Growing up in nakuru Kenya in the early 80s,i always rushed to the radio when this song was playing and put my ear on the speaker to the amusement of my parents and my aunt Eunice Rip
Growing up in Enugu, Nigeria, I always heard this song on the local ABC Radio 1 then. What a Lovely memory. Reminds me when we dash back home from school on bare foot under the scorching sun. ABC Radio 1 then Devoted 1pm to 2pm Monday to Friday to Congo/Zairian music. It is a lovely memories now, looking back. What a world!.
Growing up in Kenya in the 90s provided a perfect opportunity of listening to this mellifluous voice and song on KBC channel 1, live long the legend. Looks like it was last year.
In Kuwait 🇰🇼 listening and missing those old days when i was a young boy in 90’s memories are indeed made of this,viva to all Kenyans listening in these hard times,don’t lose hope brothers and sisters...
Sam Mangwana, une bénédiction venue de l'autre côté de la galaxie, ce musicien est un pur dandy, d'une élégance rare, qui sait poser sa voix avec une maestria et une intelligence rares dans le monde musical. On peut remercier le Zaïre, l'Angola et toute l'Afrique pour avoir produit un tel géant
I have no words to describe his great songs, in 1980 was only 4yrs and the music reminds me of my mother and my late dad how they used to prepare to leave for work in the morning
What a wonderful set piece. Carefully mastered to spend a cool twelve minutes. My dad used to own a Sanyo Radio and he would always make sure it has new batteries. We received rhumba via this transistor marvel at the time and I enjoyed this song coming to me as "Tembo Tembura" in 1979. I was growing up in the village of Gatura in Murang'a, Kenya. When parents were away I would 'steal airtime' and listen to rhumba.
So many years since it was composed but still hit the hearts with so much love l remember these days when we were boys listening to these songs. We appreciate you great sons of Africa. Warm greetings from Zambia.
Mama this one i go dance for you again and again my mama Maria...how u loved this song and this musician...keep sleeping mama in Gods memory and ours you remain forever
From 3:51 I raise up my hands and surrender my wallet to all the beautiful women from Yaounde through Kinshasa, Lusaka, zanzibar, Nairobi, Abidjan, and Lilongwe telling them to take everything except my identity card. Weh golden 80s which will never come again which I remember how we used to attend Christmas in palms 🌴 tied night clubs from nothing but the magnitude of happiness was more than those that the run in Mercedes Benz today having air condition but they still sweat.lord have mercy to this generation
I don't understand the words of this song, trust me, I am crying right now, the music is reaching deep into my soul. I love it..Greetings to all from St Vincent in the Caribbean.
Sam mangwana, het best van Afrikaans muziek! Echt geweldig liejdes heeft hij gezongen! Ik luister nog steeds vanaf Nederland het best zangeres van allertijden van Afrikaans muziek!!!! GWELDIG!!!! GEWELDIG...
I just remembered this song and decided to search for it and here I am listening to the music after over 4 decades. Thank you for preserving this melodious song and for this I have subscribed. Can you please let us have the lyrics. Iam from Nigeria.
'i love you maria tebo tebola darling rhumba.' This is how I searched this great piece of music. I didn't know the artist or the title of the song. October 10th 2019 at 9:15AM from Kenya.
Reminds me when I joined form 1 in 1987. A student named George had Philips Radio and this song was oftenly played weekend when we were doing cleanliness... memories
I do remember a high profile DJ from Radio 2 in Zimbabwe by the name Denis Patrick Mutume a.k.a baba Shupie on his program called "Mutinhimira weRhumba" ie Sounds of Rhumba back the days in mid to late 80s i was doing my primary education i used to enjoy his shaw......
Missing my brother he used to call himself Chinua Achebe May his soula Rest In Peace.He used to love this song so much .He was always singing this every day any time any where❤😢by whispering 🎶🎶🎶
Forget the Grammy Awards and western accolades. No big African star has ever been truly acknowledged globally. Africa should honour Franco, TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley, Sam Mangwana et al. We also have an obligation to disseminate their works across the continent as part of an African Renaissance and demonstration of Africa’s pioneering cultural influences 👊🏾🇿🇼🇿🇼🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩
My mum and dad left each other. My dad used to play this song to express his love for my mom. But they never got back together. Rest easy mom and dad. Especially my mom who struggled to make sure her children suceeds. Above all Jesus CHRIST will never leave us..❤
Following their remake of All Stars' hits for Eddy' Son, the Sam Mangwana wing of the group - Mangwana, Bopol Mansiamina, Syran M'Benza, and Pablo Lubadika - shuttled back and forth between Paris and the Abidjan - Lomé corridor. They played concerts and recorded together as international Sam Mangwana for Mangwana's new production company, Système Art Musique (SAM). Maria Tebbo, the most successful of three albums produced by this formation, came out in the middle of 1980 featuring an update of Adou Elenga's recording of Manuel D'Oliveira's 'Maria Tchebo.' This is the song alluded to at the end of ' Georgette Eckins.' Mangwana changed the title's spelling, added some lyrics in English and French, and turned it into a fourteen-minute dance marathon. Bopol sat out the session - probably because of work on his own projects with Loukelo - so Pablo doubled up on bass and rhythm guitar, and a moonlighting Sammy Massamba came in to play mi-solo guitar. Another notable presence was Denis Hekimian, a Frenchman of Armenian descent who pioneered the use of the drum machine and became a sought-after session drummer. In keeping with the 'international' in international Sam Mangwana, the album's B side contained 'Tchimurenga Zimbabwe,' in honor of the people of Zimbabwe who had just won their independence after a long civil war against White-minority rule, and 'Bana ba Cameroon,' children of Cameroon. Maria Tebbo added to the already considerable body of hits bearing the name of Sam Mangwana.
I really love Sam Mangwana songs...since my youngness my father has been playing these songs...am now 20 na still plays them though not all we understand...who will give me a little brief of translation,,
One of the things that makes me have so much respect for this guy is his ability to sing in fluent Congolese yet he's of Angolan origin. Not to mention his strong vocals!
There is nothing strange in that, Dear! He was born and raised in Congo. All his music, he learned in Congo. For me, Sam Mangwana is no less Congolese than me. Having said that, the genius and the talent of this artist are undeniable and rare. He sings in Swahili, Kikongo, Lingala, French, Portuguese and I'm sure he can sing in other languages too. Great composer and interpreter, vocalist as well. Gifted beyond measure, that's his strength. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Mangwana
Ok, Angola is very rich and peaceful now. Can't they put this giant up there and make him ambassador of music in that country-let him teach the youth and retire in dignity? Hell, Africans, the ruling clique is just busy enriching itself. At one point, Dos Santos was ready to grant Portugal $ 4 billion! Talk of daftness of the Bantu; not satisfied with slavery they even pay the slave master! When we we start to care for our own especially the talented and gifted ones who really glued our countries together? I believe if it were not for the artists Africa would be even further divided.
@@lesdelicessscatering8313 Angolan mother, Zimbabwean father raised in the DRC...Mangwana is a Shona name and means tommorow, I'm not sure if it is a Lingala name.
