This is a protest song and it is traditionally sung at funerals. It was important during the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Senzenina means “What have we done” with the implication “what did we do to deserve this?” (Also spelled “senzeni na”.)
Here you can see the original lyrics, with an English translation [...]
We'd love it if you'd join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you'd like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and [...]
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. [...]
A significant part of the Mama Lisa sites is a large collection of songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. We currently have about 750 songs from around 90 countries and cultures.
When you consider how many languages there are in those cultures – that's a lot of information! In order to make [...]
Michelle wrote me…
Hello! do you by any chance know of the song named Guru Ndiani from Zimbabwe? It is a children's game song similar to a ring around the rosie type of song.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Michelle
If anyone is familiar with this song, please post it in the comments below.
Thanks!
Lisa
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interested and write "New Song" as the
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Also, if anyone would like to sing any
of these songs in the original language,
or play any of the tunes on an instrument,
I would love to post a recording on Mama
Lisa's World. You could send me an audio
cassette or you could record it directly
onto the computer and email it to me. Remember...
you don't have to be a professional singer
or musician to contribute!
Kids Songs Around the World
