"STIMELLA" / "STIMELA"

[shnozwoman]

beautiful, i love it.

[4nGi3sk8]

donde puedo encontrar la letra de la cancion?

[sofresh37]

love this. thank you for introducing me to this group

[afr0cre0le]

does ernie smioth paly huitar on this song at all?

[malcolm1077]

who sang this song??

[cucendron]

Neco Novellas sang and composed this song.

[louistowers]

me parece muy interesante el video ,más cuando se mustra el tren con la idea de hablar acerca de la tristeza de las familioas tras la separac`´on que este significa en las vidas de los

[louistowers]

teniendo en cuenta lo que significa el tren en sur africa en este video que es muy bonito se ven representados el dolor que produce en las familias las largas distancias entre los miembros del hogar principalmente entre hombres mujeres e hijos ya que se ven abocados a salir a buscar trabajo.

[louistowers]

por otra parte me parece que esta canción es cantada con mucho sentimiento.

[vicepest]

uma pérola escondida, da musica Moçambicana..

lindaaaa

[charleskupah]

stimela - a Southern African word derived from "Steam Engine" old school trains run on coal

[bankschris82]

Not a pun. The train is a symbol in countires like South Africa and Mozambique, where workers often must migrate long distances to find work. The train is what takes your loved one(s) away, far from home, for unkown periods of time, to work in miserable mines and factories. It is a symbol that represents seperation, forced migration, and, ultimatly, underdeveopment and exploitation, which are the forces that compel people to leave their homes in search of the means of subsitance.

[jjaniero]

thank you

[jjaniero]

i think stimela means coal train

so i wonder if it is a pun on coltrane

[cucendron]

hello, jjaniero, for your info, stimella means train, there is ni pun or whatever else. It tells the story of an old train travelling from Mozambic to South africa.

Cucendron

[jjaniero]

thankyou

[oudacity]

@jjaniero sorry, but the PUN thing sounds pretty naive

[justo63]

Wonderful music whatever language this is; shows the universality of music and that music can indeed unite nations!

[zembeto]

euraka stimela means train

[EurekaSpringsAR]

Love this song.. I keep coming back to listen again and again. Tonight I will post this @ firedoglake for Late Late Nite. Thank you!

[EurekaSpringsAR]

Beautiful song. Could someone tell me what "Stimela" means?

[libby0852]

stimela means train

[titiozic]

Hey! A ku xonga...kwela xitimela

[Lionfires]

This Song is just Beautifull...

[Leeshan82]

Amazing. GOod luck in the World Concert in Amsterdam. Grin sounds like a good movie too!!

YOu are a star and many will see you soon.

[phindele]

It is fantastic guys carry on.Alfred

[neconovellas]

...it looks and sounds like a new dawn...i have a lot of faith in it.I am sure there is more to come.

The train of lost and longing...