Yvonne Chaka - Umqombothi

[BAKABADIO1]

QUANDO LA SENTO ,HO LA NOSTALGIA DELLA MIA AFRICA E HO TANTO VOGLIA DI ANDARE A CASA (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE) BELLISSIMAAAAAAAAAA

[geiuy]

@BAKABADIO1 anch'io

[jennyful78]

@ Haskiwan u cracked me up...hahahaha...thats funny ...we had our own transilation too in Taita tribe...old good times.

[amonokirst]

Africa songs with its unique rhythms, old but still sound nice

[PhillipMolefe]

Yvonne you used to rock my house every morning before I go to school...."YVONNE CHAKA CHAKA.....BRENDA FASSIE......CHEEK TO CHEEK......REBECCA MALOPE.....MARA LOW....the best SA female singers ever....they ruled @ their time...:)

[TheFancy60]

classic

[belami66]

This song  reminds me my chilhood

[003bone]

Which year was this?

[changez07]

long live Mother Africa

[chung1chu]

I remember stealing part of the show (with my sister) at my Uncle's wedding singing this song. Those were the good days.

[aldmir]

what a great song god bless Africa

[KenyanPhil]

REMINDS ME OF AFRICAN DAYS

[KenyanPhil]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[Mbogo33]

Brought back many memories. Omukomboti was the song of the time.

[adamcouk]

thanks chaka chaka

[jurgenkings]

wow i remember this song ..way back in nigeria it was a hit then i wasstill a lighty ...will sit infront of the TV and stare ....

[TheAcemaster24]

i remember this <3

[TetsuZaemon21]

This is art.

[betamimau]

love it love it love it, love it sooooo much

[adejareojo]

Yvonne! Where's my pounded yam and egusi soup?! I can't listen to you sing while I'm hungry. Abeg! Abeg! Abeg! Abeg Nah!

[opnetable]

i listen to this song and all i can do i smile...

[orablues5216]

hahahaha dis is bring back old memories .....love dis song

[dejiabbis]

you bring back good childhood memories Thank You so much

[radioenlanoche]

The best !!!!!!!

[mrca360]

Yvonne is my heroin; I am from Kenya. We use to listen to this song every hour even old people knew it. If you didn't know this song you could be labelled "weird."

[sammie99344]

lol im from kenya too and i hear this songs at some african parties we have and i looove it!

[eveananemensah]

dis song is just lovely

[longstrong123z]

I love Yvone Chaka Chaka so much.

[MsDineo]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh i love this song omg my parents have got her cd and her dvd and they played it day by day when i was smallll omg i stillll love it she is the best

[tulani99]

There was no wedding in Zimbabwe at that time that didn't play this song

[munhuwevhu]

Thanks for the great music- love from Zimbabwe!

[longstrong123z]

I love this song soooo much

[Noxbri]

Thts i call music!!!

[LGDNE]

unbeliable like someone said brings vivid memorys at the time when this song came out i was probably 8tish back in Angola i couldn't say a single word in english but surely i knew how to scream my head off when this particulary song was on...where is she what happen to her? great song.....I miss my sisters my childhood...Angola good old days.

[BabyGaga2]

She is still around, still singing and still beautiful. You know she is South African? She is in SA.

[ngugiQ]

in kenya we sang oh mkomboti..it was a local brew that looked like porridge

[lispz]

long live kenya....lol sawa ...long live africa! ! african beers and brews are the best.

[ajoke98]

Thanks luulu9

[VGerring]

In Kinshasa, Congo, we sang "Uku mukombozi" lol I never knew it was about beer.

[bellanoire]

i love this song...saturday mornings in Ghana...

[MARECLOUD]

yeah dude i was like 3 or 4 man. chaka songs was drum in my cerebral during my infant years..she's like african version of madonna.

[UduVudoo]

4 real! Same for us in Naija!

[enqrypzion]

so true!,haha..

[ladyyan7]

hahaha so truee...from ghana too

[toammyb]

we used to watch this on tv in nigeria when i was like 5...it's so vivid in my memory.

[boshialele]

i love this song

[kindu2006]

she's buff, enit!

[JennOrocks]

this song is amazing i love it in the movie hotel rwanda

[BiniamBarcelona]

Hotel rwanda was a sad and amazing film

[silarabuda]

Thats song kills me

Azembora ...

[mbembani]

Where is this beer made which country? someone tell me

[krungthepfarang]

south africa

and the beer's made from sorghum

uhmmm, it's an acquired taste - nothing like western beer at all

but once u're into it, it's quite nice

yvonne chakachaka is our mama

(and i'm white!) :)

[Safon]

We MaDlamini

Uph'umqombothi

I just fell in love with this song even with the chorus.nice song though..

[Bobyoualls]

I love this song it is known all over africa my favorite song.

[chincity]

Afrucan beer From Star To Adamba it's all good

[stvkabs]

I miss africa like crazy

[JordanAllenik]

Aaah Arica :)

I miss home.

[SaltyGrogDrink]

I am pretty young...I didn't hear this song until I saw "Hotel Rwanda." From the moment I heard it, I was in love...with the song, not her. Beautiful voice though...Africa...*happy sigh*

[xweetie5]

yo dis vid ismad gd,y'al who dont get it go 2 google LOL

[1986moses]

good music

[OZZAZIM74]

those were the days..why did yu fizzle out too soon sister??? this was before kwaito....1986!

[kishanda21]

i love the umqombothi with the click sound. its true sounds so good love africa although am from kenya

[Godpickin]

KENYA IS IN AFRICA!

[ngoanana]

well said

[tresor1988]

the African Queen at her best...love the song...

[vijayscb]

I miss Africa so much.... Love this song.

[Szeicho]

Which country in Africa?

[vijayscb]

All over. Been to more than 10 countries during various stages of my job.

[Szeicho]

That's great.

[laquelle2k]

i believe is in South Africa

[Ongicho]

i love this song! i also grew up listening to it in Kenya!

[sexyfella10]

this is just another masterpeice dude tho i don't like the beer but the song makes me drunk just listening to it.

[LadyArgento]

I grew up hearing this song on the radio all the time in Nigeria.  I miss Africa so much.

[Defenderofeyre]

Best attack on apartheid ever!

(and the best hidden since gospel!)

[otchomwenle]

que bonito;)

[NdiniTari]

We Madlamini, uphi umqomboti......was a big hit in Zim back in da days.

[CHIP0L0P0L0]

love it or hate, no one cares where you come from..

[Temboz]

i heard this song along time ago as a kid still love

it.

[treacherous0]

this waz my african dance song

[chikka01]

i'm zambian and i love this song its HEAHVY

[bossalinie965]

is this song about beer??

[Paeleologos]

Hey! Its from Hotel Rwanda!

[Defenderofeyre]

Dont no which planet you dropped in on, but this song was written back in '86 as far as i remember, and to bossalinie yes it is about BEER not normal beer but AFRICAN beer!

everybody enjoy!

[coolkinois]

Hammer song

Ilove you Ivonne shaka shaka

and All RD.CONGO love You

Big kiss from Germany

[cyciibabii]

i loooooooooove this song!

[AskariWaryaa]

Im from Somalia, the horn of Africa, and I love this song!!!

[gazelle0717]

As a Nigerian, i also grew up with this song.. It was my favorite and i admired her....

Amazing song!

[dixdix01690]

I grew up in Nigeria listening to this song. it was a hit. every kid knew the lyrics!

[Szeicho]

Who didn't. I don't think it mattered which part of Africa you come from, everyone liked this song.

[smiley207]

OMG dis is my tune rite ere

[fuatanyayo]

In kenya we used to sing like this..'wema sameni,yesu mkombozi....'ah good old 80's!

[SIKONGE]

In Tanzania it was "Amezaliwa, Yesu Mkombozi" and it just come during X-mas. So was a BIG HIT.

[haskiwan]

At primary school it was Ngombe za Meru, hazina magoti

[limaloma06]

hahaha thts funny hw we always changed songs into our own words..

[DrMuchacha]

@haskiwan - That is the first thing I thought of when I heard this song again! Haha. Ah, Kenya.

[manolobraun]

@haskiwan

haha in kiswahili? my cousin and i ( from tz) were just wondering what the name is and what they are saying haha

[wayo273]

@haskiwan You got, my bro. We used to sing womans are many open comotnti...lol

[bwanamushi]

oooohhh snap...i remember this from my dayz in zim late 80s....i love how the babus shake the calabash with so much passion and anticipation before taking a swig...lol

[nyashalisa]

Africa-Forever!

[harifa]

omg i remember this when i was young still living in africa man i miss africa

[adams73]

memories i mean sweet memories her songs reminds me of my childhood.

[BraunBoy]

Hola!!!

I'm from Chile and I heard this song for first time just a few days ago in "Hotel Rwanda" and I just love it!!! Cool song man!!!

God Bless You All African People!!!

[SIKONGE]

Braunboy, it's more than using this song. Try to look again the way Hotel RWanda start with the MINIBUS moving in town, is similar with the this video in some place. Congratulations to Hotel Rwanda's producers and director.

[BraunBoy]

Yeah, you're right! Good observation! Thanks Sikonge :-)

[twagissmude]

Wow, what a classic, so many memmories with this song, sigh!!!

[AHafan1]

Man, Africa ROCKS! (I just have to get some of that beer...)

[Aviationbuff11]

In the East in Kenya, we rocked to this song.

[pagola]

you remember bana this song was so goos back in the day

[toughcloud]

I would sing this with the 37 kids i worked with in Kwambonambi! I love this song. Does anyone have Thabisile "thina sobabili" ?

[raselepe]

thats that shit!

[baby869]

OMG..sooooooooo many memories this song brings back

[Szeicho]

For me too lol

[liam414]

forst herd it on hotel rwanda great song. god bless africa

[CrystalKlear15]

I remember this song! Nigerian parties just weren't the same when this song wasn't played at least once!

[yemaaw]

You are so right. This was song that you dance to in your frilly frock at someones 5th birthday party. LOL

[kiksybabe]

i love it just classic

[Wakeupandsmell]

I remember dancing to this as a small girl! Wonderful memories!

[Winnieza]

We Madlamini

Uphi Umqgombothi

I LOVE THIS SONG!

i LOVE THIS VIDEO

Well Done I needed to listen to some African music

[africangoddess707]

omg i remember this song

[KindDerSonne]

OMG!!! That's one of the best songs I've ever heared. Wanna hear more african beats. Yvonne is awesome!!! Thanx for posting...

Wanna give 6 stars ; )

[lipstyck]

Memories, memories...

I used to dance on this song over 15 years ago, it's awesome! Thank you Luulu9