A Good Morning Song Featuring African Languages with an MP3

I woke up this morning with a cup of coffee and by listening to “Good Morning to You” in English, French and some African languages on my computer. What a wonderful way to wake up! The recording was done by recording a phone call over the internet. Thanks to Nyango Melissa for calling and [...]

Laughing is Contagious – A Song from Cameroon with an MP3 Recording

Nyango M. Nambangi sent us this Cameroonian song from Africa. What's even better is that we have a recording to go with it! Nyango wrote: “Here's a song our mother taught us and her Middle School students. The tune is very British, in my opinion, but I have not been able to find [...]

Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group

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 [...]

Singing Traditions in Cameroon, Africa

I've been corresponding with Nyango Melissa Nambangi who's originally from Cameroon. Nyango Melissa mentioned that children in Cameroon sing a lot, so I asked if adults do too. Her response was so interesting that I asked her permission to share it here: Yep! Cameroonian adults sing all the time. We sing while working – [...]

How to Find Sheet Music, Tunes and MP3's on Mama Lisa's World

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. [...]

Mama Lisa's World News and Multimedia Features

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 [...]

Cameroon has Been Added to Mama Lisa's World

I'm happy to announce that I've added Cameroon to Mama Lisa's World! Here are links to the new pages, where you'll find six new songs... Children's Songs from Cameroon & Children's Songs from Cameroon with French Translations I particularly like Bring Back, which you can sing with children when they've lost something, like a teddy bear. [...]

A Song Called “Mr. cocoji” from Cameroon

Here are two versions of a song called Mr. cocoji I received from Cameroon. They're in Pidgin English. I can understand parts of the lyrics, but not all. This is the version of Mr. cocoji from the north west province... Mr. cocoji (Pidgin English) Mr. cocoji ih begin di follow goat ih nack ih oneside jiga ih one [...]

Play time song from the Bali tribes in Cameroon, Africa

I received this song from Cameroon a while back. It was identified as coming from the Bali tribe. Unfortunately, the language wasn't identified, and an English translation wasn't provided. The Bali tribe speaks Mungaka. But I'm not sure if they speak any other languages also. Here are the lyrics in [...]