I've been listening to Soukous music for 12 years now and I'm particularly a big fan of Zaiko Langa Langa, Aurlus Mabele, Soukous Stars, Koffi Olomide etc. Like most non-Congolese that don't speak Lingala I have no idea what they're singing about.
Please if possible, can I get some translation help for some songs? I don't need to know the lyrics word for word I just want to get the gist of what they're talking about.
The first song is Boh by Zaiko Langa Langa
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_DoYqFppiUU (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_DoYqFppiUU)
My daughter will force me to learn this language.
Koffi Olomide Micko
My 4yr old daughter can recite this song word for word and I have no idea what she's singing about.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ufX0HCBZw (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ufX0HCBZw)
What the heck is Koffi singing about in Monde aAmwe? Why are they so hyped at the end? It seems like they won something.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEP0QKevkQM (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEP0QKevkQM)
Koffi olomide Loi was very popular at Kmtyw parties when I was an undergrad 10 yrs ago. What exactly was I dancing about?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hax0fSHnAO4 (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hax0fSHnAO4)
Extra Musica Zineba
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x4RexKZST_U (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x4RexKZST_U)
Extra Musica-Obligatoire
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5308TiZrlwU (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5308TiZrlwU)
Once I master twi, by force this language is next on my list. :D
QuoteTenkamenin;163832 wrote: Once I master twi, by force this language is next on my list. :D
We have plenty of resources here that you'll be able to start with.
As far as the songs goes, here's for the lyrics of Micko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTnadW5AjHU
And an explanation of Loi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9puGK-mtY
I'll try to find/tell you more about the other songs. You can find lots of lyrics from Soukous songs here (https://www.youtube.com/user/SoukousLyrics/videos) also.
Thanks!