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Wass Wong |
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Berey Koy |
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Cool Maïga &
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YouTube Zarma music
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Wass Wong: Cimi fonda
Wass Wong stands for the message of the
warriors. The group is formed in 2000 by merging two
Nigerien rap groups Wassika and Wongari.
Wassika is Haousa for message and Wongari (or
wongaari) is Zarma for warrior. Main members of the
group are Aradu Nasty, Alpha Moustapha Keita, alias Bilal
Keit, and Almamy Koye. Guests
musicians are Freddy, Tchetchiko, Pele and Torodo.
Two albums are published
T-nibon-C and
Anazoua. The album
T-nibon-C contains well known songs as
Si, Regard du Sud en La détresse.
Anazoua contains in addition to the title song numbers
as Sharo, Cimi fonda, sida, and
"Je tue avec le mic".
The title of the song cimi fonda (written as tchimi fonda)
is Zarma and means the truth way. Although the title is in
Zarma, the song itself also is in French and English. The
tri-lingual refrain is written out as good as possible and a
rough translation is given.
The refrain [1]
(English in italic, French underlined) |
Rough translation |
| Ay din ga za, |
I will take |
| Din ga din ga za. |
I, I will take |
| Cimi fonda. |
The truth way |
| Ma wasa fa. |
More than enough |
| Hey ! |
Hey |
| Could you ma goro ga maa |
Could you sit down and listen |
| Hey ! |
Hey |
| Suba, ça ma kaa no, |
Tomorrow, that will come |
| Mo ra wo saŋ so fooru fa |
And slap a bucket, having a lot of fun |
| Les bonnes sont la. |
The good are there |
| Les bonnes sont la. |
The good are there |
| Ma ça ma cimi fonda. |
That is the truth way |
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[1]
the transcription and translation may contain
errors,
please contact me for corrections. |
Some other
videos of Wass Wong you can view on YouTube (French, Zarma)
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Si |
Charo |
La detresse |
T-nibon-C |
Additional links:
myspace.com/wasswong (English) five songs
available and background information in English.
kinoks.org (French) background information and video's
with interview and music of Wass Wong. |
Other songs
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Idi Sarki |
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Djoumassi dit Hansi Bonkoyo |
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Boureima Disko |
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Mali Yaro |
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Moussa Poussi |
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