Christy Azuma - Naam

[slowlion01]

You welcome Juli.

[chillysardine]

This tune is CHILLY COLD it left me frozen she had raw talent...silky for sure

[AdventuresOfMrQuest]

sexy

[MiszSoulFlower]

god i love the voice what a voice and would love to know what the song is about.

[satouu1]

She's Aïssa Maïga, a french actress. Comes from Mali though..

Meaning???Language??

[cannoir]

father ( mali )  Mom ( senegalese )

[julinization]

Ok, now I really wanna know what this means, any translaters here? Please help.

[slowlion01]

Orig. song is by Christy Azuma is from Zuarungu in Upper East Region of Northern Ghana. It is a folksong of the Frafra people very popular in the late 1970s. The lyrics say," I am gorgeous with a soft smile, and where am I going? I am going to the Balungu's Chief's Palace, when I get there and I am not welcomed, I will proceed to Bongo Chief's Palace and if I am not welcome....I will proceed to so and so it goes. Unfortunately, the bird has stopped singing. Rest in peace Sister Christy.

[julinization]

@slowlion01 Thanks for that translation.

[soursop]

@slowlion01 hello , you seem to know alot about this artist. is there anyway to get the mp3 for this song. I love it

[edzillion]

@soursop it's on a compilation called Ghana Soundz Vol. 2: Afrobeat, Funk, & Fusion in 1970's Ghana

[soursop]

@edzillion thank you! its on Amazon



[edzillion]

@soursop Great. Just thought I would add that another compilation on the same label called 'Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Ghanaian Blue 1968-1981' has another track by Christy Azuma called 'Din Ya Sugri' which is possibly even better than this one. good luck :)

[slowlion01]

@soursop hope U got it. fro; the posts, it s on Amazon

[julinization]

@slowlion01 thanx a mil for the translation.

[julinization]

NICE! just watched the movie"BAMAKO"

[finn525]

It's on now!! I saw it on SBS TV (Australia) about 4-5 months ago and here it is again. I was enthralled by the whole movie the first time and have loved this song every since. I play it over and over and over. The music is rythmical magic and her voice is delicious emotion. I also loved the scene where the goat tries to butt the judge :-))

[yourengland]

this film was one of the saddest movies i've ever seen, and this particular scene made me cry.

[emncaity]

I'm with you. What a great film it was, too--one of the most memorable I've seen in the past 10 years, at least.

[jagobe1]

oh yeah, definitely the best part of this movie! :)

[Nat6881]

shes so good

when i watched this film she was like the best part

[missOxp]

Chaque fois la meme sensation quand j'entends cette voix.... magnifique!!!!

[Ezkiel777]

i've looked for the translation of these lyrics all night long... simply can't find it!!!!!!

anybody knows what she's saying?????

the music is divine.

[TOBIdoesntNEEDaHUG]

@Ezkiel777 I agree.

[twosimon89]

belle voix aicha maiga

[Iwant2eatbutter]

Non c'est la voix de Christy Azuma qu'on entend

[freddyfrogish]

quel belle voix!! je suis pret de pleurer.

[sandema]

The language is known variously as Farefare, Gurenne, Nankanne/Talni/Nabti, etc. and spoken in northeastern Ghana around Bolgatanga where the Uppers were based (Christy Azuma's band).

[sandema]

This is not Christy Azuma! It's a Malian (?) actress lip-synching in 2005 to a song recorded in the 1970s in Ghana.

I can't make out much of the lyrics, but it sounds like an appeal to a chief.

[kozzekozz]

That's true, I believe her name is Aïssa Maïga...funny though the movie is about accusing the World Bank

[serenidipity0404]

my cousin, michelle, looks like her

[Bigmac79]

you are a lucky cousin :)

[leithyfa]

une très belle voix....

[yogy39]

A lovely, lovely singer!!

[nicazzo]

why is she crying?

[BrBenny]

you've got to see the film: bamako!

[simonella77]

Bellissimo......

[laskoni13]

magnifique

[raverleash]

yeah a translation would be killer

[sallysaysme]

Anybody care to write up the lyrics? Or, better yet, a translation?