since my time in nairaland, this is the best post ever, you deserve an award

++++++VIP Gheu

Can some one tell me the name person that sang
Africa ooooo eeee oooo
Africa ....Africa eeeeeee and the tiltle?

Abagworo:
Incomplete without M'bilia Bel from Congo and Nico Mbarga from Cameroun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mecNrIaWOA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MFCFPmKM2Q

I consider Nico Mbarga to be Nigerian (he is on my list of 150 Nigerian songs). His mother was Nigerian, he grew up in Nigeria and he was one of the early members of PMAN.


https://www.nairaland.com/3439718/list-150-greatest-nigerian-songs

Pointblank09:
++++++VIP Gheu

Can some one tell me the name person that sang
Africa ooooo eeee oooo
Africa ....Africa eeeeeee and the tiltle?

Check number 32 on the list. I also posted the video of the song.

It is because of threads like this I remain loyal to nairaland.....thank you

I don't know if anyone knows this song played on ait lunch break went like "ayole ayolele ayole......" I suspect it was papa wemba but google throws up a blank

Since nobody has written about this wonderful song, I'm going to write about it.

This song takes me back to my childhood.

The song was incredibly popular in the 1970s. It's from a 1974 South African musical. They toured Nigeria many times and I think they also staged a performance at FESTAC '77.

Lots of Nigerian schools and youth groups also performed this play and these two songs were played over and over on Radio Nigeria.

Higher!
Higher!
Higher o! Ntombia
Ipi Ntombia, Ntombia.
Ipi Ntombia, Ntombia.

From the musical Ipi Tombi, this is N'tombia.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPV_GyFXn8o

Xhosa, Xhosa, xho!
Xhosa, Xhosa, xho!

From the musical Ipi Tombi, this is The Warrior.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1RPPO-c1vU

naptu2:
Since nobody has written about this wonderful song, I'm going to write about it.

This song takes me back to my childhood.

The song was incredibly popular in the 1970s. It's from a 1974 South African musical. They toured Nigeria many times and I think they also staged a performance at FESTAC '77.

Lots of Nigerian schools and youth groups also performed this play and these two songs were played over and over on Radio Nigeria.

From the musical Ipi Tombi, this is N'tombi.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPV_GyFXn8o

Great thread.
I wonder why you left out Osibisa band?

anonimi:


Great thread.
I wonder why you left out Osibisa band?

naptu2:


I knew that I would forget something. I wrote about Celebration on my diary yesterday night while planning this thread. The DJ at the Silverbird Man Of The Year Award ceremony played both Celebration and Coffee Song and I planned to include them in the thread, only to forget at the last minute.

But I've since posted their videos on the thread.

naptu2:
But I've since posted their videos on the thread.

Super!
Many thanks!!

I searched for Siolele on youtube and found the clip below from Ghana but it doesn't sound like the song I heard with the siolele refrain/chorus.
I hope that I find the real deal and post soon.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBKpcsxdnQ

AlfaSeltzer:
Try this my favorite


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHyhMp_xtSc

Omg, this is it. JA Adofo

Thank you so much!!!!!

A minute e ka-eji eyipu baby akwa. . .

E kobesie, ima na-anyi n'asu akwa, owu sakata John pa. . .

nwanne isi agbakam big time, thank you so much. Midase

anonimi:


Super!
Many thanks!!

I searched for Siolele on youtube and found the clip below from Ghana but it doesn't sound like the song I heard with the siolele refrain/chorus.
I hope that I find the real deal and post soon.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBKpcsxdnQ

Thanks.

The list incomplete without Prince Nico Mbaga sweet mother.

imehjunior:
The list incomplete without Prince Nico Mbaga sweet mother.

naptu2:


I consider Nico Mbarga to be Nigerian (he is on my list of 150 Nigerian songs). His mother was Nigerian, he grew up in Nigeria and he was one of the early members of PMAN.

https://www.nairaland.com/3439718/list-150-greatest-nigerian-songs

I've often written about a trinity of African musicians. Well, maybe a quartet. These are the 4 most iconic African musicians (in no particular order).

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

Manu Dibango

Miriam Makeba

Hugh Masekela.


A concert was staged at Wembley Stadium in 1988 to mark the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, who was still in prison at that time. The NTA showed it live. There were so many fantastic performances at that concert, but two remain etched in my mind:

Tracy Chapman performing "Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution" and this song by Hugh Masekela.

Masekela performed a duet with Miriam Makeba (who is also his ex-wife), Miriam Makeba performed Pata Pata, then Hugh performed this song (which was released just a year before the concert).

Bring back, Nelson Mandela.
Bring him back home to Soweto.
I want to see him walking down the streets of South Africa
(Tomorrow).


Bring back, Nelson Mandela,
Bring him back home to Soweto.
I want to see him walking hand in hand with Winnie Mandela
(Tomorrow)

Hugh Masekela - Bring Him Back Home



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3oKb2JQow

Freeezzz:

Big bros Naptu2, may the Almighty God bless you uncountable times sir! Ohhhhhhhhh, you don't know what good you've done me this evening. Chai! I feel like kissing you #NoHomo. God will favour you even when you don't expect it! I have been looking for this song for the past 3yrs now. I could not remember the title or the artiste. I queried Google with Baby girl, oh my baby, omi nlo si Ile oko, time has come(for you to go) and various references, Google brought numerous songs and I gave up after I had downloaded many wrong songs. Omolola15, abeg help me thank this messiah, Naptu2.

Baby Girl on auto-repeat. Indomie generation, sorry you wouldn't know how this song rocked our air wave then, that it got massive airplay from both NTA and AIT!

Big bros Naptu2, there's another one I'm looking for sir, "Oro re o, oro re o, oro re o, repete.....ibi ton gbe se ofofo kiri, ategun ba fe gele lo(dahn dahn(piano break)), Iro ba tu sonu(dahn dahn), omo ba jabo sile(dahn). Bros, you don remember the song?

That song was jam back in the days. You should have asked me for the title na. I can never forget that song. Neil Oliver. And my sister won't stop singing it then.

Wow nice 1

Song of Destiny

cupidhero:
If you no follow dance this one you missed a lot.


Song - Etat Major
Artist - Extra Musica


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a-kHxNXDMg&fulldescription=1&gl=NG&hl=en&client=mv-google

naptu2:


http://allafrica.com/stories/200101100261.html


Awilo Longomba - Coupe Bibamba


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvEzKpT8xNA

c


Quite a flashback, i must admit that i was getting scared back then coz the way they dominated our music scene was just overwhelming. Fast forward today , glory be to baba God, Nigerians are on top of their game

Abagworo:
Incomplete without M'bilia Bel from Congo and Nico Mbarga from Cameroun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mecNrIaWOA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MFCFPmKM2Q

You just touched my soul with that Mbilia Bel song. Oh ..............

Elder Nap2u.... Help your boy with Zamina Mina Zangalewa Video abeg. Tnx sir.

naptu2:
There was a thread on the home page yesterday, about how difficult it is for songs from other African countries to break into the Nigerian market. This reminded me of songs from other African countries that have been hits in Nigeria. So I decided to do a list of 50 songs by other Africans that have been hits in Nigeria.

Note (1) This is not a list of all the songs by other Africans that have been hits in Nigeria. It's just a list of 50 songs.

2) Eddy Grant is in the honourable mentions section because, although he sang about Africa and arpatheid and he often visited Nigeria, he is actually from Guyana in the Caribbeans/South America (some people think that he is Nigerian). Oliver Mutukudzi's song is also in that section because it wasn't a major hit, despite the fact that it was played a lot on the radio.


Song - Artist (Country)


1) Khona - Uhuru (South Africa)

2) Windeck - Cabo Snoop (Angola)

3) Decale Aladji - DJ Ramatoulaye (Ivory Coast)

4) Gweta - Toofan (Togo)

5) Azonto - Fuse ODG (Ghana)

6) Coupe Bibamba - Awilo Longomba (Congo)

7) Agolo - Angelique Kidjo (Benin)

8 ) Voodoo Child - Angelique Kidjo (Benin)

9) Magic System - Premier Gaou (Ivory Coast)

10) Mzbel - 16 Years (Ghana)

11) Umqombothi - Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa)

12) Thank You Mr DJ - Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa)

13) I'm Burning Up - Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa)

14) Winnie Mandela - Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa)

15) I Cry For Freedom - Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa)

16) Hi Life - Wally Badarou (Benin)

17) Wes - Alane (Cameroon)

18) Wes - I Love Football (Cameroon)

19) Ahonka Womu - VIP (Ghana)

20) Jika - Mi Casa (South Africa)

21) It's Your Wedding Day - Brenda Fassie (South Africa)

22) Vulindlela - Brenda Fassie (South Africa)

23) Fefe Nefe - Tic Tac (Ghana)

24) You May Kiss Your Bride - Bollie (Ghana)

25) Via Orlando - Mahoota and Vetkuk (South Africa)

26) Lengoma - DJ Sbu ft Zahara (South Africa)

27) Destiny - Malaika (South Africa)

28) Fanta Diallo - Alpha Blondy (Ivory Coast)

29) Cocody Rock - Alpha Blondy (Ivory Coast)

30) Doo Be Doo - Freshly Ground (South Africa)

31) Kokolioko - Miatta Fahnbulleh (Liberia)

32) Africa - Salif Keita (Mali)

33) Ye Ke Ye Ke - Mory Kante (Guinea)

34) Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba (South Africa)

35) Malaika - Miriam Makeba (South Africa)

36) I've Got You Babe - Lucky Dube (South Africa)

37) Different Colours - Lucky Dube (South Africa)

38) Ipi Ntombia - Ipi Tombi (South Africa)

39) The Warrior- Ipi Ntombi (South Africa)

40) Zamina Mina Zangalewa - Zangalewa (Cameroon)

41) Bring Him Back Home - Hugh Masekela (South Africa)

42) Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Cameroon)

43) Wa Jo - Nell Oliver (Benin)

44) Baby Girl - Nell Oliver (Benin)

45) Homeless - Lady Smith Black Mambazo (South Africa)

46) Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Lady Smith Black Mambazo (South Africa)

47) Yela - Baaba Maal (Senegal)

48) So Why - Youssou N'dour, Papa Wemba, Lucky Dube, Lagbaja, Jabu Khanyile and Bayete (various African countries)

49) All For You - ET Mensah (Ghana)

50) Wavin' Flag - K'naan (Somalia)


Honourable mentions


Hello Africa - Eddy Grant (Guyana)

Give Me Hope Joanna - Eddy Grant (Guyana)

I don't Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant (Guyana)

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (Guyana)

Todii - Oliver Mutukudzi (Zimbabwe)

Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) - Rozalla (Zambia)

9 is actually Premier Gaou - Magic System (Ivory Coast)

Kyri:
9 is actually Premier Gaou - Magic System (Ivory Coast)

Yes, both 9 and 10 are inverted.

scobaba:
Elder Nap2u.... Help your boy with Zamina Mina Zangalewa Video abeg. Tnx sir.

This song was on heavy rotation on NTA2 Channel 5 in the late 1980s. The group was originally known as Golden Sounds but they changed their name to Zangalewa due to the popularity of this song.

President Paul Biya made them honorary members of the Cameroonian Army and entertainers to the president.

Shakira covered this song in the official anthem of the 2010 World Cup. Her version is called Waka Waka, This Time For Africa.



Zangalewa of Cameroon - Zamina Mina Zangalewa


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmC_YHGweLs

So let's continue with the masters. . .the quartet of African greats. I've posted one of Masekela's songs, so now here's one from Manu Dibango.

naptu2:
This is one of the most popular and one of the most sampled African songs ever. He sued Michael Jackson and Rihanna for stealing part of the song (the part that goes "Ma ma ko, ma ma sa, ma ma makosa" ).

He had first sued Michael Jackson for stealing part of the song (which he used in "Wanna Be Starting Something" ). Michael admitted that he stole it and the case was settled out of court. Rihanna then asked Michael for permission to use that part of the song (in Please Don't Stop The Music) and Michael permitted her to use it, without first getting Dibango's permission. So Manu Dibango sued both Rihanna and Michael (again). He won.

That part of the song has been sampled by very many music acts around the world.

The word Makossa means "I dance" in the Douala language of Manu Dibango's people in Cameroun. It was popularised by Manu Dibango and is now used as the name of a genre of music from Central and West Africa.

Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa (1972).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4I9iBZNUu4

And I remembered the song after I created the thread.

Brenda Fassie had two songs that were popular in Nigeria in the late '80s and early '90s. I included "It's Your Wedding Day" in this list, but I couldn't remember the name of the second song, so I omitted it. Then, just a few minutes ago, I caught myself humming the song.

I can't find any video or information about the song online, but I remember the lyrics very well.

Mi do do, do do, do la do ti,
Re mi do do, do do, do la do ti,

One step back and one step forward,
Just move your body,
Turn around and shake your hand,
Move your body

Here it is! This song was very effective in keeping those little children busy.


Brenda Fassie - Ag Shame Lovey (1987)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocmywGu5LY4

Thanks Naptu2. You have no idea how much this means to me...it came at a time I'm organising an African event at my institution; so I've shamelessly created a new playlist in which more than 60% of the songs are from your list. The song "Welela" brought so much memories, I almost teared up listening to it!

Thank you again. You're awesome!!!

AgentOfAllah:
Thanks Naptu2. You have no idea how much this means to me...it came at a time I'm organising an African event at my institution; so I've shamelessly created a new playlist in which more than 60% of the songs are from your list. The song "Welela" brought so much memories, I almost teared up listening to it!

Thank you again. You're awesome!!!

My pleasure.

Waohh waohh, thanks for this really...I'm most impressed with the OP

But i haven't seen Aki Special on the list...I love this song, i hope i have a witness out there


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_MnLaaWc3w

naptu2:


That was another favourite of NTA2 Channel 5. It's from the same album as Pata Pata (remix). In fact it's the title track of the album.


Miriam Makeba - Welela



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39UFAJBUTE

Gosh, I love this timeless classic