Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon on Sesame Street - African Alphabet Song

[NYC2DBN]

@ steventean it is "mnandi" - this means nice in Zulu local language in Ladysmith region of South Africa.

[zayerz12]

what year was this

[MusicOfTheSystem]

@zayerz12

around 1988 or 1989

[vampirealdys]

What was Paul Simon doing with his hands? I know he was doing letters, but that wasn't the conventional, American Sign Language.

[truthordare2010]

@vampirealdys

American Sign Language is only 'conventional' to americans. Other regions have their own distinctive signage.

[MrTRONSTAR]

O.M.G I remember this O.M.G wow!!! I Think I was about 5or6 years old back than it was on P.B.S ch 13 :))

[DorisKingsley]

; o ) nice

[ChubbyChumbaCheeks]

i miss the old seasme street. D:

[DaFuckyouat]

I remember this :)

[steventean]

unandi?

[AmbassadorJediSpock]

Hehehehe! Man, this takes me back

[tpirman1982]

Same tune as the muppet version with Kermit.

[MARI007100]

El Baúl de los Dioses

Dios Simon y estos prodigios Sudafricanos en Plaza Sesamo que Shakira ni sus... naca ja ja

[MARI007100]

El baúl de los Dioses

Bueno bueno Dios Simon y estos muchachos prodigio de Sudafrica en Plaza Sesamo que Shakira ni ke sus .....Burrrrrr naca je je

[KELLEMWITIT]

I haven't seen that since I was 10!! LMAO I'm 29 now LOL

[Dazzling0Stranger]

kumnandi kwelakithi e Mnambithi is what they say at the end

[wattamack4]

Only thing they forgot was the "Ehtie man" or however they say it at the end.

[LPkeykey2010]

African Alphabet???lol

[vlcupper]

They're amazing! I love "The Moon is Walking"!

[Stahi]

Well that explains everything. Emnambithi is the municipality in which the town of Ladysmith lies.

Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality

[choklitandmuzik]

what does that mean?

[NickLotay]

It is in Zulu and it means "it's nice to live in Mnambithi" - "Mnambithi" is the Zulu name for "Ladysmith". Ladysmith is the home town of Joseph Shabalala, lead singer and founder of the group.

[ThirdOfJune4444]

Very inspiring & beautiful performance. I watched this as a kid and didn't understand the cultural significance at the time. It's good to see this video again even at 37.

[fluidstatic]

X Y Z gives me chills in this version. <3

[werellstupid]

what do they say at the end?

[Maka24041987]

And that is our alphabet.

I think I translated correctly

[mutinykitty]

something like "oonandi". i'm guessing it's african.

[DrummerBoy922]

I think it's something in Zulu, the African language LBM speaks.

[stevenscottoddballz]

kumnandi kwelakithi e Mnambithi

[redbeaut]

AWESOME! THANKS!

[kobraf150]

LBM rules! My dad has Paul Simon's Graceland where they are featured and he still plays it a lot to this day.

[adislimz]

GR8!! I remeber this like it was yesteday

[roma11giu]

really nice!!