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Caminho de Sao Tome
Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar Lyrics
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@Alexios_CV
I like how he says AY in the end of every phrase
@marianarettore807
isso é lindo
@FrutuosoDosSantos
Lamentation, degradation, scarred bodies and souls are the legacy...
@catalinaunigarro
Ay!
@FrutuosoDosSantos
Emotions. Sadness. Shame, Caminho de Sul. This version, although different and performed by non CVs, is just as captivating, reaching deep into our souls. Sul, um periodo de vergonha e tristeza na vida dos CVs, nha fé já cabá, fica só tristeza, carga na cais levam nha vida e a de tantos, tantos outros, gerações inteiras de escravos modernos... Ah Tugas...
@portes1991
does anybody have somee information about this song?
@FrutuosoDosSantos
It tells the story of a "son" who "signs a contract" to go to São Tomé as a "worker" (basically forced labor) in the coffee plantations to help the family back home, after a devastating famine. He dies, and the mother receives a letter announcing his death.
@TheThieddo
Très beau titre à l'époque où la musique sénégalaise était ouverte à tous les vents du monde, aujourd'hui hélas il n'y a plus rien d'autre que le mbalakh tonitruant et pauvre, tellement pauvre que cela en devient insupportable...
@FrutuosoDosSantos
La musique, comme tout, évolue. Elle suit les "vents du moment" et raconte les luttes, ambiances et humeurs actuelles. Parfois on veut retourner a quelque chose qu'on identifie comme "plus authentique", plus "d'aujourd'hui", quelque chose qui parle de "notre culture a nous". C'est le nationalisme contre la globalisation, et la musique nous aide a exprimer nos "feelings" pour ou contre ces deux courants. Je ne pense pas qu'une musique est plus "riche" que l'autre. Elles sont différentes.
@caroleducrocq8248
Et c'est cette différence qui fait sa beauté.