Miriam Makeba - Malaika (1969)

[KrioloPro]

luv u

[ssricar]

sensacional!

[MrSpiritdrummer]

Great song....great feeling, great singer !

[zanzibar79]

dat hat

[noirrosa]

wow

[MJBangel18]

My Name! I love this song

[LRIVADENEIRAJ]

Es un video original de la legendaria Miriam Makeba, cantando Malaika, con un traje tradicional de Africa del Sur.

[cocosharnel]

Good ole memories

[lantavian1]

When I look at her videos, I can't help but smile, because it's so evident that she really loves to sing. Maybe that's why she touched so many people.

[rosavmelo10]

Axé!

[osirisman2006]

GRACIAS , MUCHAS GRACIAS ,.... QUE BELLA VOZ ,.... Y EMOCION

[franklindavid]

She is just beautiful with her lovely voice, she brought out the best in Africian folk music.

[anupriya3340]

oh I forgot

(4) "Unani sumbua roho yangu" You have broken my heart(roughly)

[anupriya3340]

I was actually sick and tired of hearing this song from the 1970's in radio in Kenya from the time I could remember. This was the time when ABBA, Boney m, Osibisa, Bee Gees etc were in their heyday. I remember like it was yesterday. But its nice to hear it again, this time from the golden voice of the late Miriam Makeba. I have done a rough translation with my rusty swahili,anyone is welcome to improve the translation. Its been decades since I was in Kenya.

[anupriya3340]

Simple translation from (my rusty)swahili to english(she repeats this theme a few times). I grew up in Kenya, where Swahili-this language she is singing in is the national language. She herself was South African , so I doubt whether she understood swahili-this actually is not her own song, its a Kenyan singer who composed it.

(1) Angel I love/like you( no distinction between love and like in swahili)

(2) I could have married you

(3)But I couldn't come up with the bride price(dowry)

[lantavian1]

simply beautiful !! I have been an ardent fan of hers since she first set foot on American soil. I am a 77 yr old black women who had the pleasure of seeing her in person at Mr kellys in Chicago, it was quite an experience and I would say that, if you have not been able to see her perform in person you have missed an outstanding entertainer. I have followed her career since the beginning and probably have most of her albums and recently purchased her recent CD's May she rest peacefully.

[LekemoJa]

Maman je ne t'oublierai jamais,meme faisant partie de la génération des jeunes camerounais qui t'on découvert et aimé autours de 1994-1995 ,tu es ce que l'Afrique a eu de si précieux durant toutes ces années d'essor de nos Nations Africaines,en passant par l'époque de nos Etats-Royaumes,et des Indépendances.Si belle et maternelle comme nos mamans.Merci Maman,tu restes au fond de nos coeurs. Merci.

[thads045]

Wow!!! just amazing, mnhhhhhh

[MrEonlynch]

Oh so beautiful a voice.....wow. I do not understand the words but God the voice.

[adelaidebuonomo]

Merci la RAI grâce à vous je peu voir et écouter cette grande DAME merci beaucoup. 

[libertas1776]

Her smile is always in my heart.

[Kousha]

Perfect. Just perfect.

[naom1e2011]

WORDS DO NOT SPEAK OUT THERE WILL NEVER BE A SINGER LIKE HER

[thekabebesi]

1 of the greatest songs of all time.lv u miriam

[Algerino307]

She even made sang a song for Algeria independence and in Arabic,this is how she trully is a Mom of whole Africa!

R.I.P you ll always be in our hearts and you honored ALgeria with your wisdom and Angelic voice!

[jordimikado]

Fantastic song!!! 5***** Regards from Spain......Jordi.

[phatkies01]

TZ 4 life, was she exiled to Tanzania o wat? shes got a couple of songs in swahili...

[SHSATNewYork]

Born to sing!

[RollercoasterWater]

I'm naming my daughter Makeba because of this video

[walkonearth]

@RollercoasterWater why not miriam

[mizzfoxy9]

LEMEV  Thank you,very very much

[mizzfoxy9]

the African woman,are most BEAUTIFUL I!!!!!WONDERFUL SONG

[Johnlenol]

Amazing!,,,,,, can't belive didn't know her before.

[ml1303waki36]

It´s the voice of "Mama Africa"...I like it since I was 5 or 6... now I´m 50.

[DAVEUK1234]

I have done an instrumental version of this wonderfull song.

Please visit my chanel.

[Lemev]

Malaika, nakupenda Malaika (2X),Ningekuoa mali we,Ningekuoa dada...Nashindwa na mali sina we Ningekuoa Malaika (2X)... Pesa zasumbua roho yangu(2X).Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio...Nashindwa na mali sina we,Ningekuoa Malaika(2X)...Kidege, hukuwaza kidege(2X)...Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio...Nashindwa na mali sina we,Ningekuoa Malaika(2X) Malaika...(Rpt 1st.)!!! (By Fadhili williams from Kenya or Adam Salim from Tanzania...!) Who knows? ;-)

[MonifaAdebola]

SHe is such a stunning woman!

[DAVEUK1234]

I grew up in Malindi, near Mombasa, i believe this was actually written by Fadhili Williams and performed by the Jambo Boys in Kenya around 1960. Miriam may well have heard this song in Tanzania but it's origins lie in Kenya.

[christyleization]

@DAVEUK1234 YES! THAT IS VERY TRUE! ITS BY FADHILI WILLIAMS AND DAVID KABAKA :) speak the truth brother! (:

[ericnoel1]

But she heard first in Tanzania and she always said here is a love song from Tanzania, up to this day there is no proof this song was written by Fadhili Williams as we all know African songs are not "at those days written by one person



[dulsen2011]

this is swahili song from mombasa....kenya.. malaika means angels

[DAVEUK1234]

One of the Best versions i've heard of this classic. I have done an instrumental version if anyone cares to take a look on my channel.

[kenedal1]

Perfect  video. Great sound. Breaks up my soul in exile

[mimoza1976]

einfach fantastisch....klasse

[traoremandy]

la c'est SEKOU BEMBEYA....a la guitare!!!!wow....quelle video!!!!

[denver23675]

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN She will never be forgotten

[misslover56]

ma fille se prénommera Malaika 

[DuncanzibarNo2]

What a find! A rare find indeed. Thanks for posting this truly beautiful love song.

The graphical overlay - unwarranted.