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Kingika - growing pains

from Changanya by Nabalayo

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Kingika is a folk dance from the Pokomo community that welcomes a new mother back into society after her 40 day seclusion after delivering her child.

This song channels its energy to convey the pain of transition and the joy of rebirth.

lyrics

Comfort me

Maseningoa mama ningija hinafa,
Mbeleva zangu,
Maseningoja,
(for proper translation reach out to members of the Pokomo community. This verse alludes to a woman expressing the pain of carrying a child and labour)

Hoiye,
Nibebe (Carry me)
Sijiwezi (I am unable to handle myself)

Comfort ye
My people comfort ye
Comfort me
My people comfort me

Hoiye,
Nibebe
Sijiwezi

Maseningoa mama ningija hinafa,
Mbeleva zangu,
Maseningoja.

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from Changanya, released November 9, 2020
Written performed and produced by Nabalayo.
Mixed and mastered by Thumbs Music.

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Nabalayo Nairobi, Kenya

Nabalayo is a Nairobi-based music maker, illustrator and East African Griot.

Her music is composed in the Changanya genre that she pioneered.

The music she makes is ethereal, combining light airy vocals with complex African idioms and heavy electronic sounds to give her listeners an experience that is out of this world.
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