Geoffrey Oryema - Makambo

[koboldmacki]

amazing!!

[ayundame]

Every time I listen to this, I feel like someone's thumb in pressing against my heart and making it ache.

[SuperFabifab]

l'éloquence..



[ExperimentalREM]

I've missed this song

[1stressout9]

12 people got sent to jail

[orangekush3]

Beautiful cover of Franco Makiadi's song "Likambo ya ngana".

[wbtjob]

@orangekush3 that s right.

[thetwentythirtytwo]

@orangekush3 Nice! Didn't know this was a cover thanks for pointing me to the original. Both great songs.

[1210062877]

when i listen to this song! my heart is happy!!:) i just don't no why???

[skullman322]

Beutiful music.Thank you.blessings

[Stoked4pingpong]

Is this sung in Acholi (or some sort of Luo)..does anyone know? I speak a decent amount of Swahili and I didn't hear anything familiar. I believe that's the other language he speaks. Anyone able to translate if it is?

[orangekush3]

@Stoked4pingpong it's actually sung in Lingala. this is a cover of a song by Franco Makiadi by the name of Likambo ya ngana. You can find a version of it on youtube.

[2PacOnSky]

i searched it for a while :D

[tinGa118]

Incredible Song...

[alarsenal10]

Awesome song is so "natural"

[Jasp21]

like this song :D

[Jasp21]

the world have to get together to see and share beauty

you know..

this is just a thought.

But how can we advance and go forward, if we cheer violence, drama, crises and terror etc..

turn off the tv man. ignore it.

I am seriously kidding.

the world have to get together to see and share beauty

the world have to get together to share beauty

[rizarsky]

@Jasp21 i dont watch tv. it has no place in my life. truth and nature and beauty of life is what its all about.

[1210062877]

@rizarsky yes it is!!:)

[AntonyC83]

I just wish I knew what he was saying! I heard this song in that movie Bedazzled and have been searching for it ever since....over 10 years This song was playing in my co-worker's office and she let me borrow the CD so I can download it into my IPOD finally!!!!! =DD

[LenaAyugi]

@AntonyC83 I can ask my mom to translate it if you want to..? (:

[AntonyC83]

@LenaAyugi would you please, that would be cool =)

[SammyBad1]

@LenaAyugi I would love the translation too!!!

[beatly313131]

can anyone recommend a song or an album i can download with the same type of vibe as this? like the same type of guitar style if u know what i mean xD

btw im downloadin puremoods atm so xD

[slickslagg]

every time i miss home (Africa) I play this music, it brings back memories and make me collect my self. thank you for posting this.

[xjohndoe1x]

Ahh yes another beautiful song. Of course i have it on my playlist.

[pointshootgreen]

Back when Napster was legal I downloaded this song and neglected to name the title and artist, then lost the song, ever since I've been trying to find it and its been 10 years!! I finally heard it in the prison scene in the movie "Bedazzled" and I couldn't believe my ears...thanks for posting this song, it warms my soul =)

[BrokenWind08]

One of the most beautiful songs in history!!!

[loverplease]

I am so happy,to find this here!Have it on my African Worldbeat CD´s,but never seen here!many thanks for posting!I love this melody and this song!i am german,but my soul feels african.

[ThePhoenix4283]

4 years i've been looking for this!!! THANK YOU SHAZAM!!!

[julidog1000]

Beautiful song so full of peace......

[leontbg444]

Piękny utwór !!!! Pozdrawiam z Polski :)

[iamearthbornami]

absolutely beautiful- thank you - love and respect

[syrrkob]

wow................im in Paris right now but when i close my eyes and listen this song i'm in paradise

[miahk2]

Ever since I first heard this when I was 11 years old, the opening notes still have the same effect on me now at age 29- it's as if my heart stops momentarily as he eases into the vocals. 

[HarlZXoXo]

love this song. <3

[shadowblaziken89]

omamakumbowa omamakumbowa omamakumbowa nokiwa nowia monakomboa

[mamba52us]

Washu mathambo espoki wathi Africa, Umhlaba ubolile Abantu bane nkohla kalo Umhlaba ubolile Umhlaba unengozi Sudan, Rwanda, Angola, Malawi, Liberia, Zaire Stop the killing Phansingo dlame South Africa: war is never good Phansingo dlame So why? So why? So why? Africa, Africa will sing - so why? The sun in your heart is your smile - so why? Wozani bizanu tula - So why?

[mamba52us]

Ngibathe Ngicelu Xolo Ngatholi nzondo Ngibathe Ngecelu thando ma, ah oh Yiningathi yini ngomhlaba Yini Singa Funu Zwano? ah oh Ngibathe Ngicelu Xolo Ngatholi nzondo, ah oh Washu mathambo espoki wathi Africa, Umhlaba ubolile Abantu bane nkohla kalo Umhlaba ubolile Umhlaba unengozi Sudan, Rwanda, Angola, Malawi, Liberia, Zaire Stop the killing Phansingo dlame South Africa: war is never good Phansingo dlame

[oddballsok]

Saw Bedazzled for the 5th time on TV , now I remembered I just had to find this song. Not thru Amazon soundtrack, not YouTube bedazzled scenes/songs but via wikimedia.

PS The afro in jail (and playing chess with devil woman who is not the supreme devil by the way) is not God. Only a messenger/angel if you like and both are figments/illusions/imagination­s of the mind of Elliot (note the PCscreen scene? note the talk about good/evil in the world at the court steps at the end scene ?).

[NoGufff]

This was the best part of Bedazzled, by far.

[oOo0Gabry0oOo]

This beautiful song strokes my soul.



[Kenzbabiesmama]

I love this song Bedazzled brought me here . God Bless Africa, Lord Give them peace.

[MrCrocodilehunter]

@Kenzbabiesmama Me too, that jail scene was emotional..

[Kenzbabiesmama]

@MrCrocodilehunter I couldn't figure out if he was an angel or just a regular person?

[MrCrocodilehunter]

I think he was suppose to either be an angel or God ?

[pinneapple69]

@Kenzbabiesmama his meant to be god, thats why his playing chess with the devil at the end, but he just might be an angel as well, who knows :P

[nouWasis]

FREE AFRICA........

[xxxSlickyRickyxxx]

i've been searching 4 this song so long <3 i just love it

[MrCrocodilehunter]

Congolese' make some of the best music in the world.

[remzrider107]

In my philosophy class senior year, we would all meditate every day to this song. This simple, beautiful, moving, song helped to bring the entire class together. That class changed my life as well as the life of everyone in that class. This song isn't just a song, it's inspiration.

[oddballsok]

@remzrider107

hahaha...So 4 years of Philosophy study (I believe one important factor being writing down thoughts, ideas, ideologies, etc. on paper and to consume it from other philosophers) and all that in one stroke made obsolete by a song in a language that you don't understand... right, and what does that say about your philosophy study..or your class...or you ?

[666theedd]

amazing song although i dont understand but ..so ..relaxing and deep :)

[finalexam]

Awesome album.



[MikitheCCfans]

Amazing... Love it

[punkqueentheresa]

I grew up on this song and many other songs from this talented artist and I am so glad I did. It makes you appreciate all kinds of music.

[fb2014]

what a beautiful emotional song! "sharkwater" brought me here...search for it. help your environment.

[OnitsukaTiger1511]

I found it!!!! Ever since ive heard it in the documentary Sharkwater, i couldnt get it out of my head!!! beauty!!!

[lindseyryan82]

i have been in love with this song since i got the "Pure Moods" cd when i was 14....i have no idea what he is saying....but is beyond beautiful...

[skortis20]

@lindseyryan82 I used to listen to that CD so much as a kid haha. this song is indeed beyond beautiful.

[MrPorrani]

@lindseyryan82 he is talking about the war in there country !!! chorus stop the war iii

[lafleurdukro]

J'adoreeeeeeeee !!! Merci pour cette magnifique musique apaisante !

[liesjuh187]

I Found It!!! from the prison sene in bedazzled

[TheDweed]

@liesjuh187 Just like me :) I was lookin' for it for years :D

[julidog1000]

@TheDweed

I was lookin for this track for ages too

[cesar076]

@liesjuh187 me to haha^^



[Juanygirl]

Now this is real music.

[ghostlyme]

I like to listen to this song with all the lights off and candles burning. It just is very soothing.

[MorganelleWitch6]

11 leute wissen nicht was afrikanische Musik ist

ich mag den sound- hut ab- just awesome

[emremartgen]

i luv it

[moodmz]

loved it :)

[songstreszz]

very emotive and deep...lov this song..u feel for the world

[StopmoNick]

Probably my second favourite of his songs, after Land of Anaka... both utterly beautiful.

Clear high notes, a bass tone that registers on the Richter scale, and a meaning that transcends language.

And good comparison Shamanicka22 - don't know why that was flagged as spam. ( He said, in French, " if you love Geoffrey Oryema... an African Angel... there is another angel with the same first name... Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu... an Australian angel... look to your right .")

[BakedBeansProduction]

Beddazled =)

[starburstnoway]

^Hardcore. 

[any0ne]

Mat gets the pees from angry trannies, and i liked it much

[daffodil97]

i like this guy

[MrOmarrios]

I sometimes think that life is essential and you decide to do with it for good or evil has torque winged guess I'm good

[MrPorrani]

que canción tan hermosa

[liachel08]

who ever you are I LOVE YOU I have been looking for this incredible song for ever

[orlandocomo]

Peruana tu madree!

Este Señor es mas Africano que Michael Jackson jaja

[sansalka]

MAravilloso!!! desde los Peruvian Andes

[scraism]

Grande Artista! Saluti dall'Italia.



[scraism]

Grande Artista! Saluti dall'Italia.

[awfl]

where could i find the instrumental of this track ?

[alnham88]

did u found it?

[awfl]

@alnham88  unfortunately no

[1scott921]

sharkwaters <3

[vidorria]

saludos desde riverside california usa. greetings from riverside california usa

[tedpawlowski11061962]

super

[poppop987]

if you love your mum send this to twenty people/videos,one girl ignored this and her mum died 365 days later

[Mirabelle88]

Jaj de szeretem!

Greetings from Hungary!

[MyFrankbooth]

amazing nip tuck scene

[starburstnoway]

Truly amazing.

[dodoboy1212]

Trust me Africa aint like this haha.. i went there 3 months ago.. its pretty dam scary..

[nostradamuszen]

@dodoboy1212 - Dodo - if you check the lyrics, I think you may find that's the whole point.

[JessicaLE46]

This will always be my most favorite song. It originally made me dream of Africa and now it brings back sweet memories of my travels there. I dream of the day that I can return.

[666unyon666]

Allez ecouté la version similaire de Franco & L'O.K. Jazz en tappant --- Likambo Ya Ngana (Franco) - Franco & L'O.K. Jazz 1972

[666unyon666]

Cette Chanson m'a envouté, lorsque je l'écoute, j'exprime en moi toute sentiment de liberté et j'arrive a recentré toute l'énergie d'on j'ai besoin pour m'en sortire o quotidien. Je reconnais la vrai personne en moi ! si une personne parlant francais lit mon msg je veux quel me dise si elle en pense la même chose et exprime son point de vue.

[YonTizwazo]

@666unyon666 c'est tout à fait la même Energie ressentie ....

[Massa2034]

@666unyon666

Une musique magnifique, les paroles sans en comprendre le sens ont l'aire vraiment profonde...

En tout cas je pourrais l'écouter des journées entières...

[hammers9025]

i wanna go to africa now

[hammers9025]

it makes me want to go to africa

[robert3501]

szukałem tego motywu dobrych kilka lat coś około 8 heh...pamiętna scena z filmu bedazzlet ...rozmowa bohatera z aniołem w celi ...a w tle właśnie ten motyw muzyczny ...heh ...piękna muza ..szczególnie ten motyw gitary i basu ...i ten jego głos teraz pierwszy raz usłyszany ....dla takich chwil warto szukać nawet kilka dobrych lat heh ;)

[XXxxBoNeHeAdxxXX]

So pretty

[purkata]

amazing song ... ; (

[93krisasson]

Sharkwater... everytime i listen to this song i will think of the suffering of those magestic creatures...

[StoopidShane]

where can i get the instrumental for this?

[StoopidShane]

the guitar in this is amazing.

[Dreamer4Dreamer]

thanks to nip/tuck :p

[denycejoe]

Just bought and watched Bedazzled and HAD to find this song...love it!

[JodavomSharKS]

Wow.. The 3 hour-search was clearly well invested Time!

[siminas]

@JodavomSharKS It was the soundtrack of the movie BEDAZZLED (when the main character sat in jail and spoke to another character who was supposed to be GOD)... If you saw the movie ,your search would have been narrowed a lot.

[Schaark181]

@JodavomSharKS

i heared this song in the movie bedazzled but the research only took me 5 minutes xD

[JodavomSharKS]

@Schaark181 Got it from the music soundtrack too, but Music search is quite difficult here in Germany. They shut every music vid down, cause of copyright issues...

[pinneapple69]

@JodavomSharKS took me 5 minutes lol

[idangle6]

dont understnd word but i feel like i understand all of it this is real music

[neofowler1]

this song....i have looked for this song for years and i had to watch BEDAZZLED again to get the name it was a wild guess i lover love love it touches me makes me sad and happy at the same time <3

[SlippinPegs]

@neofowler1 Heh, this is how I found the song! And I am very glad they put the song in the film. Although the film is good, it really is nowhere near the standard of this song.

[AhmedMaherr]

@neofowler1: I have seen the movie alot of times but this scene when he meets that "very good friend" in prison is the best part and makes up the whole movie for me.

They chose it nicely in the movie.

[shotimoja]

this song..is so mooving i just cant stop listening to it even if i dont understand the language.....thats art right there...bigup urself geofry

[Serviko9Kavlaki]

@VOLcOmgurl365 Me aswell :)

[VOLcOmgurl365]

@Serviko9Kavlaki This song is definitally worth the search!

[ImranQ21]

is there a hip hop song that stole this instrumental, sounds so familiar

[shaneryjackson]

@ImranQ21 collective efforts - let it alone

[BrommaExpress]

It's fascinating to see the way how people comment different videos, here on Youtube.

If the video contains, say; a guitarist playing an amazing solo. You'll find that in the comments, people are fighting and arguing about "the best guitarist in the world". But in a video like this, beautiful moving and inspiring - people are in some kind of... harmony?

[pinneapple69]

@BrommaExpress your a faggot, get with the times buddy

[BrommaExpress]

@pinneapple69 The definition of irony. Very funny.

[mrandmrstranquil22]

i dont understand what he is singing about. I wish i knew what he was saying.but you can tell by his voice he means every word. from the heart. : )

[lorddacil]

I feel in love with this song after seeing the movie Bedazzled with Brendan Fraser they play it inthe scene when he was put in jail.

[VOLcOmgurl365]

@lorddacil That is where I heard this song as well. And the guitar part was stuck in my head, I looked up the soundtrack and Youtube-d every song until I finnaly found it. (:

[npapacostas]

it touches my soul.

[ambroise82]

très belle musique

[elis003]

Linda canção... Mexeu com minha senssibilidade, fazendo com que meu espírito divagasse em outras atmosferas...

[ZAduntov]

I've been playing guitar for 14 years. Didn't know you could play a guitar like this. Great song.

[KoolCat12100]

so good

[joshuaryoung]

This couldn't be more beautiful.

[Goldcortex]

they can just imprision the soul inside a body. but them cant kill it. all you strong souls out there rise&shine. each one teach one and manifest worldpeace without tyranic selfish egomaniac leaders. free souls = free bodies

[505alex505]

this song keep remainds me SharkWater...we are so lost all of us who love the real things that life gives us...but people take it all just for there self like its forever...i would like to help because i am dying inside....MTL

[CloudStrifev5]

Only reason I know of this song is because of the movie Bedazzeled with Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley and im glad to know of if cuz this is a really really good song!

[tomaselvis]

@CloudStrifev5

Same here...

I found it!! After 10 years searching!!!

I just found it!!!!!!

AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh­h......

[Daere]

@tomaselvis

me too :) i'm in love with this music .

she is like a beautiful girl, you've seen it once and you no longer have met them and now you see that beautiful smile you and you kiss her without saying anything

[thatCanadiangrrrl]

....some of the most 'erotic' times ever had whilst this and whole soundtrack of Red Shoe Diaries (movie-'92) played in background...... gaaaaawwwwwd what insane and 'real' moments!!

[maxx3442]

@thatCanadiangrrrl Good call!

Yep,me too. Love the Sambora blues song from that soundtrack. What emotion all the diverse tunes thre at me back when I was young watching that movie.

[Cimbarius]

Geoffrey Oryema produced by Brian Eno.

[8Footdread]

I just watched the documentary called WARDANCE based on refugee children traumatised by war living in government sanctioned camps and pursuing a music and dance competition...Geoffrey's music featured on the soundtrack...both the documentary and the music and the message to heal our human family and stop war at all costs will change your life...and leave your body dry of moisture to produce tears as you will have bled them all from your heart...thank you for posting this beautiful musician

[MrRastaManDan]

The Wolrd is also filled with good people..

[DIDIDIDIEGGGOO]

TEUFLISCH DER FILM!

[BillyNilsson]

Washu mathambo espoki wathi (Says the Skeleton of Africa)

Africa, Umhlaba ubolile (Africa, the world is rotting)

Abantu bane nkohla kalo (People are turning to evil)

Umhlaba ubolile (The world is rotting)

Umhlaba unengozi (The world is wounded)

Sudan, Rwanda, Angola, Malawi, Liberia, Zaire

Stop the killing

Phansingo dlame (Stop the killing)

South Africa: war is never good

Phansingo dlame (Stop the killing)

[clairenunavut]

@BillyNilsson thank you very much for the translation :)

[derailedpoet]

@BillyNilsson Excellent! Thanks. x

[Esencia1968]

@BillyNilsson

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BillyNilsson]

Ngibathe Ngicelu Xolo (I've been asking for Peace)

Ngatholi nzondo (But all I got was war)

Ngibathe Ngecelu thando ma, ah oh (I've been looking for love)

Yiningathi yini ngomhlaba (But I didn't find togetherness)

Yini Singa Funu Zwano ? ah oh (What is wrong with the world?)

Ngibathe Ngicelu Xolo (What is wrong with the people?)

Ngatholi nzondo, ah oh (Why don't we want peace?)

[MAORIBOY1983]

if anyone knows of any other good african mucics plz message me ps looking for a african pen pall .

[GayGeisha]

There are no words to say how beautiful this song is - it really is divinity itself. Please God can we learn to help others, the people who are really in need.

[kobskies]

Amazing melody.

[GreenClown5]

The cup is easier to hold

when not filled to overflowing.

The blade is more effective

if not tempered beyond its mettle.

Gold and jade are easier to protect

if possessed in moderation.

He who seeks titles,

invites his own downfall.

[commmmando]

hello people,

this song is very strong and give us power.

Geoffrey Oryema thank you so much!

Geoffrey Oryema thank you so much!

Geoffrey Oryema thank you so much!

best regards

commando

[Nickbully]

i looked up the lyrics and it said it was a song about war in africa, saying stop the killing and stuff. to those who could verify this, is it true that the song is about this?

[shinneshinney]

me too i cried all day!!:(..till now:(..Still waiting for my prince to come to me..from Far...from the Dark to the light ..Soo Wise my Man will be.I can Fell him, but i dont know where he is:(

[MAORIBOY1983]

i love this music his voice so pure

[TheAlmostEpic]

so soothing and beautiful

[EdCelRiRu]

Gracias, Rolando, por compartir algo tan bello conmigo. n.n

[J3ssICFl]

i love this

i can feel it all the living its so alive and peace full WAAAAAAAW!!!

[yOlettiyOl]

yeah!! It's very true!! I think we have to help Afrika!!! I cried too so that's signal we have feelings!! take care and God bless the Afrikan people!!

[KasplazmTV]

@yOlettiyOl

Shut the fuck up, dirt people deserve to be fucking burned to death. Those retarded niggers should be skinned and thrown into the Nile.

[yOlettiyOl]

@KasplazmTV

You are so stupid and mediocre ... in truth that is you should shut up and you should not talk like that ... see that you do not have knowledge and intelligence are not as ignorant as you know how to use even a computer. I wish you out of You tube. You are one more than you deserve to be dead instead of the people of Africa. God forgive you