Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expat… Read Full Bio ↴Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.

In Ghana in the 1950s, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mamon Shareef and Farhan Freere (flute) played in a highlife band called The Star Gazers. They left to form The Comets, with Osei's brother Mac Tontoh on trumpet, and scored a hit in West Africa with their 1958 song "Pete Pete." In 1962 Osei moved to London to study music on a scholarship from the Ghanaian government. In 1964 he formed Cat's Paw, an early "world music" band that combined highlife, rock and soul. In 1969 he persuaded Amarfio and Tontoh to join him in London, and Osibisa was born.

The name Osibisa was described by the band members as meaning "criss cross rhythms that explode with happiness" but it actually comes from "osibisaba" the Fante word for highlife. Their style influenced many of the emerging African musicians over the last forty plus years.

Jambo
Osibisa Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Jambo' by these artists:

Ana Belén Jambo Te saludan al pasar Jambo En esa esquina de Gran Vía…
Boney M. Jambo, Jambo BwanaJambo, Jambo Bwana, Hakuna Matata. Jambo, …
Brother Kamau Hello, my name is Kamau Ay ay, I am from the…
Claude McLin Ho! ho! ho! [chorus] Tonto, jump on it, jump on it, jump…
Dora the Explorer Dora: Sing it with us! Both: Jambo, Jambo, Jambo, Jambo! Dor…
EAV Jambo, was brauch ich an Mambo Einen Limbo, einen Rumba ode…
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung Jambo, was brauch ich an Mambo Einen Limbo, einen Rumba ode…
Ice Prince I like the way you turn me up Hoo girl you…
KAMAUU Hello, my name is Kamau I, I, I am from the…

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra Do the mambo, do the mambo Mambo, jambo, mambo jambo Do the…
Takagi Ketra We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Takagi & Ketra We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Takagi & Ketra & Giusy Ferreri We can do all we want We don't need to be…
TAKAGI & KETRA & OMI & GIUSY FERRERI We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Takagi & Ketra Giusy Ferreri Sean Kingston We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Takagi & Ketra Omi & Giusy Ferreri We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Takagi & Ketra OMI e Giusy Ferreri We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Takagi & Ketra Omi Giusy Ferreri We can do all we want We don't need to be…
Tal À peine arrivée, je sens que je respire À peine arrivée,…
Ziggy Marley Hey, this is a song from Kenya In the language of…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Osibisa:

Beautiful Seven-Y Sharp We give you We give you Our treasure All our treasure We giv…
Celebration Celebrate good times, come on It′s a celebration Celebrate g…
Che Che Kule We Call it Che Che Kule Che Che cofisa Ah ah ah…
Coffee Song 2Pac Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Papa'z Song (feat. Wycked…
Dance the Body Music Dance The Body Music - Osibisa Dance the body music. Make…
Fire Wild thing, you make my heart sing You make everything groo…
Flying Bird Anoma Anoma Anoma Anoma Anoma Anoma Spread your wings And y…
Ojah Awake Ogya e (Ogya e) Ogya eeee Ogya ee Ogya aa Eeeeeh eeeh…
Pata Pata [** feat. Jory:] [Jory:] Chek the flow* Yo quiero tu aber…
Right Now People say Everything is alright What we say Things could be…
Sunshine Day Everybody do what you're doing Smile will bring a sunshine d…
Survival , So at this time we're all going to put our…
The Coffee Song Way down among the Brazillians, coffee beans sell by the…
The Warrior Okay, we gotta go and this time But we got to…
Think About The People Now stop for a moment Think about the world Think about the…
Welcome Home You've been gone it's an empty home Come on back when…
Welcome Home (Live at the Royal Festival Hall) You've been gone it's an empty home Come on back when…
Who's Got The Paper Who's got the paper who's got the match Who's got the…

Woyaya We are going Heaven knows where we are going We will know…

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