Tsamina or Zangaléwa is a 1986 hit song, originally sung by a makossa group from Cameroon called Golden Sounds who were beloved throughout the continent for the dances and costumes. The song was such a hit for Golden Sounds that they eventually changed their name to Zangaléwa, too. The song pays tribute to African skirmishers (a.k.a tirailleurs) during WW II. Most of the band members were in the Cameroonian Army themselves and used make up, fake bellies and fake butts for comic relief..
The song is still used today almost everywhere in Africa by soldiers, policemen, boy scouts, sportsmen and their supporters, usually during training or for rallying. It is also widely used in schools throughout the continent especially in Cameroon as a marching song and almost everyone in the country knows the chorus of the song by heart. The song was also popular in Colombia where it was known as "The Military" and brought to the country by West African DJs.
The men in the group often dressed in military uniforms, wearing pith helmets and stuffing their clothes with pillows to appear like they had swollen butts from riding the train and fat stomachs from eating too much. The song, music historians .
say, is a criticism of black military officers who were in league with whites to oppress their own people.Or at least, some of it was. The rest is Cameroonian slang and jargon from the soilders during the war.
According to Jean Paul Zé Bella, the lead singer of Golden Sounds, the chorus came from Cameroonian "sharpshooters who had created a slang for better communication between them during the Second World War". They copied this fast pace in the first arranments of the song. They sang the song together for freedom in Africa.
I dont think its stolen..coz its remade to sponsor FiFA and stop poorty in Africa by 2015.. and on the song there are popular african artists singing on it as well..
with shakira combine its a Hit..which is re- born with a new life... Like Iraj's Mata ALOKE..
sury with permission by copyright holders..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamina_mina_(Zangalewa)
The song is still used today almost everywhere in Africa by soldiers, policemen, boy scouts, sportsmen and their supporters, usually during training or for rallying. It is also widely used in schools throughout the continent especially in Cameroon as a marching song and almost everyone in the country knows the chorus of the song by heart. The song was also popular in Colombia where it was known as "The Military" and brought to the country by West African DJs.
The men in the group often dressed in military uniforms, wearing pith helmets and stuffing their clothes with pillows to appear like they had swollen butts from riding the train and fat stomachs from eating too much. The song, music historians .
say, is a criticism of black military officers who were in league with whites to oppress their own people.Or at least, some of it was. The rest is Cameroonian slang and jargon from the soilders during the war.
According to Jean Paul Zé Bella, the lead singer of Golden Sounds, the chorus came from Cameroonian "sharpshooters who had created a slang for better communication between them during the Second World War". They copied this fast pace in the first arranments of the song. They sang the song together for freedom in Africa.
I dont think its stolen..coz its remade to sponsor FiFA and stop poorty in Africa by 2015.. and on the song there are popular african artists singing on it as well..
with shakira combine its a Hit..which is re- born with a new life... Like Iraj's Mata ALOKE..
sury with permission by copyright holders..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamina_mina_(Zangalewa)
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