waka waka shakira music video with lyrics

There was, of course, a bit of controversy about this song being the official World Cup song. Shakira was brilliant for choosing to sample this song because it's both a tribute to African music, with the World Cup being held in South Africa, and a nod to the folks back home who've partied to this song since way back in 1987 when the song rose to prominence thanks to West African DJ's in Cartagena. Some of it, as far was we can surmise, is gibberish. The song, music historians say, is a criticism of black military officers who were in league with whites to oppress their own people. The men in the group often dressed in military uniforms, wearing pith helmets and stuffing their clothes with pillows to appear like they had a swollen butts from riding the train and fat stomachs from eating too much. The song was such a hit for Golden Sounds that they eventually changed their name to Zangaléwa, too. 'Zangaléwa' was recorded by a makossa group from Cameroon called Golden Sounds who were beloved throughout the continent for their silly dances and costumes. The refrain in her song (the part that is presumably African) says,Ī great rallying cry, if I do say so myself. -waka, a Swahili term meaning 'be lighted'.Huaca or wak'a, in Quechua, a class of sacred objects.El Perú (Maya site), also known as Waka', Maya ruins in Guatemala.Waka music, a musical genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria.

Waka (poetry), a genre of Japanese poetry.Waka (canoe), canoes of the Maori of New Zealand.That'd be dumb, and probably offensive, seeing as how there are countless African languages that sound lovely whose words she could have stolen from her song to be equally nonsensical to the listeners worldwide.Ī quick Wiki search tells me Waka does mean something in a few languages, such as: I sure freakin hope it means something to the South African people at least, and that it's not just Shakira's attempt at sounding African and making some fake shit up. What is this WAKA WAKA? Soungs pretty goofy. I later learned there is an English version, too. Before and after the games, this Waka Waka Shakira song played incessantly. As we all know, the Spanish speaking commentators are far more poetic and exciting that the stupid American ones, so I watched them all in Spanish. I used VCast Videos and had the option of watching them in English or Spanish.

I watched most of the World Cup games live on my Droid Incredible because I was at work during most of them. So I have to do this post quickly, before this song is forgotten completely.

Waka waka shakira music video with lyrics