2/28/2023 0 Comments Jambo bwana translation![]() ![]() I find it so amazing how music can be used to bring people together in the sharing of cultural heritage. It was interesting how they knew this song due to their schools’ emphasis on diversity, and how their mother shared her culture with the class through music. Reflection: I loved hearing the informant sing this song. So they taught us songs in Hindu and Swahili. So, they asked my mom and another girls mom who was Indian to come and teach us songs. Informant: When I think about a song in Swahili the first song I think of is what I learned when I was four or five because my Kindergarten for graduation they wanted to do a whole cultural thing. Their parents immigrated to Los Angeles from Kenya and the informant wears a bracelet to feel connected to their heritage. In France, an even shorter edit 5:15 was released.Background: Informant is a 19 year old of Kenyan heritage. The full 7:44 version was only released on the Spanish and Portuguese 12" singles - the German 12" single (despite crediting the timing 7:42 on the label) was actually an edit of 5:35. The 4:06 mix (as featured in the accompanying music video) was only released in Spain and Portugal. The single was intended to be included in the group's untitled seventh album, to be released in the fall of 1983, but didn't happen. Liz Mitchell provided the song's lead vocals, backed by Reggie Tsiboe, Frank Farian, Marcia Barrett, Cathy Bartney, Madeleine Davis, and Judy Cheeks. Teddy Kalanda-Harrison, Peter Bischoff-Fallenstein Mambo Jambo (2001), The Best of African Songs, and othersīoney M. Only released as a single, with lyrics in English Released on several albums, including Jambo Bwana and Songs from Kenya (Them Mushrooms) and African Playground (Putumayo compilation) Partial list of "Jambo Bwana" versions Artist In 2016, a cover was made by Kenyan musician Mani Kollengode. The Safari Sound Band version "Jambo Jambo" has the central part of the lyrics changed, with references to reggae and mushrooms being replaced by other tourist-oriented common Swahili phrases such as Kenya ni nchi nzuri ("Kenya is a beautiful country"). version, released in 1983, is entitled "Jambo - Hakuna Matata" and lyrics are in English and almost completely different only the "jambo bwana" and "hakuna matata" lines have been preserved. Some of the covers of "Jambo Bwana" come under different titles and have modified lyrics. The song was featured in the 2019 film Where’d You Go Bernadette, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett. Them Mushrooms released the song in several of their albums, and both their version and cover version of the songs are found in many compilation of African pop music, including those dedicated to parties and children (such as the African Playground CD published by Putumayo Kids). ![]() The use of the Swahili phrase "hakuna matata" in Disney's " The Lion King" might be a reference to the chorus of the song. As a consequence of this popularity, many other bands covered the songs, in some cases with a similar success the version by Safari Sound Band, in particular, is one of the most played songs in tourist venues in East Africa. "Jambo Bwana" by Them Mushrooms was a huge commercial success, selling over 200,000 copies between 19 and getting platinum certification in Kenya. 2.1 Partial list of "Jambo Bwana" versions. ![]()
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