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Eric Wainaina's Daima (Kenya only) lyrics translations

The unofficial Kenyan national anthem is pretty much Eric Wainaina's Kenya Only aka Daima. Thanks for the folks at kenyanlyrics.com and translations thanks to kamusi.org, we can all fully understand the message behind Eric's 1998 classic from the Sawa Sawa album.

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Lyrics
Verse 1
Umoja ni fahari yetu
Undugu ndio nguvu
Chuki na ukabila
Hatutaki hata kamwe
Lazima tuungane, tuijenge nchi yetu
Pasiwe hata mmoja
Anaetenganisha

Mbah Africa

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Mbah Africa

Look at it as a place of enjoyment

We sold everything we had, thinking it would make it better

Fight for your Africa, make it a better place
Look not what Africa has done for you
What you can do for Africa, to make it a better place

Ton soleil O Afrique ne se cachera plus
Ta lune ne disparitra le plus

Wogbe

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Wogbe

4x
Wogbe jeke (ei)
Ejeke ejeke
Woje shonn

Keje Israel keba Egypt
Keje Ethiopia ke Sudan
Woje shonn
Keje Ayi Kushiman yi no
Woniimei ke wonaamei
Woje shonn
So-so Timbuktu, Ghana, Mali
Sumanguru yi no
Woje shonn
Wogbe jeke (ei) lyrics from museke.com
Ejeke ejeke
Woje shonn

So-so Timbuktu, Ghana, Mali
Sumanguru yi no
Woje shonn
Mantse Tackie yi no
Sumanguru yi no
Wogbe jeke, wogbe jeke
Woje shonn
Osei Tutu yi no
Kwaa Mansa yi no
Yaa Asantewa yi no
Woje shonn
Kej

Jambo Bwana

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Jambo Bwana

Hook
Jambo (jambo)
Jambo bwana (jambo bwana)
Habari gani?

Jambo bwana (folk song)

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Jambo bwana (folk song)

Chorus
Jambo
Jambo bwana
Habari gani?
Mzuri sana
Wageni wakaribishwa
Kenya yetu
Hakuna matata

Verse
Kenya nchi nzuri
Nchi ya maajabu
Nchi ya kupendeza

Hakuna matata ad lib

Kenya yetu
Hakuna matata
Kenya wote

Motherland (Tribute to Africa)

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Motherland (Tribute to Africa)

Chorus x 3:
My mamaland
My mama

Verse 1
Who's that man, calling me stranger
In my land, my mamaland
Who's that man, telling me go
From my land, my mamaland

Chorus x 2

This is my heart where I belong
My roots are here in Africa

Bridge x4
Iwee nakupenda
Iwee mamaland

Chorus

Say we must talk, talk mama
To make this land a better land
Stop fighting mama

Mama Liberia

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Mama Liberia

Lead: There are so many democratic changes going on
Chorus: In Africa

Lead: Why don't those Africans want to recognize it
Chorus: The reality

GHANA @50, BE THERE OR BE SQUARE

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THIS YEAR, THE FIRST COUNTRY IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA TO GAIN
INDEPENDENCE GHANA WILL BE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SUCCESS AND FREEDOM AFTER INDEPENDENCE AND AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IT TO THE WHOLE OF AFRICA. IT IS BELIEVED THT MORE THAN 81% OF THE HOTELS IN THE CAPITAL IS FULLY BOOKED FOR THE EVENT.

Reinventing Society Through Gospel Music and Musicians

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Nigeria: Reinventing Society Through Gospel Music
- Music has great and many kinds of influence over people. It is water or acid for the soul, depending on what is produced. It is an extremely versatile means of communication. It is capable of exploiting all the acoustic features that are used in verbal communication. Moreover, it does so in an explicit and structured way, which makes it an interesting and useful window into human communication in general. [All Africa.com music]

Ghana national anthem

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Ghana national anthem

Ghana, Hail the Name of Ghana

God bless our homeland Ghana
And make our nation great and strong
Bold to defend for ever
The cause of Freedom and of Right
Fill our hearts with true humility
Make us cherish fearless honesty,
And help us to resist oppressors' rule
With all our will and might for evermore

(repeat previous two lines)

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