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Salam

from Mama Chambewa by Abeneko

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Salam means "Greetings" in Kiswahili... the lyrics are about a young man sending greetings from Dar es Salaam back to his family in the village: "I have arrived safely, but life in the big city is not as easy as I expected, just as you had warned me; city life is very difficult - there are no jobs, everyday life is a challenge, police are catching people living on the streets and throwing them into jail; I tried to start a small business, but my shop was destroyed by town planning police; tell my young brother Mwaipopo not to come to the city yet - life here is not as easy as village people think - he should stay and develop a useful skill like farming, and then he can be successful; I am sending my greetings - Salam".

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lK594i__rg

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from Mama Chambewa, released March 3, 2017
Written and sung by Isack Abeneko, Back vocal by Upendo Manase, lead guitar by Shaba Makota, bass guitar by Samwel Mpangala Sam grove, Keyboard by Shabani Mugado, Drum set by Abdallah Kikombe Percussion by Chief Twaba, sound engineer by C 9 records

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Abeneko Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Abeneko is a contemporary live performer, singer, songwriter, guitarist and choreographer. His music have been created in different traditional dances, melodies and rhythm brought to contemporary music life, which promote Tanzanian traditional and contemporary music that inspired original songs and dance from Tanzania. ... more

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