Hello astrothomas, I am extremely proud of this video and appreciate you putting it up. I am South African and actually sing in a Boston based band that does a lot of Mirriam Makeba music. This is a great song, it's different and beautiful and we hit the clicks loudly and perfectly. Thanks for putting this up, and you should come to one of our shows sometime when you're in Boston :)
I want to thank you also for fixing the low volume of this song. I am making a CD of South African music from youtube selections, and wanted to include this song but it was so much softer than all the other songs. Now I can, thanks.
I also agree with another comment about how tactfully she refers to her country's colonizers. We need to stop war and oppression all over the world. Respect everyone as maybe different, but equal in the eyes of the law and God.
Thank you for doing this! I think this video is amazing, and I wanted to find someone who had done this to it. What I find most remarkable about it is her kindness and lack of judgement or condescension (even when discussing things that she could rightly judge, like the colonization of her country), which allows her to really say what she wants to say and have people hear it. It's a great example for linguistics, public speaking, history, sociology, music...on and on. Love it.
Amazing. Are the instrumentals in this traditionally African. I know this is a really dumb thing to say, but it kinda sounds Caribbean, I know it basically came from Africa, just asking.
@moeman1984 Well, Miriam Makeba was one of the first people to really do "world music" before we started calling it "world music," which means she incorporated many styles. I can't say for sure what other styles went into the music here, but based on what I know about her I would think that you're right in guessing that the music had other influences.
Hello astrothomas, I am extremely proud of this video and appreciate you putting it up. I am South African and actually sing in a Boston based band that does a lot of Mirriam Makeba music. This is a great song, it's different and beautiful and we hit the clicks loudly and perfectly. Thanks for putting this up, and you should come to one of our shows sometime when you're in Boston :)
apexinfinity 3 months ago
thanks i also want to use it for my communications class. i had her record many decades ago, but it is long gone. ken
immagyn 3 months ago
you guys are racist!
AjLaya0 5 months ago
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enigmaatual 6 months ago
I want to thank you also for fixing the low volume of this song. I am making a CD of South African music from youtube selections, and wanted to include this song but it was so much softer than all the other songs. Now I can, thanks.
I also agree with another comment about how tactfully she refers to her country's colonizers. We need to stop war and oppression all over the world. Respect everyone as maybe different, but equal in the eyes of the law and God.
truthandjustice9 7 months ago
I would like to inform you that the subtitles are in Dutch! I am from Holland I can read the difference between Afrikaans and Dutch.....
MLeewis 7 months ago
@MLeewis Thanks for your information, I know neither languages, but just incorrectly assumed it to be Afrikaans.
astrothomas 5 months ago
Thank you for doing this! I think this video is amazing, and I wanted to find someone who had done this to it. What I find most remarkable about it is her kindness and lack of judgement or condescension (even when discussing things that she could rightly judge, like the colonization of her country), which allows her to really say what she wants to say and have people hear it. It's a great example for linguistics, public speaking, history, sociology, music...on and on. Love it.
katiekawaii 8 months ago
Thanks for your work :-)
chaldiran 10 months ago
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chaldiran 10 months ago
Amazing. Are the instrumentals in this traditionally African. I know this is a really dumb thing to say, but it kinda sounds Caribbean, I know it basically came from Africa, just asking.
moeman1984 10 months ago
@moeman1984 Well, Miriam Makeba was one of the first people to really do "world music" before we started calling it "world music," which means she incorporated many styles. I can't say for sure what other styles went into the music here, but based on what I know about her I would think that you're right in guessing that the music had other influences.
katiekawaii 8 months ago