the frame play football with a coconut.
Similar to Uganda’s popular Ghetto Kids, Masaka Kids Africana — most of which appear to be between the ages of 3 and 9 years old — display their dancing skills for the world to see while their unfazed jajas (or grandmothers) look on in their traditional busutis (traditional dress)."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Masaka Boys Dancing Viva Africa
Eddy Kenzo, Published on Mar 17, 2016
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Masaka is a large town in the Central Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The headquarters of the Masaka District are in the town.[2]
"Masaka Boys" later changed its name to "Masaka Kids" perhaps, in part, because of comments asking why that group was named "Masaka Boys" when it included girls.
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Statistics as of April 26, 2019 5:53 PM:
total views - 3,756,450
total likes - 26,000
total dislikes - 1,100
total comments - 1,736
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Here's some information about Eddy Kenzo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Kenzo
"Edrisa Musuuza, known professionally by his stage name Eddy Kenzo, is a Ugandan artist best known for his 2014 song "Sitya Loss".
Kenzo was born in Masaka, a town in the central region of Uganda."
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Read more about Eddy Kenzo in that Wikipedia article.
The "Ghetto Kids" are a Ugandan dance group that achieved popularity by dancing to Eddy Kenzo's music. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/ghetto-kids-problematic-name-for.html for a pancocojams post about this children's dance group.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT "NATION SIGNING IN" COMMENTS
It wasn't until April 2019 that I really became aware of the YouTube discussion thread commenting custom that I refer to as "nation signing in".
"Nation signing in" (nsi) occurs when a person writes his or her nation's name, country code top-level domain [initials], country [telephone] code (iso) etc. in a discussion thread for a YouTube music video with or without any other text or emojis (small digital images or icons).
"Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genre/s by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer.
Many nation signing in comments consist total or in part of "love, from [nation's name]. However, some comments in this wide category include historical, socio-cultural (including political, and racial/racist comments), and/or educational information and comments about the commenter's nation, region, or ethnic group and more.
Also, a number of nation signing in comments result in other commenters from that nation or from other nations to reply to what was written and/or to (also) share their nation's name.
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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NATIONS REPRESENTED BY COMMENTERS
Here's an alphabetical list of nations or regions such as "North Africa" and "the Caribbean") that are represented by one or more commenters in the discussion thread for the Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" video (as of the date of this publication)
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Asia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Cameroons
the Caribbean
Chad
China
Columbia
Comoros Islands
Costa Rica
Eritrea
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Haiti
Holland
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
The Philippines
Russia
Senegal
Somalia
South Sudan
Spain
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
United States
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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I apologize if I inadvertently failed to include any nation or region in this list that was represented in the discussion thread for this embedded video.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation of selected comments from the discussion thread for the YouTube video by Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" [embedded above].
The examples that I selected for this pancocojams compilation aren't all of the roll-call comment that are found in this video's discussion thread as of the date and time of the publication of this post.
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of those types of comments in that entire discussion thread. Some nations are represented by more than one comment in this compilation.
2016
1. dtk100000
"I am a caribbean man and although our music has an african foundation I got really turned on to african music about a year ago and i must say some of the freshest music i'm hearing out there comes from africa. As for the dancing i categorically state and no one dances like the africans. I really is a joy to watch these kids dance. Great song too."
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REPLY
2. bibolcs, 2017
"We call it "Champeta" in the cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena in Colombia South America passing by also for Haiti Island where they say "Champe", thanks 4 upload this beautifull video, "Viva Mama Africa", God bless those Kids, God bless Africa..¡ Hahahahahahahaha Greetings to everyone from United States of America."
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3. BigVik
"You can take everything away from us but you can never take HAPPINESS way from us...Africa My Africa... Africa My Pride, Africa My Motherland... Africa My Home....The Great Land Of The Ancestral Savanna....Hey, fellow Africa brothers and sisters out there, i really don't know what AFRICA means to you, but to me, it means EVERYTHING.....VIVA AFRICA.."
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2017
4. Patrick Lubin
"Im Haitian.... But im so proud that i come from Africa. Haiti little Africa"
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5. teotonio Marcelino
"Never give up you are in the right way...i am from mozambique and we love so much your songs..peace"
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6. Mad World Leaders
"Love You My Africa looking forward for a United Africa for more Peace Love and Equality. From Ethiopia."
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REPLY
7. Godfrey Kaumba, 2018
"Kk Nn I love Ethiopia and br send I nice photos and pages of our history, am concerned rasta in Zambia Mumbwa boma"
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REPLY
8. Rich Sayed, 2018
"I'm looking forward to as well...U are not alone...I'm from Liberia n desperately looking forward to d day when Africa will un-shelve d ripen pearls of Western dominance....."
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REPLY
9. traore abdulramzy, 2019
"Rasta tafari"
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10. Lucy Smith Vegas Castillo
"Viva África! !!!vivan los niños,viva su cultura,cuanto talento, el ritmo lo lleban en su sangre mulata..saludos y mas grande admiración de Perú! !!!"
-snip-
Google translate from Spanish to English
"Vive Africa! !!! live the children, live their culture, talent, the rhythm they bring in their mulatto blood..saludos and greater admiration of Peru! !!!"
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11. Le Quan
"amazing !!! i'm from vietnam"
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12. Ashutosh Gupta
"I am Indian... But I love Africa
Vivaaaaa affffriiiicaaaaaaa"
**
13. Ngamting Yanlem
"Love from Asian...Love you Africa. You guys are awesome."
**
14. DJ shafie somali Fan's
"east Africa I came from somalia viva africa"
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15. Mohamed Tetuan
"viva Africa from morroco"
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REPLY
16. Yacine Bouziane, 2019
"Viva Africa from your neighbour. Algerian. (Vive. Imazighen)"
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REPLY
17. Rezene Ftwi, 2019
"Africa only for black people u look like Asian also u know what to do
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REPLY
18. Yacine Bouziane, 2019
"@Rezene Ftwi befor you opening your mouth. Study the history of north Africa. So you will find great civilization. Called. Amazigh. ( Berber). I'm a mong those ppl I'm amazigh Berber. I give you an example. Like zidane is originally. From my country. Algeria. Is not Arab. He said this already. So brother. We are Africans look. To Algeria. Morroco. Tunisia. Until Egypt. They re African they weren't Arabs there's no difference between us. Black or white."
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19. Sally Bradley
"You all rock--USA-FLORIDA/WEST COAST"
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20. Weldon Maddan
"Striking similarity between Jamaican Dancehall dancing and these dance moves. You see elements in Samba, Hip Hop across the African diaspora etc. but very strongest in dancehall -- maybe because of less European influence and the predominance of blacks in Jamaica relative to Cuba, Brazil, USA etc."
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21. Mhd mahafidhou
"I am Comoros island of Africa"
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22. Bashir Mugoya
"Viva Uganda,Kenya,TZ,Somalia,Morocco,Lybia,Egypt,Liberia,Ghana,Gbout,Sudan,Tunisia,Algeria,Zambia,Zimbabwe,Ivory Coast,Togo,Congo,Mali,Nigeria and many others...Viva Africa is our PRIDE"
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TZ= Tanzania
Some of these nations are given in the alphabetical list found above because I didn't read any individual comment from a person representing those nation.
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REPLY
23. كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا
"Bashir Mugoya No need for Morocco, Libya and Egypt we know they’re Arab invaders... Ancient Egyptians are now called Sudanese"
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REPLY
24. Villano.
"@كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا nop se african"
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Google translate from Arabic to English
@ Kush our race and Egypt our land Nubia kings of the world
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REPLY
25. Yacine Bouziane
"@كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا we are amazigh. African. We are not arabs [profanity deleted]"
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Google translate from Arabic to English
"@ Kush our race and Egypt our land Nubia kings of the world"
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REPLY
26. Yacine Bouziane
"Thank you. Brother. Viva Africa. From algeria"
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27. Hassan As
"viva Africa from senegal"
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28. LIMMIE DICKENS
"AM FROM RUSSIA. AM RUSSIAN I HAVE BLACK HUSBAND.. I LOVE AFRICA I LOVE BE WITH BLACK PEAPLE I LOVE YOU ALL... GOD BLESS .. YOU ARE THE BEST"
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REPLY
29. Terry Cherono, 2018
"LIMMIE DICKENS ur welcome to Africa.karibu Kenya"
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REPLY
30. Neo Kaidu, 2018
"Long live russia"
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REPLY
31. mejury shiri, 2018
"Love you too💓💓"
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REPLY
32. Alex pesto Fornite, 2018
"U guys like germany its a cool place"
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REPLY
33. Kadar HASan, 2018
"lIMMIE DICKENS WE LOVE YOU TOO, TAKE CARE OF OUR BLACK BROTHER, RUSSIA IS VERY COLD hhhh"
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REPLY
34. NKS 20, 2018
"Africa loves you too! Viva Russia.
Greetings from Mozambique 🇲🇿❤"
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REPLY
35. paris yally, 2019
"Hi
LIMMIE DICKENS
We love you and your family back!! take care of yourself and your family very well,"
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36. David Mwangi, 2019
"Limmie Dickens.we love u more.much love from kenya"
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For the record, it seemed to me that there were more comments in this discussion thread from Kenya than from any other African nation.
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2018
37. william Amstrong
"Big up ,Youssou ndour,am from Sénégal"
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38. Alpacino Garcon
"I'm haitian, that's mean Africa is my Roots."
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39. eL Kaffa
"LOVE FROM INDONESIA COUNTRY"
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40. GoodLoco
"Viva africa viva morocco"
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41. easysueburs
"I've always loved Africa. Straight outta the USA. Love you guys."
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42. JAIRO PEREZ
"Viva Africa!! From Los Angeles ❤️👌🏽love you guys one love"
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43. Rachel Villarim
"You guys are amazing!! Much love from Brasil ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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44. OG ABDI
"Viva Africa From Horn Of Africa Somalia.
One Love Africa❤️❤️ Am Proud to be African❤️💯❤️❤️"
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45. Kate Okunbor
"From great country Nigeria. I am a proud African everyday and always."
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46. صهيب احمد
"Mama Africa
From sudan hundred percent african"
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47. Roman Torres
"From mexican to Africa brothers and sisters"
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48. كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا
"Viva Africa from Sudan 🇸🇩 😍🖐"
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49. ganas437
"Love from an African in China!😘😘"
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50. A K
"That baby girl has a swag 😗. Namaskara from South India"
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51. Mileydis Alvares
"definitavemente que viva africa!!! aca desde Panamá"
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52. ZIM FLAVOUR
"Viva AFRICA strait outer ZIMBABWE"
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53. Yoi21dan Valendri
"Viva África from Buenaventura-colombia={ ī ❤Being black}"
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54. bhuwan sharma
"Uganda 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"
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55. Abdikariim Mohamed
"ViVa Africa ❤ from Somaliland."
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56. kpop cute s
"This song is my favourite. ...i am from Nepal....😍😍😍"
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57. baba lin
"Mi home land Gambia"
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58. Viviane Marcellin
"I love AFRIK
From MADAGASCAR
😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘"
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59. Dimisa MIXES
"Amazing 😍
Im from nord africa
Algeria 💚
Ïn love with our country ughnda"
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2019
60. Kigozi Edward
"Ugandans where are you
me I'm here 2019."
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61. Andrea Barnes
"Love ,love Africa. One luv from Jamaica. These children dance beautiful. The moves are out of this world. Happy children. This is the real thing. Love you all. ☺☺☺☺☺❤💛💚❤💛💚❤💛"
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62. mehedi hassan
"hi i am Bangladeshi
.i love your videos...love African.."
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63. SHARON S
"Love from INDIA💓 you guys are simply amazing 💓soo much love to you💓 God bless"
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64. Rita tacón
"Eternamente agradecida a Africa,pues fruto de nuestro amor( él mozambiqueño y yo de Burgos(España)) nació nuestro hijo Maravilloso. Viva África"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"Eternally grateful to Africa, as the fruit of our love (he from Mozambique and I from Burgos (Spain)) our wonderful son was born. Live Africa"
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65. Abdihamid Dahir
"From uganda viva africa."
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66. ምኩሕ ብድንግል ማርያም Kerenawi
"Proud to be African 🤗
Africa mother of happiness💛
Much love from Eritrea⚡"
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67. Akram Boudrioua
"I love my great Africa
Great nation great continent
From the largest country of Africa DZ DZ"
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From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dz
".dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from Dzayer, the local name for Algeria)"
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68. MD DELOAR dengarage boy
"Woow
I'm From Bangladesh 🤗"
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69. Diaby Diab
"viva africa form mali i love my africa la terre des mes enceitres"
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Google translate from French to English
"the land of my speakers".
Another suggested Google translation "ancestres" instead of "enceitres"- "the land of my ancestors".
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70. Sam tizon
"Wow! I loved it! Viva Africa! Love from The Philippines! 🇵🇭 ❤"
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71. Fazal Ndeche
"Viva Africa!!! Viva The African Child!!! WIth Love from your Kenyan Brother.... listening and watching from Kandahar, Afghanistan. One Africa, One People. Love you All."
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72. Horácio Mabuleza
"Viva África from Mozambique 🇲🇿"
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73. Muhammad Nur
"From chad viva africa"
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74. 2PAC MALIEN
"Viva Maman Africa
Viva Mali Bamako"
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75. adama Jallow
"Love from Gambia🇬🇲🇺🇬"
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76. Waan
"Love from half asian half african I LOVE YOU ANGOLA"
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77. Panzo Gonga
"Viva afrika, viva kuduro made in Angola 🇦🇴... je t’adore l’Afrique je t’adore l’Angola 🇦🇴"
-snip-
Google translate from French to English
"I adore you Africa I adore you Angola 🇦🇴"
-snip-
"Kuduro" is the type of dancing that is performed in this video.
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78. Kidane Teklesenbet
"Viva Eritrea 🇪🇷 and viva all of Africa"
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79. ethioGo tube
"Viva etiopia and ertria wz africa"
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80. Buchraia Emhamed Salec
"Viva toda África, viva Western Sáhara, viva Algeria"
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81. Arjun Chkrabortyyy
"I just love it...❤❤❤Africa
I m from India . 😊
But..i like African pepol and love you ......aswome song😊😊😊"
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82. Daniella Extrella
"From Cameroon viva Africa"
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83. tut peter gatluak
"I'm from south 🇸🇸"
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I think this commenter is reppin South Sudan.
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84. EA sweet
"Talented kids ❤ love from kuwait"
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85. Hashim Said
"Welcome to tanzania we love you too we are the world"
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86. Loveness Mfinanga
"Viva Africa i come from Tanzania"
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87. Senay Tium
"when I hear viva Africa I feel like Africa is a single nation !!!!!! but why our leaders are evils .....From ETHIOPIA"
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88. Samiullah Alihaider
"Beautiful dance love from Pakistan.."
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89. Rodrigo Sahagun
"Viva Africa, a brother from Mexico."
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90. mark Ghale
"Hey... IAM from Nepal..and we love African dance and as well as African people 🙂🙂🙂🙂"
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91. Maribel Zeledon
"Viva africa desde costarica bella musica y baile"
-snip-
Google translate from Spanish to English
"Viva Africa, I'm from Costa Rica beautiful music and dance"
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92. Bostonly Mukhim
"I am from India n i love Africa girl because my wife also she is from Africa only."
-snip-
I added multiple examples of comments from India because it seemed to me that there were more comments from India than from any other nation outside of Africa.
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93. Neusa Reis Batista
"Sou brasileira,mais sou africana de coração!"
-snip-
Google translation from Portuguese to English
"I'm Brazilian, but I'm African at heart!"
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post presents information about the Ugandan, East African children's dance group Masaka Kids (formerly known as Masaka Boys) and showcases their 2016 YouTube video "Viva Africa" ("Long Live Africa).
This post also includes a general overview about "nation signing in" comments and documents some examples of that category of comments and a few other comments from the discussion thread for Masaka Boys' "Viva Africa" video.
A list of nations that these commenters represent is also included in this post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the Masaka Boys for this video. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT MASAKA KIDS
Excerpt #1:
From https://www.masakakidsafricana.com/about
"The Masaka Kids Africana is composed of African children, from the age of 2 and up. Many have lost one or both parents through the devastation of war, famine and disease. They represent all the children of a continent and they demonstrate the potential of African children to become strong leaders for a better future in their land.
The children melt the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles and delightful African tunes, accompanied by vibrant dance moves. Nearly every performance is concluded with a thunderous standing ovation. A marvelous by-product of the concert is the inspiration the music brings to virtually every listener. In spite of the tragedy that has marred their young lives, the children are radiant with hope, musically gifted and wonderfully entertaining.
We rely on the generosity of our extended family — people like you — so we can educate, feed, clothe and support all of our children. Every dollar we save from our performance is also a dollar earned for the continued care of our kids. Our music and dance troupe children will soon begin training again during their school term breaks and over select weekends. Show your support of music and advocacy – it’s so easy to do."
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Excerpt #2
From https://face2faceafrica.com/article/masaka-kids-africana
"The popular Ugandan Masaka Kids Africana dance group is making headlines once again with a new dance video for the song “Movie Star” by Mi Casa, featuring Eddy Kenzo.
In front of a house, a medley of about six youths dance and sing along to “Movie Star” while the other youths in the frame play football with a coconut.
Similar to Uganda’s popular Ghetto Kids, Masaka Kids Africana — most of which appear to be between the ages of 3 and 9 years old — display their dancing skills for the world to see while their unfazed jajas (or grandmothers) look on in their traditional busutis (traditional dress)."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Masaka Boys Dancing Viva Africa
Eddy Kenzo, Published on Mar 17, 2016
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Masaka is a large town in the Central Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The headquarters of the Masaka District are in the town.[2]
"Masaka Boys" later changed its name to "Masaka Kids" perhaps, in part, because of comments asking why that group was named "Masaka Boys" when it included girls.
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Statistics as of April 26, 2019 5:53 PM:
total views - 3,756,450
total likes - 26,000
total dislikes - 1,100
total comments - 1,736
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Here's some information about Eddy Kenzo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Kenzo
"Edrisa Musuuza, known professionally by his stage name Eddy Kenzo, is a Ugandan artist best known for his 2014 song "Sitya Loss".
Kenzo was born in Masaka, a town in the central region of Uganda."
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Read more about Eddy Kenzo in that Wikipedia article.
The "Ghetto Kids" are a Ugandan dance group that achieved popularity by dancing to Eddy Kenzo's music. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/ghetto-kids-problematic-name-for.html for a pancocojams post about this children's dance group.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT "NATION SIGNING IN" COMMENTS
It wasn't until April 2019 that I really became aware of the YouTube discussion thread commenting custom that I refer to as "nation signing in".
"Nation signing in" (nsi) occurs when a person writes his or her nation's name, country code top-level domain [initials], country [telephone] code (iso) etc. in a discussion thread for a YouTube music video with or without any other text or emojis (small digital images or icons).
"Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genre/s by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer.
Many nation signing in comments consist total or in part of "love, from [nation's name]. However, some comments in this wide category include historical, socio-cultural (including political, and racial/racist comments), and/or educational information and comments about the commenter's nation, region, or ethnic group and more.
Also, a number of nation signing in comments result in other commenters from that nation or from other nations to reply to what was written and/or to (also) share their nation's name.
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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NATIONS REPRESENTED BY COMMENTERS
Here's an alphabetical list of nations or regions such as "North Africa" and "the Caribbean") that are represented by one or more commenters in the discussion thread for the Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" video (as of the date of this publication)
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Asia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Cameroons
the Caribbean
Chad
China
Columbia
Comoros Islands
Costa Rica
Eritrea
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Haiti
Holland
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
The Philippines
Russia
Senegal
Somalia
South Sudan
Spain
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
United States
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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I apologize if I inadvertently failed to include any nation or region in this list that was represented in the discussion thread for this embedded video.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation of selected comments from the discussion thread for the YouTube video by Masaka Boys - "Viva Africa" [embedded above].
The examples that I selected for this pancocojams compilation aren't all of the roll-call comment that are found in this video's discussion thread as of the date and time of the publication of this post.
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of those types of comments in that entire discussion thread. Some nations are represented by more than one comment in this compilation.
2016
1. dtk100000
"I am a caribbean man and although our music has an african foundation I got really turned on to african music about a year ago and i must say some of the freshest music i'm hearing out there comes from africa. As for the dancing i categorically state and no one dances like the africans. I really is a joy to watch these kids dance. Great song too."
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REPLY
2. bibolcs, 2017
"We call it "Champeta" in the cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena in Colombia South America passing by also for Haiti Island where they say "Champe", thanks 4 upload this beautifull video, "Viva Mama Africa", God bless those Kids, God bless Africa..¡ Hahahahahahahaha Greetings to everyone from United States of America."
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3. BigVik
"You can take everything away from us but you can never take HAPPINESS way from us...Africa My Africa... Africa My Pride, Africa My Motherland... Africa My Home....The Great Land Of The Ancestral Savanna....Hey, fellow Africa brothers and sisters out there, i really don't know what AFRICA means to you, but to me, it means EVERYTHING.....VIVA AFRICA.."
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2017
4. Patrick Lubin
"Im Haitian.... But im so proud that i come from Africa. Haiti little Africa"
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5. teotonio Marcelino
"Never give up you are in the right way...i am from mozambique and we love so much your songs..peace"
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6. Mad World Leaders
"Love You My Africa looking forward for a United Africa for more Peace Love and Equality. From Ethiopia."
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REPLY
7. Godfrey Kaumba, 2018
"Kk Nn I love Ethiopia and br send I nice photos and pages of our history, am concerned rasta in Zambia Mumbwa boma"
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REPLY
8. Rich Sayed, 2018
"I'm looking forward to as well...U are not alone...I'm from Liberia n desperately looking forward to d day when Africa will un-shelve d ripen pearls of Western dominance....."
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REPLY
9. traore abdulramzy, 2019
"Rasta tafari"
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10. Lucy Smith Vegas Castillo
"Viva África! !!!vivan los niños,viva su cultura,cuanto talento, el ritmo lo lleban en su sangre mulata..saludos y mas grande admiración de Perú! !!!"
-snip-
Google translate from Spanish to English
"Vive Africa! !!! live the children, live their culture, talent, the rhythm they bring in their mulatto blood..saludos and greater admiration of Peru! !!!"
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11. Le Quan
"amazing !!! i'm from vietnam"
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12. Ashutosh Gupta
"I am Indian... But I love Africa
Vivaaaaa affffriiiicaaaaaaa"
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13. Ngamting Yanlem
"Love from Asian...Love you Africa. You guys are awesome."
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14. DJ shafie somali Fan's
"east Africa I came from somalia viva africa"
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15. Mohamed Tetuan
"viva Africa from morroco"
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REPLY
16. Yacine Bouziane, 2019
"Viva Africa from your neighbour. Algerian. (Vive. Imazighen)"
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REPLY
17. Rezene Ftwi, 2019
"Africa only for black people u look like Asian also u know what to do
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REPLY
18. Yacine Bouziane, 2019
"@Rezene Ftwi befor you opening your mouth. Study the history of north Africa. So you will find great civilization. Called. Amazigh. ( Berber). I'm a mong those ppl I'm amazigh Berber. I give you an example. Like zidane is originally. From my country. Algeria. Is not Arab. He said this already. So brother. We are Africans look. To Algeria. Morroco. Tunisia. Until Egypt. They re African they weren't Arabs there's no difference between us. Black or white."
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19. Sally Bradley
"You all rock--USA-FLORIDA/WEST COAST"
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20. Weldon Maddan
"Striking similarity between Jamaican Dancehall dancing and these dance moves. You see elements in Samba, Hip Hop across the African diaspora etc. but very strongest in dancehall -- maybe because of less European influence and the predominance of blacks in Jamaica relative to Cuba, Brazil, USA etc."
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21. Mhd mahafidhou
"I am Comoros island of Africa"
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22. Bashir Mugoya
"Viva Uganda,Kenya,TZ,Somalia,Morocco,Lybia,Egypt,Liberia,Ghana,Gbout,Sudan,Tunisia,Algeria,Zambia,Zimbabwe,Ivory Coast,Togo,Congo,Mali,Nigeria and many others...Viva Africa is our PRIDE"
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TZ= Tanzania
Some of these nations are given in the alphabetical list found above because I didn't read any individual comment from a person representing those nation.
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REPLY
23. كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا
"Bashir Mugoya No need for Morocco, Libya and Egypt we know they’re Arab invaders... Ancient Egyptians are now called Sudanese"
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REPLY
24. Villano.
"@كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا nop se african"
-snip-
Google translate from Arabic to English
@ Kush our race and Egypt our land Nubia kings of the world
**
REPLY
25. Yacine Bouziane
"@كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا we are amazigh. African. We are not arabs [profanity deleted]"
-snip-
Google translate from Arabic to English
"@ Kush our race and Egypt our land Nubia kings of the world"
**
REPLY
26. Yacine Bouziane
"Thank you. Brother. Viva Africa. From algeria"
**
27. Hassan As
"viva Africa from senegal"
**
28. LIMMIE DICKENS
"AM FROM RUSSIA. AM RUSSIAN I HAVE BLACK HUSBAND.. I LOVE AFRICA I LOVE BE WITH BLACK PEAPLE I LOVE YOU ALL... GOD BLESS .. YOU ARE THE BEST"
**
REPLY
29. Terry Cherono, 2018
"LIMMIE DICKENS ur welcome to Africa.karibu Kenya"
**
REPLY
30. Neo Kaidu, 2018
"Long live russia"
**
REPLY
31. mejury shiri, 2018
"Love you too💓💓"
**
REPLY
32. Alex pesto Fornite, 2018
"U guys like germany its a cool place"
**
REPLY
33. Kadar HASan, 2018
"lIMMIE DICKENS WE LOVE YOU TOO, TAKE CARE OF OUR BLACK BROTHER, RUSSIA IS VERY COLD hhhh"
**
REPLY
34. NKS 20, 2018
"Africa loves you too! Viva Russia.
Greetings from Mozambique 🇲🇿❤"
**
REPLY
35. paris yally, 2019
"Hi
LIMMIE DICKENS
We love you and your family back!! take care of yourself and your family very well,"
**
36. David Mwangi, 2019
"Limmie Dickens.we love u more.much love from kenya"
-snip-
For the record, it seemed to me that there were more comments in this discussion thread from Kenya than from any other African nation.
****
2018
37. william Amstrong
"Big up ,Youssou ndour,am from Sénégal"
**
38. Alpacino Garcon
"I'm haitian, that's mean Africa is my Roots."
**
39. eL Kaffa
"LOVE FROM INDONESIA COUNTRY"
**
40. GoodLoco
"Viva africa viva morocco"
**
41. easysueburs
"I've always loved Africa. Straight outta the USA. Love you guys."
**
42. JAIRO PEREZ
"Viva Africa!! From Los Angeles ❤️👌🏽love you guys one love"
**
43. Rachel Villarim
"You guys are amazing!! Much love from Brasil ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
**
44. OG ABDI
"Viva Africa From Horn Of Africa Somalia.
One Love Africa❤️❤️ Am Proud to be African❤️💯❤️❤️"
**
45. Kate Okunbor
"From great country Nigeria. I am a proud African everyday and always."
**
46. صهيب احمد
"Mama Africa
From sudan hundred percent african"
**
47. Roman Torres
"From mexican to Africa brothers and sisters"
**
48. كوش عرقنا و مصر ارضنا النوبة ملوك الدنيا
"Viva Africa from Sudan 🇸🇩 😍🖐"
**
49. ganas437
"Love from an African in China!😘😘"
**
50. A K
"That baby girl has a swag 😗. Namaskara from South India"
**
51. Mileydis Alvares
"definitavemente que viva africa!!! aca desde Panamá"
**
52. ZIM FLAVOUR
"Viva AFRICA strait outer ZIMBABWE"
**
53. Yoi21dan Valendri
"Viva África from Buenaventura-colombia={ ī ❤Being black}"
**
54. bhuwan sharma
"Uganda 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"
**
55. Abdikariim Mohamed
"ViVa Africa ❤ from Somaliland."
**
56. kpop cute s
"This song is my favourite. ...i am from Nepal....😍😍😍"
**
57. baba lin
"Mi home land Gambia"
**
58. Viviane Marcellin
"I love AFRIK
From MADAGASCAR
😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘"
**
59. Dimisa MIXES
"Amazing 😍
Im from nord africa
Algeria 💚
Ïn love with our country ughnda"
****
2019
60. Kigozi Edward
"Ugandans where are you
me I'm here 2019."
**
61. Andrea Barnes
"Love ,love Africa. One luv from Jamaica. These children dance beautiful. The moves are out of this world. Happy children. This is the real thing. Love you all. ☺☺☺☺☺❤💛💚❤💛💚❤💛"
**
62. mehedi hassan
"hi i am Bangladeshi
.i love your videos...love African.."
**
63. SHARON S
"Love from INDIA💓 you guys are simply amazing 💓soo much love to you💓 God bless"
**
64. Rita tacón
"Eternamente agradecida a Africa,pues fruto de nuestro amor( él mozambiqueño y yo de Burgos(España)) nació nuestro hijo Maravilloso. Viva África"
-snip-
Google translate from Spanish to English
"Eternally grateful to Africa, as the fruit of our love (he from Mozambique and I from Burgos (Spain)) our wonderful son was born. Live Africa"
**
65. Abdihamid Dahir
"From uganda viva africa."
**
66. ምኩሕ ብድንግል ማርያም Kerenawi
"Proud to be African 🤗
Africa mother of happiness💛
Much love from Eritrea⚡"
**
67. Akram Boudrioua
"I love my great Africa
Great nation great continent
From the largest country of Africa DZ DZ"
-snip-
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dz
".dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from Dzayer, the local name for Algeria)"
**
68. MD DELOAR dengarage boy
"Woow
I'm From Bangladesh 🤗"
**
69. Diaby Diab
"viva africa form mali i love my africa la terre des mes enceitres"
-snip-
Google translate from French to English
"the land of my speakers".
Another suggested Google translation "ancestres" instead of "enceitres"- "the land of my ancestors".
**
70. Sam tizon
"Wow! I loved it! Viva Africa! Love from The Philippines! 🇵🇭 ❤"
**
71. Fazal Ndeche
"Viva Africa!!! Viva The African Child!!! WIth Love from your Kenyan Brother.... listening and watching from Kandahar, Afghanistan. One Africa, One People. Love you All."
**
72. Horácio Mabuleza
"Viva África from Mozambique 🇲🇿"
**
73. Muhammad Nur
"From chad viva africa"
**
74. 2PAC MALIEN
"Viva Maman Africa
Viva Mali Bamako"
**
75. adama Jallow
"Love from Gambia🇬🇲🇺🇬"
**
76. Waan
"Love from half asian half african I LOVE YOU ANGOLA"
**
77. Panzo Gonga
"Viva afrika, viva kuduro made in Angola 🇦🇴... je t’adore l’Afrique je t’adore l’Angola 🇦🇴"
-snip-
Google translate from French to English
"I adore you Africa I adore you Angola 🇦🇴"
-snip-
"Kuduro" is the type of dancing that is performed in this video.
**
78. Kidane Teklesenbet
"Viva Eritrea 🇪🇷 and viva all of Africa"
**
79. ethioGo tube
"Viva etiopia and ertria wz africa"
**
80. Buchraia Emhamed Salec
"Viva toda África, viva Western Sáhara, viva Algeria"
**
81. Arjun Chkrabortyyy
"I just love it...❤❤❤Africa
I m from India . 😊
But..i like African pepol and love you ......aswome song😊😊😊"
**
82. Daniella Extrella
"From Cameroon viva Africa"
**
83. tut peter gatluak
"I'm from south 🇸🇸"
-snip-
I think this commenter is reppin South Sudan.
**
84. EA sweet
"Talented kids ❤ love from kuwait"
**
85. Hashim Said
"Welcome to tanzania we love you too we are the world"
**
REPLY
86. Loveness Mfinanga
"Viva Africa i come from Tanzania"
**
87. Senay Tium
"when I hear viva Africa I feel like Africa is a single nation !!!!!! but why our leaders are evils .....From ETHIOPIA"
**
88. Samiullah Alihaider
"Beautiful dance love from Pakistan.."
**
89. Rodrigo Sahagun
"Viva Africa, a brother from Mexico."
**
90. mark Ghale
"Hey... IAM from Nepal..and we love African dance and as well as African people 🙂🙂🙂🙂"
**
91. Maribel Zeledon
"Viva africa desde costarica bella musica y baile"
-snip-
Google translate from Spanish to English
"Viva Africa, I'm from Costa Rica beautiful music and dance"
**
92. Bostonly Mukhim
"I am from India n i love Africa girl because my wife also she is from Africa only."
-snip-
I added multiple examples of comments from India because it seemed to me that there were more comments from India than from any other nation outside of Africa.
**
93. Neusa Reis Batista
"Sou brasileira,mais sou africana de coração!"
-snip-
Google translation from Portuguese to English
"I'm Brazilian, but I'm African at heart!"
****
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Monday, April 17, 2017
(Portuguese African Band) Buraka Som Sistema -"Sound of Kuduro" (information, lyrics, & video)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides information about the Portuguese music group Buraka Som Sistema and showcases a video of that group's 2007 song "Sound of Kuduro". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in this post.
The lyrics to that song are also included in this post (via Google translates' results: English translation of the Portuguese words in that song along with the English words that were originally used for that song).
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Buraka Som Sistema for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks of the video that is embedded in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/04/costuleta-tchiriri-kuduro-and-two-other.html for a companion post about Kuduro music. That post includes information about Kuduro music, a contemporary music/dance form that originated in Angola, Central Africa.
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INFORMATION ABOUT BURAKA SOM SISTEMA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraka_Som_Sistema
"Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African zouk and kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the "zouk bass" and "progressive kuduro" variant [1] and has received an MTV European Music Award. [2] In 2015 Buraka Som Sistema said they would be taking an hiatus starting in 2016, and on July 1st 2016 they performed live for the last time in Lisbon.
Origins
Buraka Som Sistema was founded in 2002 by João Barbosa (Branko), Rui Pité (DJ Riot), Andro Carvalho (Conductor) and Kalaf Ângelo.
Barbosa and Pité were producers from the Cool Train Crew collective, for which Kalaf was a frequent vocal collaborator. They were interested in creating a kuduro project, and had previously worked together as 1-UIK Project. They met Carvalho, a hip-hop producer from Angola and member of the hip-hop band Conjunto Ngonguenha, while he was in Portugal.[3]
Buraka Som Sistema is the Portuguese word for word translation for Buraka Sound System, keeping the English word order (the correct translation would be "Sistema de Som da Buraka"). They took their name, Buraka, from the freguesia (urban district) of Buraca in the city of Amadora, in the suburbs of Lisbon.
... After touring in several European countries, including playing at the Glastonbury Festival and Roskilde Festival,[3] the three producers released "Sound of Kuduro" in 2007, which features rapping by M.I.A., DJ Znobia, Saborosa and Puto Prata."...
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LYRICS - SOUND OF KUDURO
[Intro]
Kalaf: Yo! We made it, we're here, Buraka Som Sistema
Lil'John: Andro even appears in the shoot
Andro: For the first time, huh?
Lalaf: The driver is him
[M.I.A.]
All Aboard!
One, drop, two, drop, three, drop, four...
Sound of Kuduro knocking at your door
[Saborosa]
Kuduro arrived, I opened the doors.
Any question will answer
Many criticized, doubted
But nowadays they dance with force
Kuduro was raised in Angola
Heavy style, the people vibrate
Angolan woman is full of fiber
Kuduro is the fruit of nature
Or a very heavy product
Thank you for creating it.
Tony Amado and quota Sebem
I consider you
When I sing, I only give
With the Buraka, it only causes confusion.
[M.I.A.]
One, drop, two, drop, three, drop, four...
Sound of Kuduro knocking at your door
[Puto Prata]
Puto* Prata in the house, this is Buraka.
Kuduro is civilized
This is more than proven
It is together, it is not mixed
Repair doctoral profile
Portuguese people looking for me
I make kuduro with pure rhyme
That's why I'm in height.
Crazy rain type crazy
Up DJ, let's go
I sing very coherently
Mostly intelligence
But I'm still a gangsta
Are you reviewing? Do you want to compare?
Look at the flying babe
Good beat, are you okay?
Doctor okay
And you feel the sound of frustration
And feel the sound
[M.I.A.]
One, drop, two, drop, three, drop, four...
Sound of Kuduro knocking at your door
*This rapper's name is fully spelled out although the first word in the name is profanity.
Source: https://genius.com/Buraka-som-sistema-sound-of-kuduro-lyrics Visit that site for the original Portuguese lyrics for this song.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Buraka Som Sistema - Sound of Kuduro
BURAKA, Uploaded on Mar 3, 2008
-snip-
The song begins at .19 in this video.
Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. These comments are given in relative chronological order with the oldest comment published first, excerpt for replies. Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.
There are a lot of comments in this video's discussion thread. I chose to quote selected comments from 2011 and 2012, with particular focus on information and opinions about Kuduro music, information about Buraka Som Sistema, and comments critical of Brazilian Kuduro compared to Kuduro as it originated in Angola. I've also quoted a few comments from those two years that use superlatives (complimentary words) from African American Vernacular English.
2011
1. FabioMansville
"BURAKA SOM SISTEMA- ARE PORTUGUESE GUYS FROM ANGOLAN ANCESTRY. BECAUSE ANGOLAN WAS A EX PORTUGUESE COLONY FOR 500 YEARS SO WE ALMOST SHARE THE SAME CUSTOMS"
**
2. rabeandre2
"kuduro, doesn't that mean hardass?"
-snip-
The Portuguese words “ku duro” literally means “hard ass”.
**
3. gajo cemjuizo
"@douglascgc é isso mesmo cu duro, mas em portugal, e creio que também em angola, não fazemos distinção entre cu e bunda... cu é o todo, por isso dizemos "levas um pontapé no cu, não sentes o cu aí, aquela gaja tem cá um cu" para no referirmos às nádegas... o nome do estilo de dança vem de se ter de dançar isto com as nádegas hirtas, ou melhor, com o cu duro.
-snip-
(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Douglascgc is really hard, but in portugal, and I believe that also in angola, we do not distinguish between cu and ass ... cu is the whole, so we say "take a kick in the ass, you do not feel cu there, that Gaja has a cu cu cu "so we do not refer to the buttocks ... the name of the dance style comes from having to dance this with the buttocks hirtas, or better, with the hard ass."
**
4. andycloned
"man, this here is amazing!! im a hiphop head but got so much appreciation for all urban music styles and this goes hard. one love"
**
5. Lazers N Stimulants
"This was honestly cool!"
**
6. 1undread
"Pure Fire!!!!"
**
2012
7. Governor Oliveira
"@xMamush angola\portugal, attention, this is not just african, the real band was all born in portugal"
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masterfigo
"Adoro Kuduro e sou portugues.. mas temos de ser sinceros. Kuduro nao é portugues. Temos de dar valor à gente que merece. Big Up aos paises lusófonos de Africa!
-snip-
(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"I love Kuduro and I'm Portuguese .. but we have to be honest. Kuduro is not Portuguese. We have to give value to the people we deserve. Big Up to the Lusophone countries of Africa!"
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8. Antonio M
"LOLOLOLOL ... how is it possible to say that Buraca Som Sistema is Brazilian?
Buraka (coming from Buraca, located in the county of Amadora, which belongs to the zone of the rue Lisboa.
Search on google.
Kuduro is music originating in Angola"
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9. Archangel Smith
@soljab54 KUDURO IS ANGOLAN MUSIC AND THIS PORTUGUESE BAND WENT TO ANGOLA TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE REAL KUDURO.."
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10. Fernando Gonzalez
"DON OMAR IS THE NUMER ONE"
**
Reply
11. Mamanché
"@prettyboyswagnyc Don Omar is reggaeton, not Kuduro..."
Reply
12. pc
"Don Omar is kuduro? Don Omar is boricua! He's a reggaeton legend from PUERTO RICO!! Kuduro is from ANGOLA, AFRICA! And Buraka Som Sistema is from Portugal!
Let's try to focus a little, please!"
**
Reply
13. thelastDAN
"Defjamaica chill out man at least give don omar some props for taking that style out to the masses....for a puerto rican cat i think he did a good job considering the music isnt from PR....."
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14. chefzef
"@prettyboyswagnyc hum... I think you need to put your "google" actualized. Real Kuduro is from Angola, in Africa actually... Don Omar is from Latino America(?). And if Don Omar have the music "Danza Kuduro" (one big SH&T* in my opinion) it's because one Portuguese emigrant on France called "Lucenzo" made duet with him. And made the duet just because this music style (i don't know what is, but isn't Kuduro) had selling very well on France with Lucenzo.
-snip-
*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
There are A Lot of comments about how the Brazilian music that purports to be kuduro (and specifically Don Omar’s "Danza Kuduro") isn’t real kuduro.
Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8 for Don Omar's "Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo"
**
15. Rui Fernandes
"Kuduro é originário de angola, mas os buraka som sistema são uma mistura de portugal e angola, entre seus elementos... agora dizerem que em portugal ñ há isto ou aquilo ,isto é uma fusão entre portugueses e angolanos, são raizes diferentes mas quando se juntam dá algo de brutal... tanto que na minha opinião actual, o dj mais internacional e que mais vende em portugal, é luso/angolano... MASTIKSOUL, mas o sucesso foi reconhecido cá.."
-snip-
(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Kuduro is originally from angola, but the buraka sound system is a mixture of portugal and angola, among its elements ... now say that in portugal ñ there is this or that, this is a fusion between portuguese and angolans, they are different roots but when They join together gives something brutal ... so much so that in my opinion today, the most international and best selling dj in portugal, is Portuguese / Angolan ... MASTIKSOUL, but success was recognized here."
**
16. Legend Historyy
"o Brasil não é só funk e samba também tem forró, sertanejo, axé, rap, tecno melody etc isso tudo está em nossa cultura e agora tem kuduro o Brasil tem muita cultura da Europa e África e também de índios. Gostei do ritmo é bem alegre quem nos trouxe esse ritmo foi um cantor de apelido latino
espero que toda essa cultura não seja esmagada pela globalização do mesmo jeito que vem coisas boas também vem só lixo como fast food, cassinos, justin bieber iron maider"
-snip-
(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Brazil is not only funk and samba also has forró, sertanejo, axé, rap, techno melody etc this is all in our culture and now has kuduro Brazil has a lot of culture from Europe and Africa and also from Indians. I liked the rhythm is very cheerful who brought us this rhythm was a singer with Latin nickname
I hope that all this culture is not crushed by globalization in the same way that good things come, it also comes just like junk fast food, casinos, justin bieber iron maider"
**
17. Mrcerelak
"Kuduro parte tudo!! A minha mãe é angolana e tenho pena que ela nao me tenha ensinado/mostrado os ritmos africanos :("
-snip-
(Google translate: from Portuguese to English)
"Kuduro leaves everything !! My mother is Angolan and I'm sorry she has not taught me / shown the African rhythms :("
**
18. zolispics1
Just saw them at Sziget festival a few hours ago. They were the bomb!!! Insanely good concert 😃
**
Reply
19. Iskra Ramirez
"I saw them at sziget festival too, best concert ,no one stopped dancing!!!!! demasiado bueno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
-snip-
(Google translate from Spanish to English) "demasiado bueno" = too good
**
[The following comment was written in response to a commenter who expressed a desire to visit Angola.]tr
20. Archangel Smith
"@sloan785 you are well come African Culture lives in ANGOLA, where there is new dance everyday..kuduro NA KAZA.."
**
[The following comment was written to explain the commenter's first comment that he didn't like Brazilian music that is called Kuduro.]
21. Alejandro Quetzalli
@donputo69 You take it BAD this comment. I mean i Love kuduro and this is REAL music
Don Omar make a version Called Danza Kuduro and that is alem cuz it´s not kuduro.
I really love the REAL kuduro
I´m not Racist
PAL.
**
22. chumbrega2
"my grandma is black, and I am white, so I got a white skin and an African mind ;)"
-snip-
I realize that this comment doesn't fit the categories of selected comments that I indicated I would feature here. But I couldn't help but add it. I wonder "What is an African mind"?
**
23. JenniferDiasChannel
"BAAAAAAADDDDDDD!!!!! VERY NICE..."
**
24. Rafaella Barros
"I love this song so much that my neighbours thought it would be cool to invite the cops to listen as well...
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25. DeeChantaL
"People love the sound of kuduru even in Bosnia"
****
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post provides information about the Portuguese music group Buraka Som Sistema and showcases a video of that group's 2007 song "Sound of Kuduro". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in this post.
The lyrics to that song are also included in this post (via Google translates' results: English translation of the Portuguese words in that song along with the English words that were originally used for that song).
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Buraka Som Sistema for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks of the video that is embedded in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/04/costuleta-tchiriri-kuduro-and-two-other.html for a companion post about Kuduro music. That post includes information about Kuduro music, a contemporary music/dance form that originated in Angola, Central Africa.
****
INFORMATION ABOUT BURAKA SOM SISTEMA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraka_Som_Sistema
"Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African zouk and kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the "zouk bass" and "progressive kuduro" variant [1] and has received an MTV European Music Award. [2] In 2015 Buraka Som Sistema said they would be taking an hiatus starting in 2016, and on July 1st 2016 they performed live for the last time in Lisbon.
Origins
Buraka Som Sistema was founded in 2002 by João Barbosa (Branko), Rui Pité (DJ Riot), Andro Carvalho (Conductor) and Kalaf Ângelo.
Barbosa and Pité were producers from the Cool Train Crew collective, for which Kalaf was a frequent vocal collaborator. They were interested in creating a kuduro project, and had previously worked together as 1-UIK Project. They met Carvalho, a hip-hop producer from Angola and member of the hip-hop band Conjunto Ngonguenha, while he was in Portugal.[3]
Buraka Som Sistema is the Portuguese word for word translation for Buraka Sound System, keeping the English word order (the correct translation would be "Sistema de Som da Buraka"). They took their name, Buraka, from the freguesia (urban district) of Buraca in the city of Amadora, in the suburbs of Lisbon.
... After touring in several European countries, including playing at the Glastonbury Festival and Roskilde Festival,[3] the three producers released "Sound of Kuduro" in 2007, which features rapping by M.I.A., DJ Znobia, Saborosa and Puto Prata."...
****
LYRICS - SOUND OF KUDURO
[Intro]
Kalaf: Yo! We made it, we're here, Buraka Som Sistema
Lil'John: Andro even appears in the shoot
Andro: For the first time, huh?
Lalaf: The driver is him
[M.I.A.]
All Aboard!
One, drop, two, drop, three, drop, four...
Sound of Kuduro knocking at your door
[Saborosa]
Kuduro arrived, I opened the doors.
Any question will answer
Many criticized, doubted
But nowadays they dance with force
Kuduro was raised in Angola
Heavy style, the people vibrate
Angolan woman is full of fiber
Kuduro is the fruit of nature
Or a very heavy product
Thank you for creating it.
Tony Amado and quota Sebem
I consider you
When I sing, I only give
With the Buraka, it only causes confusion.
[M.I.A.]
One, drop, two, drop, three, drop, four...
Sound of Kuduro knocking at your door
[Puto Prata]
Puto* Prata in the house, this is Buraka.
Kuduro is civilized
This is more than proven
It is together, it is not mixed
Repair doctoral profile
Portuguese people looking for me
I make kuduro with pure rhyme
That's why I'm in height.
Crazy rain type crazy
Up DJ, let's go
I sing very coherently
Mostly intelligence
But I'm still a gangsta
Are you reviewing? Do you want to compare?
Look at the flying babe
Good beat, are you okay?
Doctor okay
And you feel the sound of frustration
And feel the sound
[M.I.A.]
One, drop, two, drop, three, drop, four...
Sound of Kuduro knocking at your door
*This rapper's name is fully spelled out although the first word in the name is profanity.
Source: https://genius.com/Buraka-som-sistema-sound-of-kuduro-lyrics Visit that site for the original Portuguese lyrics for this song.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Buraka Som Sistema - Sound of Kuduro
BURAKA, Uploaded on Mar 3, 2008
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The song begins at .19 in this video.
Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. These comments are given in relative chronological order with the oldest comment published first, excerpt for replies. Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.
There are a lot of comments in this video's discussion thread. I chose to quote selected comments from 2011 and 2012, with particular focus on information and opinions about Kuduro music, information about Buraka Som Sistema, and comments critical of Brazilian Kuduro compared to Kuduro as it originated in Angola. I've also quoted a few comments from those two years that use superlatives (complimentary words) from African American Vernacular English.
2011
1. FabioMansville
"BURAKA SOM SISTEMA- ARE PORTUGUESE GUYS FROM ANGOLAN ANCESTRY. BECAUSE ANGOLAN WAS A EX PORTUGUESE COLONY FOR 500 YEARS SO WE ALMOST SHARE THE SAME CUSTOMS"
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2. rabeandre2
"kuduro, doesn't that mean hardass?"
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The Portuguese words “ku duro” literally means “hard ass”.
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3. gajo cemjuizo
"@douglascgc é isso mesmo cu duro, mas em portugal, e creio que também em angola, não fazemos distinção entre cu e bunda... cu é o todo, por isso dizemos "levas um pontapé no cu, não sentes o cu aí, aquela gaja tem cá um cu" para no referirmos às nádegas... o nome do estilo de dança vem de se ter de dançar isto com as nádegas hirtas, ou melhor, com o cu duro.
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(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Douglascgc is really hard, but in portugal, and I believe that also in angola, we do not distinguish between cu and ass ... cu is the whole, so we say "take a kick in the ass, you do not feel cu there, that Gaja has a cu cu cu "so we do not refer to the buttocks ... the name of the dance style comes from having to dance this with the buttocks hirtas, or better, with the hard ass."
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4. andycloned
"man, this here is amazing!! im a hiphop head but got so much appreciation for all urban music styles and this goes hard. one love"
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5. Lazers N Stimulants
"This was honestly cool!"
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6. 1undread
"Pure Fire!!!!"
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2012
7. Governor Oliveira
"@xMamush angola\portugal, attention, this is not just african, the real band was all born in portugal"
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masterfigo
"Adoro Kuduro e sou portugues.. mas temos de ser sinceros. Kuduro nao é portugues. Temos de dar valor à gente que merece. Big Up aos paises lusófonos de Africa!
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(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"I love Kuduro and I'm Portuguese .. but we have to be honest. Kuduro is not Portuguese. We have to give value to the people we deserve. Big Up to the Lusophone countries of Africa!"
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8. Antonio M
"LOLOLOLOL ... how is it possible to say that Buraca Som Sistema is Brazilian?
Buraka (coming from Buraca, located in the county of Amadora, which belongs to the zone of the rue Lisboa.
Search on google.
Kuduro is music originating in Angola"
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9. Archangel Smith
@soljab54 KUDURO IS ANGOLAN MUSIC AND THIS PORTUGUESE BAND WENT TO ANGOLA TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE REAL KUDURO.."
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10. Fernando Gonzalez
"DON OMAR IS THE NUMER ONE"
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Reply
11. Mamanché
"@prettyboyswagnyc Don Omar is reggaeton, not Kuduro..."
Reply
12. pc
"Don Omar is kuduro? Don Omar is boricua! He's a reggaeton legend from PUERTO RICO!! Kuduro is from ANGOLA, AFRICA! And Buraka Som Sistema is from Portugal!
Let's try to focus a little, please!"
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13. thelastDAN
"Defjamaica chill out man at least give don omar some props for taking that style out to the masses....for a puerto rican cat i think he did a good job considering the music isnt from PR....."
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14. chefzef
"@prettyboyswagnyc hum... I think you need to put your "google" actualized. Real Kuduro is from Angola, in Africa actually... Don Omar is from Latino America(?). And if Don Omar have the music "Danza Kuduro" (one big SH&T* in my opinion) it's because one Portuguese emigrant on France called "Lucenzo" made duet with him. And made the duet just because this music style (i don't know what is, but isn't Kuduro) had selling very well on France with Lucenzo.
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
There are A Lot of comments about how the Brazilian music that purports to be kuduro (and specifically Don Omar’s "Danza Kuduro") isn’t real kuduro.
Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8 for Don Omar's "Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo"
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15. Rui Fernandes
"Kuduro é originário de angola, mas os buraka som sistema são uma mistura de portugal e angola, entre seus elementos... agora dizerem que em portugal ñ há isto ou aquilo ,isto é uma fusão entre portugueses e angolanos, são raizes diferentes mas quando se juntam dá algo de brutal... tanto que na minha opinião actual, o dj mais internacional e que mais vende em portugal, é luso/angolano... MASTIKSOUL, mas o sucesso foi reconhecido cá.."
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(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Kuduro is originally from angola, but the buraka sound system is a mixture of portugal and angola, among its elements ... now say that in portugal ñ there is this or that, this is a fusion between portuguese and angolans, they are different roots but when They join together gives something brutal ... so much so that in my opinion today, the most international and best selling dj in portugal, is Portuguese / Angolan ... MASTIKSOUL, but success was recognized here."
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16. Legend Historyy
"o Brasil não é só funk e samba também tem forró, sertanejo, axé, rap, tecno melody etc isso tudo está em nossa cultura e agora tem kuduro o Brasil tem muita cultura da Europa e África e também de índios. Gostei do ritmo é bem alegre quem nos trouxe esse ritmo foi um cantor de apelido latino
espero que toda essa cultura não seja esmagada pela globalização do mesmo jeito que vem coisas boas também vem só lixo como fast food, cassinos, justin bieber iron maider"
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(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Brazil is not only funk and samba also has forró, sertanejo, axé, rap, techno melody etc this is all in our culture and now has kuduro Brazil has a lot of culture from Europe and Africa and also from Indians. I liked the rhythm is very cheerful who brought us this rhythm was a singer with Latin nickname
I hope that all this culture is not crushed by globalization in the same way that good things come, it also comes just like junk fast food, casinos, justin bieber iron maider"
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17. Mrcerelak
"Kuduro parte tudo!! A minha mãe é angolana e tenho pena que ela nao me tenha ensinado/mostrado os ritmos africanos :("
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(Google translate: from Portuguese to English)
"Kuduro leaves everything !! My mother is Angolan and I'm sorry she has not taught me / shown the African rhythms :("
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18. zolispics1
Just saw them at Sziget festival a few hours ago. They were the bomb!!! Insanely good concert 😃
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Reply
19. Iskra Ramirez
"I saw them at sziget festival too, best concert ,no one stopped dancing!!!!! demasiado bueno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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(Google translate from Spanish to English) "demasiado bueno" = too good
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[The following comment was written in response to a commenter who expressed a desire to visit Angola.]tr
20. Archangel Smith
"@sloan785 you are well come African Culture lives in ANGOLA, where there is new dance everyday..kuduro NA KAZA.."
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[The following comment was written to explain the commenter's first comment that he didn't like Brazilian music that is called Kuduro.]
21. Alejandro Quetzalli
@donputo69 You take it BAD this comment. I mean i Love kuduro and this is REAL music
Don Omar make a version Called Danza Kuduro and that is alem cuz it´s not kuduro.
I really love the REAL kuduro
I´m not Racist
PAL.
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22. chumbrega2
"my grandma is black, and I am white, so I got a white skin and an African mind ;)"
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I realize that this comment doesn't fit the categories of selected comments that I indicated I would feature here. But I couldn't help but add it. I wonder "What is an African mind"?
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23. JenniferDiasChannel
"BAAAAAAADDDDDDD!!!!! VERY NICE..."
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24. Rafaella Barros
"I love this song so much that my neighbours thought it would be cool to invite the cops to listen as well...
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25. DeeChantaL
"People love the sound of kuduru even in Bosnia"
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Costuleta - "Tchiriri Kuduro" And Two Other Videos Of Angolan Kuduro Music/Dancing
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides information about Kuduro, a contemporary Angolan originated music/dance genre.
This post also showcases three videos of Angolan young adults and children dancing kuduro.
Selected comments from the discussion threads of these YouTube videos are also included in this post.
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 and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/04/buraka-som-sistema-sound-of-kuduro.htmlfor a companion post on Buraka Som Sistema's record "Sound of Kuduro".
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INFORMATION ABOUT KUDURO (MUSIC/DANCE)
Excerpt #1:
From http://africasacountry.com/2012/12/kuduros-international-wave/ "Kuduro’s International Wave"
by Boima Tucker, December 24, 2012
...."I first became aware of Kuduro when searching out Angolan Hip Hop on the Canal Angola website back in 2006 (I hadn’t realized it then, but my first exposure was through a Jamie Foxx routine). I was introduced to it as a ghetto music, rejected by the upper classes in Luanda, and wildly popular amongst youth living on the margins of the city’s socio-economic life. At that time Kuduro wasn’t huge on the international radar, but I was to soon become part of that wave of international bloggers, djs, dancers, producers, singers, and young people around the world who would pick up on and promote the sound incubated in Angola.
In that initial international exposure, non-Angolans briefly entertained questions of origin and authenticity, as web-savvy Angolans who were experiencing Kuduro first-hand were still the central source of information on the culture. Frenchman Frederic Galleano was the first Northern DJ to venture to Angola to collaborate with people on the ground in Luanda. At that time, Galleano was quoted in interviews saying that the only real Kuduro comes from Angola. His project would draw some attention in Europe, and set the stage for the French mainstream integration of Kuduro in the wake of the Coupé-Decalé explosion in Paris*.
The US-based record label Mad Decent did a National Geographic type podcast on the genre, and without any form of formal international distribution Kuduro started to enter the vocabulary of Internet-savvy young Americans and Europeans. I remember at that time it was often just characterized as the “next Baile Funk” in international media, and hipsters in the Northern capitals paid it some brief attention before moving on to the next black music from a strange and exotic place (like Chicago).
The first major international group who spoke of producing Kuduro was Lisbon-based Buraka Som Sistema, a group of mostly Portuguese young people who heard the sound from peers and neighbors in their multicultural and cosmopolitan city. Buraka Som Sistema would come to define Kuduro for much of the genre’s audience outside of Africa. DJ Znobia was also an early star, and he would even appear alongside Buraka Som Sistema on a Mad Decent produced EP. But it was actually Costuleta, the Angolan amputee based in Paris who spread the genre across the rest of Africa, and beyond Northern hipster circles."...
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A Costuleta video is showcased as Video example #1 below.
* Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/03/three-videos-of-cote-divoires-coupe.html for a pancocojams post about Coupé-Decalé music/dance.
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Excerpt #2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuduro
"Kuduro (or kuduru) is a type of music and dance originally developed in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro began in Luanda, Angola in the late 1980s. Initially, producers sampled traditional carnival music like soca and zouk from the Caribbean, and also semba from Angola and laid this around a fast 4/4 beat.
The kuduro is similar to the Kizomba rhythm. The lyrics are usually in Portuguese...
According to Tony Amado, self-proclaimed creator of Kuduro, he got the idea for the dance, after seeing Jean-Claude Van Damme in the 1989 film Kickboxer, in which he appears in a bar drunk, and dances in a hard and unusual style.[3][4] As Vivian Host points out in her article, despite the common assumption that "world music" from non-Western countries holds no commonalities with Western modern music, Angolan kuduro does contain "elements in common with punk, deep tribal house, and even Daft Punk."[5] And although Angolan kuduro reflects an understanding and an interpretation of Western musical forms, the world music category that it fits under, tends to reject the idea of Western musical imperialism.[5] DJ Riot of Sistema said, "Kuduro was never world music... It wasn’t born on congas and bongos, as some traditional folk-music. It was kids making straight-up dance-music from, like, ’96. Playing this new music, this new African music, that feels straight-up political in itself."[6]
Kuduristas use body movements that often emanate movement/stillness, incoordination, falling, pop & lock, and breakdancing. This style of dance seems to “break down” body parts into isolations and staccato movements, serving as a reflection of debility and the mixture of abled/disabled bodies in performance. Popular Angolan dancer Costuleta, whose leg has been amputated, is known for his captivating performances displaying dexterity and sexuality. The incorporation of debility complicates normative notions of “abled-ness” while recalling motifs of black survival throughout the Diaspora, specifically in relation to the land mines planted by the Portuguese army that has left many Angolans amputated.[7]
Terminology
The name of the dance refers to a peculiar movement in which the dancers seem to have hard buttocks ("Cu Duro" in Angolan Portuguese), simulating an aggressive and agitated dance style."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Costuleta - Tchiriri Kuduro
Son Zouk, Uploaded on Jan 28, 2009
Un ti clip du concept Kuduro
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WARNING: Some of the images in this video may be sexually suggestive.
Recall this quote from the article given above as Excerpt #1: "It was Costuleta, the Angolan amputee based in Paris who spread the genre across the rest of Africa, and beyond Northern hipster circles.".
Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. The numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.
2014
1.Jason Fortes, 2014
"kuduro est cap verdien
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"Kuduro is Cape Verdian [meaning it originated in the Cape Verde Islands*]
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*Cape Verde Islands are off the western coast of the African continent, near Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. Like Angola, Portuguese is an official language in Cape Verde. The four other African nations where Portuguese is an official language are Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Equatorial Guinea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries
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2. mariechou37, 2016
"Non c angolais"
(Google translate French to English)
"No. It is Angolan".
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2015
3. Belfi Ebubu Nzale
"Ça c'est notre dance à tous les angolais angolano"
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(Google translate from French to English)
"This is our dance to all Angolan angolano" [followed by an internet symbol for love]
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4. Mzell Assani976
J'kiiiifffffff graaave!!!!!
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"J' kiffe" is a French adaptation of Arabic meaning "I appreciate it a lot" [in standard English -"I really like it"] = grave {French] = seriously.
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5. Florence kakou
"J'aime trop c'est comme me sa que je dance"
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(Google translate from French to English)
"I like it too like it's my dance"
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6. FaiscaOPC
"2015 Sempre a bombar"
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(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Always pumping"
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"Pumping" is an African American Vernacular English term which (in this context) means that the song (or specifically, the song's beat) is very good.
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There are several other YouTube uploads of this same video. In the discussion thread for one of those videos, several commenters mentioned how impressed they were with how well Costuleta, the lead artist in this video, danced with one leg.
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Example #2: Toques de Kuduro Angola 2009
kellystress007, Uploaded on May 8, 2009
Toques Angola 2009 é muita karga no momento
(Google translate from Portuguese to English and http://translate.translation-services-usa.com/karga/basque/english/)
2009 Angolan ringtone - It has a lot of weight at the moment.
My guess for the standard American meaning of "é muita karga no momento" = It's very popular right now.
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Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread.
1. Italo Adriano B. C. Marcelino, 2013
"That is kuduro. O/
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2. gasnate, 2013
"it´s very similar to piqueria de champeta in Cartagena Colombia, here the african influence is huge."
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3. krw this, 2017
"dont know about that african influence but the music bpm is almost the same"
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Example #3: MK Kuduro - éwé éwé (2011)
Bizness Label Group Uploaded on Jun 25, 2011
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Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. The numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only. (Google Translate from Portuguese to English)
2012
1. Maxperm
"Alô irmãos de Angola
É Nós Samba de cá, Kuduro de lá"
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"Hello brothers from Angola
We are Samba from here, Kuduro from there"
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The reference to "samba" indicates that the commenter is from Brazil.
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2. joshua mason
"the kid in the hortons shirt is cool"
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3. Bob bobber
"haha representing in the TIm Hortons t-shirt... :P awesome :)"
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"Tim Horton" is a popular fast food restaurant chain in Canada that is especially known for its good coffee.
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4. E Osei
"off da chain"
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"Off da chain" and "off the chain" are now retired African American Vernacular English complimentary phrases.
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5. Erivaldo607
"Eu sei que nem todo o mundo é igual, mas muito Latinos e Brasileiros deveriam saber k o k vocês dançam não é Kuduro, nem cópia é, então por favor n critiquem e nem insultem esses miúdos, pois o que eles estão a dançar é o verdadeiro Kuduro. Aprendam que o Kuduro não se descreve, apenas sente-se!!!! Soh um país faz o verdadeiro Kuduro...e esse país é Angola (Nguimbe)."
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"I know that not everyone is equal, but a lot of Latinos and Brazilians should know kok you dance is not Kuduro, nor copy is, so please do not criticize or insult these kids, because what they are dancing is the true Kuduro . Learn that Kuduro does not describe itself, just sit down !!!! Soh a country does the true Kuduro ... and that country is Angola (Nguimbe).
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This comment is representative of a number of comments in this and the other "Kuduro" YouTube discussion threads that I read which not only made it clear that "Kuduro" dance/music originated in Angola, Central Africa, but also criticized the Brazilian music/dance form that calls itself "Kuduro". Particular harsh criticism is leveled against Don Omar, a Puerto Rican performer who is known for his Reggaeton records and who in 2010 popularized the song entitled "Danza Kuduro" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8. Neither the music nor the dancing in Don Omar's "Danza Kuduro" video have any thing to do with Kuduro.
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6. Kilamba Ferreira
"o kuduro naiceu em angola quando eu tinha 14 anos agora tenho 33 anos
o meu filho ja sabe o que é o kuduro talvez o meu neto vai tambem saber entao o kuduro vai ficar mesmo pra sempre"
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"The nativist kuduro in angola when I was 14 years old now I'm 33 years old
My son already knows what kuduro is maybe my grandson will also know then kuduro will stay forever"
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The word "nativist" here probably means something like "original".
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7. Lyly Duarte
"muito legal essa dança"
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"Very cool this dance" [This dance is very cool.]
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8. Fabrício Marçal
"Aqui no Brasil estamos curtindo muito o KUDURO, abraço irmão Angolanos
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"Here in Brazil we are enjoying KUDURO a lot, hug brother Angolanos"
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9. Cleber David
"Kuduro de verdade, que vem do povo angolano!"
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"Kuduro really comes from the Angolan people!"
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10. Alex Rodrigues
"é legal, nada ver com o kuduro do brasil que diga de passagem é uma bosta"
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"It's cool, nothing to do with the brazilian kuduro that says in passing it's crap"
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“That says in passing” may mean that is a fad now.
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11. Eugenio jesus
"esse sim e o verdadeiro kuduro"
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"This yes and the true kuduro"
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13. MUNDO CURIOSO, 2015
"Esse é o verdadeiro kuduro não aquilo visto na TV, só para lembrar herdamos essa cultura então se isso é ou loucura também somos loucos pois faz parte da nossa origem."
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"This is the real kuduro not seen on TV, just to remember we inherit this culture so if this is crazy or crazy we are also part of our origin."
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post provides information about Kuduro, a contemporary Angolan originated music/dance genre.
This post also showcases three videos of Angolan young adults and children dancing kuduro.
Selected comments from the discussion threads of these YouTube videos are also included in this post.
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 and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/04/buraka-som-sistema-sound-of-kuduro.htmlfor a companion post on Buraka Som Sistema's record "Sound of Kuduro".
****
INFORMATION ABOUT KUDURO (MUSIC/DANCE)
Excerpt #1:
From http://africasacountry.com/2012/12/kuduros-international-wave/ "Kuduro’s International Wave"
by Boima Tucker, December 24, 2012
...."I first became aware of Kuduro when searching out Angolan Hip Hop on the Canal Angola website back in 2006 (I hadn’t realized it then, but my first exposure was through a Jamie Foxx routine). I was introduced to it as a ghetto music, rejected by the upper classes in Luanda, and wildly popular amongst youth living on the margins of the city’s socio-economic life. At that time Kuduro wasn’t huge on the international radar, but I was to soon become part of that wave of international bloggers, djs, dancers, producers, singers, and young people around the world who would pick up on and promote the sound incubated in Angola.
In that initial international exposure, non-Angolans briefly entertained questions of origin and authenticity, as web-savvy Angolans who were experiencing Kuduro first-hand were still the central source of information on the culture. Frenchman Frederic Galleano was the first Northern DJ to venture to Angola to collaborate with people on the ground in Luanda. At that time, Galleano was quoted in interviews saying that the only real Kuduro comes from Angola. His project would draw some attention in Europe, and set the stage for the French mainstream integration of Kuduro in the wake of the Coupé-Decalé explosion in Paris*.
The US-based record label Mad Decent did a National Geographic type podcast on the genre, and without any form of formal international distribution Kuduro started to enter the vocabulary of Internet-savvy young Americans and Europeans. I remember at that time it was often just characterized as the “next Baile Funk” in international media, and hipsters in the Northern capitals paid it some brief attention before moving on to the next black music from a strange and exotic place (like Chicago).
The first major international group who spoke of producing Kuduro was Lisbon-based Buraka Som Sistema, a group of mostly Portuguese young people who heard the sound from peers and neighbors in their multicultural and cosmopolitan city. Buraka Som Sistema would come to define Kuduro for much of the genre’s audience outside of Africa. DJ Znobia was also an early star, and he would even appear alongside Buraka Som Sistema on a Mad Decent produced EP. But it was actually Costuleta, the Angolan amputee based in Paris who spread the genre across the rest of Africa, and beyond Northern hipster circles."...
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A Costuleta video is showcased as Video example #1 below.
* Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/03/three-videos-of-cote-divoires-coupe.html for a pancocojams post about Coupé-Decalé music/dance.
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Excerpt #2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuduro
"Kuduro (or kuduru) is a type of music and dance originally developed in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro began in Luanda, Angola in the late 1980s. Initially, producers sampled traditional carnival music like soca and zouk from the Caribbean, and also semba from Angola and laid this around a fast 4/4 beat.
The kuduro is similar to the Kizomba rhythm. The lyrics are usually in Portuguese...
According to Tony Amado, self-proclaimed creator of Kuduro, he got the idea for the dance, after seeing Jean-Claude Van Damme in the 1989 film Kickboxer, in which he appears in a bar drunk, and dances in a hard and unusual style.[3][4] As Vivian Host points out in her article, despite the common assumption that "world music" from non-Western countries holds no commonalities with Western modern music, Angolan kuduro does contain "elements in common with punk, deep tribal house, and even Daft Punk."[5] And although Angolan kuduro reflects an understanding and an interpretation of Western musical forms, the world music category that it fits under, tends to reject the idea of Western musical imperialism.[5] DJ Riot of Sistema said, "Kuduro was never world music... It wasn’t born on congas and bongos, as some traditional folk-music. It was kids making straight-up dance-music from, like, ’96. Playing this new music, this new African music, that feels straight-up political in itself."[6]
Kuduristas use body movements that often emanate movement/stillness, incoordination, falling, pop & lock, and breakdancing. This style of dance seems to “break down” body parts into isolations and staccato movements, serving as a reflection of debility and the mixture of abled/disabled bodies in performance. Popular Angolan dancer Costuleta, whose leg has been amputated, is known for his captivating performances displaying dexterity and sexuality. The incorporation of debility complicates normative notions of “abled-ness” while recalling motifs of black survival throughout the Diaspora, specifically in relation to the land mines planted by the Portuguese army that has left many Angolans amputated.[7]
Terminology
The name of the dance refers to a peculiar movement in which the dancers seem to have hard buttocks ("Cu Duro" in Angolan Portuguese), simulating an aggressive and agitated dance style."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Costuleta - Tchiriri Kuduro
Son Zouk, Uploaded on Jan 28, 2009
Un ti clip du concept Kuduro
-snip-
WARNING: Some of the images in this video may be sexually suggestive.
Recall this quote from the article given above as Excerpt #1: "It was Costuleta, the Angolan amputee based in Paris who spread the genre across the rest of Africa, and beyond Northern hipster circles.".
Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. The numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.
2014
1.Jason Fortes, 2014
"kuduro est cap verdien
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"Kuduro is Cape Verdian [meaning it originated in the Cape Verde Islands*]
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*Cape Verde Islands are off the western coast of the African continent, near Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. Like Angola, Portuguese is an official language in Cape Verde. The four other African nations where Portuguese is an official language are Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Equatorial Guinea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries
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2. mariechou37, 2016
"Non c angolais"
(Google translate French to English)
"No. It is Angolan".
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2015
3. Belfi Ebubu Nzale
"Ça c'est notre dance à tous les angolais angolano"
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(Google translate from French to English)
"This is our dance to all Angolan angolano" [followed by an internet symbol for love]
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4. Mzell Assani976
J'kiiiifffffff graaave!!!!!
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"J' kiffe" is a French adaptation of Arabic meaning "I appreciate it a lot" [in standard English -"I really like it"] = grave {French] = seriously.
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5. Florence kakou
"J'aime trop c'est comme me sa que je dance"
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(Google translate from French to English)
"I like it too like it's my dance"
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6. FaiscaOPC
"2015 Sempre a bombar"
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(Google translate from Portuguese to English)
"Always pumping"
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"Pumping" is an African American Vernacular English term which (in this context) means that the song (or specifically, the song's beat) is very good.
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There are several other YouTube uploads of this same video. In the discussion thread for one of those videos, several commenters mentioned how impressed they were with how well Costuleta, the lead artist in this video, danced with one leg.
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Example #2: Toques de Kuduro Angola 2009
kellystress007, Uploaded on May 8, 2009
Toques Angola 2009 é muita karga no momento
(Google translate from Portuguese to English and http://translate.translation-services-usa.com/karga/basque/english/)
2009 Angolan ringtone - It has a lot of weight at the moment.
My guess for the standard American meaning of "é muita karga no momento" = It's very popular right now.
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Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread.
1. Italo Adriano B. C. Marcelino, 2013
"That is kuduro. O/
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2. gasnate, 2013
"it´s very similar to piqueria de champeta in Cartagena Colombia, here the african influence is huge."
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3. krw this, 2017
"dont know about that african influence but the music bpm is almost the same"
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Example #3: MK Kuduro - éwé éwé (2011)
Bizness Label Group Uploaded on Jun 25, 2011
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Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. The numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only. (Google Translate from Portuguese to English)
2012
1. Maxperm
"Alô irmãos de Angola
É Nós Samba de cá, Kuduro de lá"
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"Hello brothers from Angola
We are Samba from here, Kuduro from there"
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The reference to "samba" indicates that the commenter is from Brazil.
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2. joshua mason
"the kid in the hortons shirt is cool"
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3. Bob bobber
"haha representing in the TIm Hortons t-shirt... :P awesome :)"
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"Tim Horton" is a popular fast food restaurant chain in Canada that is especially known for its good coffee.
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4. E Osei
"off da chain"
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"Off da chain" and "off the chain" are now retired African American Vernacular English complimentary phrases.
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5. Erivaldo607
"Eu sei que nem todo o mundo é igual, mas muito Latinos e Brasileiros deveriam saber k o k vocês dançam não é Kuduro, nem cópia é, então por favor n critiquem e nem insultem esses miúdos, pois o que eles estão a dançar é o verdadeiro Kuduro. Aprendam que o Kuduro não se descreve, apenas sente-se!!!! Soh um país faz o verdadeiro Kuduro...e esse país é Angola (Nguimbe)."
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"I know that not everyone is equal, but a lot of Latinos and Brazilians should know kok you dance is not Kuduro, nor copy is, so please do not criticize or insult these kids, because what they are dancing is the true Kuduro . Learn that Kuduro does not describe itself, just sit down !!!! Soh a country does the true Kuduro ... and that country is Angola (Nguimbe).
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This comment is representative of a number of comments in this and the other "Kuduro" YouTube discussion threads that I read which not only made it clear that "Kuduro" dance/music originated in Angola, Central Africa, but also criticized the Brazilian music/dance form that calls itself "Kuduro". Particular harsh criticism is leveled against Don Omar, a Puerto Rican performer who is known for his Reggaeton records and who in 2010 popularized the song entitled "Danza Kuduro" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8. Neither the music nor the dancing in Don Omar's "Danza Kuduro" video have any thing to do with Kuduro.
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6. Kilamba Ferreira
"o kuduro naiceu em angola quando eu tinha 14 anos agora tenho 33 anos
o meu filho ja sabe o que é o kuduro talvez o meu neto vai tambem saber entao o kuduro vai ficar mesmo pra sempre"
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"The nativist kuduro in angola when I was 14 years old now I'm 33 years old
My son already knows what kuduro is maybe my grandson will also know then kuduro will stay forever"
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The word "nativist" here probably means something like "original".
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7. Lyly Duarte
"muito legal essa dança"
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"Very cool this dance" [This dance is very cool.]
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8. Fabrício Marçal
"Aqui no Brasil estamos curtindo muito o KUDURO, abraço irmão Angolanos
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"Here in Brazil we are enjoying KUDURO a lot, hug brother Angolanos"
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9. Cleber David
"Kuduro de verdade, que vem do povo angolano!"
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"Kuduro really comes from the Angolan people!"
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10. Alex Rodrigues
"é legal, nada ver com o kuduro do brasil que diga de passagem é uma bosta"
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"It's cool, nothing to do with the brazilian kuduro that says in passing it's crap"
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“That says in passing” may mean that is a fad now.
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11. Eugenio jesus
"esse sim e o verdadeiro kuduro"
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"This yes and the true kuduro"
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13. MUNDO CURIOSO, 2015
"Esse é o verdadeiro kuduro não aquilo visto na TV, só para lembrar herdamos essa cultura então se isso é ou loucura também somos loucos pois faz parte da nossa origem."
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"This is the real kuduro not seen on TV, just to remember we inherit this culture so if this is crazy or crazy we are also part of our origin."
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