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International Music & Culture
Kid Songs and Rhymes of
Kenya
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Here's a lovely poem about The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson with a couple of mp3 renditions.MP3...

Kikamba

English

Kikuyu

English

My Little Bird Hide-hide (Nursery Rhyme Song) MP3
I Put a Fence Here (Tongue Twister)

Swahili

English

 
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Kenya:
  • Vivian wrote asking about the song "Moja Numba"…. Hello, I have heard a song called Moja Numba, which I believe is Swahili.  It was recorded by M’EarthTones.  I contacted them, but even they weren’t able to tell me the origin.  I’d like to know what the words are and what they mean. Thank you for your help. Vivian Caputo If... Read more »
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    In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa’s World. Mama Lisa’s World is a large collection of children’s songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe. Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa’s World: Hey Mama, I love the concept of your site.... Read more »
  • While I have this link at hand, I’d like to recommend www.freedict.com. It’s a site devoted to free online language dictionaries. You can translate between English and the following languages: Afrikaans Danish Dutch Finnish French Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Latin Norwegian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swahili Swedish I find that it can usually succeed at translating the words I need. Feel free to recommend other language dictionaries that you like in the... Read more »

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