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In My Africa (song) | |
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D.W. and Cheikh dance | |
Artist | D.W. (Robert Naylor), Cheikh, and Brain (Lyle O'Donohue) |
Runtime | Throughout whole episode |
Played in | "In My Africa" |
"In My Africa" is a song that is performed in the episode of the same name. Brain, D.W., and Cheikh, a new student from Africa, create the song in the episode so that they can more easily remember facts about Africa. D.W. and Cheikh later sing it to their preschool class.
Lyrics
- Fifty-four things
- Fifty-four
- Things to see and to explore
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
I:
- The continent of Africa is deep and long and wide
- With 54 countries to keep my song diversified
- There's rhythmic beats, new things to eat, and places you can go
- And every day, a different way that you can say hello
- For instance, meeng-gah-bou is "howdy-do" when visiting in Ghana
- Dumela mma is how you say "Hello" inside Botswana
- The Muslims greet the folks they meet with, "Salaam aleikum"
- In Gambia, Morocco and Sudan's hometown Khartoum
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- See this when you go
II:
- Burundi's got the deepest lake and then the highest peak
- Juts up from Tanzania just next door to Mozambique
- And carving through the continent there flows the mighty Nile
- Past Uganda, Eritrea and... look out! A crocodile!
- Namibia's wild Skeleton Coast is littered with wrecked ships
- And Côte d'lvoire has chocolate fields, I love my chocolate chips
- Victoria Falls in Zambia, it makes a mighty sound
- Zimbabwe shares the falls as well, there's lots to go around
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- Life is all aglow
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- There's lots of food they grow
III:
- The Comoros has the Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish
- In Congo, they eat mwamba stew, that stew's my favorite dish
- São Tomé and Príncipe, they like their food with spice
- The fish in Mauritius is hot and delicious, it's really very nice
- Sahara in Algeria's a hot and arid land
- Vacation in the Seychelles and relax upon the sand
- The Madagascar aye-aye taps on trees to find its lunch
- If you like grains, then you'll love Mauritania—they munch rice a bunch
- The farmers out in Kenya, they raise cattle, goats, and hens
- And Burkina Faso's called "The Land of Upright Men"
- The cotton from Benin is in the clothes we wear to school
- There's 40 words for "camel" in Somalia—pretty cool!
- Hey!
IV:
- Bembeya Jazz comes from Guinea
- Baobab trees are stout, not skinny
- Ethiopians eat teff, not "potator"
- Equatorial Guinea's quite near the equator
- One street in South Africa: two Peace Prize winners
- In Togo, they eat fufu for dinner
- Senegal's got a pink lake, Mali's got the Blue Men
- The folks in Nigeria spice food with cumin
- They do. It makes a tasty stew!
- Fifty-four things
- Fifty-four
- Things to see and to explore
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
V:
- The world's biggest frog is found inside of Cameroon
- In Chad, the lungfish yawn and wake up when it rains in June
- Gorillas in Rwanda have a hooting sort of speech
- Go to Gabon to see an elephant walk on the beach
- Angola's full of dino bones; museum in the ground
- Libya's got those Roman ruins, the coolest ruins around
- And Egypt has the pyramids, the Sphinx, and King Tut's tomb
- Malawi's got a town called Livingstonia, I presume
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- Joy and beauty flow
VI:
- Tunisia's known for gorgeous gates and Swaziland makes glass
- From old recycled bottles that the boys and girls amass
- Lesotho's folks don't go outside without their fancy hats
- The artists in Sierra Leone weave really pretty mats
- The tunes they play in Niger, hey! They're vital and alive
- The Hipco of Liberia, that style's gonna thrive
- Cape Verde's got the morna—Man, I dig that swinging beat
- Guinea-Bissau's gumbe just makes me want to stomp my feet
Chorus:
- In my Africa
- Whoa, whoa, whoa
- In my Africa
- It's almost time to go
VII:
- My Africa's an ageless land, I'm glad that you could see
- This continent so full of life, you're all my family
- And now we leave this loving place, its heartfelt family ties
- A warm embrace, a smiling face, a bittersweet goodbye
Chorus:
- Mighty Africa,
- Western Sahara, Ma salaam! Oh, yay!
- In my Africa
References
- The name Burkina Faso is a portmanteau of local languages meaning land of upright men.
- “One street, two Peace Prize winners” refers to Vilakazi Street in Soweto, South Africa, which was home to both Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
- “Livingstonia, I presume” refers to Henry Morton Stanley's greeting to Dr. David Livingstone, for whom the Malawi town of Livingstonia was named.
African phrases
- Meeng-gah-bou – Hello; Ga (spoken in Ghana)
- Dumela mma (to woman) / Dumela rra (to man) – Hello; Setswana (spoken in Botswana)
- Salaam aleikum – Peace be with you; Arabic (spoken in various North African countries)
- Nabad gelyo – Goodbye; Somalian (spoken in Somalia)
- Gue nzoni – Goodbye; Sango (spoken in the Central African Republic)
- Reviens, s'il vous plâit – Please come back; French (spoken in various African countries)
- Ma salaam – With safety; Arabic (spoken in various North African countries)
Production notes
Since the publication of "In My Africa" in 2011 the political map of Africa has changed somewhat:
- South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011.
- Swaziland was officially named Eswatini (its local name) in 2018.
- Western Sahara’s status as an independent country was and is disputed.