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Heila Nicolaisen

PS Mel; I live in South Africa and can speak Zulu and a few languages, let me tell you that the tune, or song, will 100% not be from an African either here, or in another part of Africa, African music is different,

Heila Nicolaisen

Zuma the Chinese and Russians took all dis verby vir nou! maar...God het darm gereel dat goed so moet werk...

Afrikitty

Thanks for the vote of confidence. (*_*)

Peter McCarthy

Wonderful Post!!!

m402363

Solomon or Linda family aint owed a penny

Garth Wheeler

yes it is Kwela music township music

11pote

I'm writing a music exam tomorrow and wonder if someone could help me. I need to be able to look at and analyse the different styles of this song and i'm struggling to put a name to some of the South African ones. The Ladysmith Black Mamazo one is clearly isicathamiya and i can recognise the pop and marabi and stuff but would this be kwela?

Afrikitty

@hermansteytler Well, you need to explain what you mean when you say that Harry Belafonte "gave birth" to this song. Because, actually, he did NOT in any way have anything to do with birthing this song. It was written by an African man, Solomon Linda in 1939 (if my memory serves me correctly) of Johannesburg. The song was stolen from him and a man named Pete Seeger took it to the USA and changed the name from Mbube to Whimowe. It does have a long history, but the linda family were recompensed!

Herman Steytler

You've got to have Africa in your DNA, in your blood pulsing through your veins to enyoy this so much! OK Harry Belafonté gave birth to this song but we can really SING it!

Todd Scott

Mango Groove has reconciled me to SuidAfrika being a multi-racial nation. Thank God for The Groove!

harkeb

Claire Johnson IS South African. Thanks Mango Groove for giving tribute to another south african who didnt get the deserved recognition.

CheckinGagaiNagain

@tuckingfwit YOU TOO KIND..!

Mel Frykberg

@CheckinGagaiNagain Stop being such a retard. Gavin is correct. The Tokens' The Lion Sleeps Tonight was based on, and basically a rip off of, Soloman Linda's - from South Africa - Mbube. The words were changed obviously into English. Furthermore, originally the Lindas were given no royalties or credit for this rip off but this has probably changed.

CheckinGagaiNagain

@gavinspowart Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was first recorded by its writer, Solomon Linda, and his group, the Evening Birds, in 1939. that's the infO fOr Mtube. The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight did it in the 1950's

CheckinGagaiNagain

@gavinspowart NO:) The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Skidonti

The Tokens version is my childhood, sorry mates. Not a bad version at all though. They did something a little different with it.

aggplanta

I really love Mango Groove. This version is great. BTW. I'm not from SA, as everyone else seems to be that like MG. I'm only a poor soul from up north, in Sweden.

Michael Godfrey

And what Band more wonderful!

picsorkartmen

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

violet45C

There is that penny whistle again... what instrument is more beautiful than that?

Tokens

Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight