Salif Keita "Africa"

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  • čas přidán 10. 06. 2017
  • Afropop legend Salif Keita performed with his band at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on April 2, 2017 to a capacity crowd in an amazing show!
    www.salifkeita.net/en
    www.mediasanctuary.org

Komentáře • 416

  • @phindimoteane9904
    @phindimoteane9904 Před 2 lety +166

    As a South African, we missed an opportunity to open the Fifa 2010 World Cup with this song. This was the song!

    • @lerchebila9901
      @lerchebila9901 Před rokem +3

      i agree with you, is the B.

    • @edmoredzambo78
      @edmoredzambo78 Před rokem +9

      The chance was not missed our great African weakness is that of not honoring and promoting African talents, we prefer Western talents at the expense of our great African Brothers and sisters.

    • @kizambohermaton3514
      @kizambohermaton3514 Před rokem +1

      Right.

    • @maninho2003
      @maninho2003 Před rokem

      the cup was not only for African people but all the world, but i understand u. ❤❤

    • @fortunefortune2965
      @fortunefortune2965 Před rokem

      the best African music

  • @pickykaumunika7501
    @pickykaumunika7501 Před 2 měsíci +6

    I can listen to this song 20 times consecutively. Just brings tranquility to my soul.
    With love ❤ from Namibia 🇳🇦

  • @itcanbe9376
    @itcanbe9376 Před 2 lety +75

    I'm not from Africa but Africa is from me ..I love you Africa, you are my hope and my mum and dad...I love you Africa ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @simbarashevictor3801
    @simbarashevictor3801 Před 2 lety +8

    Please don’t argue with me. There is no song ever done in and out of Africa better than this one.

  • @jaleelsoweto460
    @jaleelsoweto460 Před 2 lety +47

    Can someone talk about this man's vocal register. So talented. Singing live and sounding flawless. Born to do this.

  • @jillybe1873
    @jillybe1873 Před 5 měsíci +10

    I'm not even from Africa but this song makes me proud to be African

  • @housnayousif780
    @housnayousif780 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Mungu ibariki Africa Mungu ibariki nchi yangu Tanzania🇹🇿💚💛🖤💙

  • @timmetseeme3132
    @timmetseeme3132 Před 2 lety +42

    Wishing All Africans a Happy Africa Day... Hope one day our leaders will do justice to this beautiful continent and stop relying on the other continents for every little thing. # AFRICA UNITE

    • @costaebranz4619
      @costaebranz4619 Před rokem

      This is my big dreams for my Mother Africa❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Exploratorium360
    @Exploratorium360 Před 2 lety +21

    I got goosebumps all over my body loved from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
    Africa ! Mother land
    One love ! ✌

    • @kiangurajason1183
      @kiangurajason1183 Před 2 lety +2

      Ethiopia is the mother of Africa, a holy land. Greetings from Kenya!

  • @muzikman2467
    @muzikman2467 Před 6 lety +92

    As a Zimbabwean born under the Bob Mugabe regime ,l had no choice but become a Pan-Africanist .Our airwaves blasted African music ,Salif Keita and the beautiful Cesaria Evora were the sound track to my childhood .Now living in the diaspora and a grown ass man ,l believe Zimbabweans are the most Pan-Africanist nation and when Bob said "Tony Blair keep your England and l will keep my Zimbabwe ",he was express self love equivalent to Mohamed Ali refusing to go to Vietnam .I am a deeply proud African ,wish l could share my pride .

    • @oheneappianseth1735
      @oheneappianseth1735 Před 5 lety +3

      That's one of my favorite, you are are hero

    • @HustleAndBustle396
      @HustleAndBustle396 Před 5 lety +1

      Proud of you !

    • @nokhuthulamuzemba7313
      @nokhuthulamuzemba7313 Před 3 lety +3

      Wabaya mwana wamai legacy yaBob inooneka watokura

    • @jonathanokolie009
      @jonathanokolie009 Před 3 lety +4

      Very true bro... I totally agree with you but tend to disagree that Bob (blessed memory) is the best pan-africanist of our era. Nope.. it's up for debate... We need to create categories and x-ray their works and contributions to the pan-african struggle through those mirrors... Only then can we be able to say categorically who that big show fits... I think mine is Thomas Sankara...

    • @lubindamukelabai4841
      @lubindamukelabai4841 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jonathanokolie009 yes Thomas sankara a true Pan Africanist and PLO Lumumba

  • @remigioangelodingashe9161
    @remigioangelodingashe9161 Před 3 lety +139

    The song gives me hope that the best is still to come for Her " Africa." May the dream to stand united be realised in our life time.

    • @fredschell8051
      @fredschell8051 Před 2 lety +4

      best to come indeed beloved bro .. for 5%of all christians, & children below 12yrs old at the harpazo 20 or 21 MAY 2022 (depending in what part of the world one resides.) .. Rev 22: 20&21

    • @uwamahorojeandamour7871
      @uwamahorojeandamour7871 Před 2 lety

      Qq

    • @herlingsanazi7165
      @herlingsanazi7165 Před 2 lety +4

      We need to keep believing that something good will happen in our beautiful continent. Must never stop dreaming

    • @emmanueldavid3845
      @emmanueldavid3845 Před 2 lety +2

      I am from Nigeria I love this song like I play it almost every day but my problem is that I am hearing what the man is singing but I believe he preaching one Africa just like united state

    • @panafricanist8876
      @panafricanist8876 Před 2 lety +3

      Its unfortunate the citizenry are trying so hard to uplift themselves but our leaders are our downfall. Long Live Africa , a time will come when the youth will start voting out the wicked , old , greedy ,visionless and graft infested men from the halls of power.

  • @seuryanael3518
    @seuryanael3518 Před 3 lety +22

    Afrika for afrikans. From 🇹🇿 Tanzania. Thank you brother Salif.

  • @enygmahtobiloba
    @enygmahtobiloba Před 5 měsíci +2

    Effortlessly hitting those high notes like nothing.Salif Keita is a gem.

  • @saddyseid3705
    @saddyseid3705 Před 2 lety +15

    I have always loved this song growing up..God Bless Salif Keita and Africa!
    #AfricaMustUnite Always!!🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏾❤️

  • @Stella-dy1in
    @Stella-dy1in Před 3 lety +31

    This song should remind us that Africa is everything guys❤️

  • @dennismwendwa6881
    @dennismwendwa6881 Před 2 lety +23

    Having been to most of African Countries, this song resonates very well with our cultures. I do not understand the language but I have played this song many a times from my 20's to today 40+/and still playing the record..... Salif you did justice to this song.......!all the team, from guitarist, drums, back singers and everyone...... Long live Africa.
    Writing from a lovely Dar es Salaam!

    • @blaiseshefukabyamungu8830
      @blaiseshefukabyamungu8830 Před 2 lety

      Pkkui0ô

    • @stanleyquaye8851
      @stanleyquaye8851 Před 2 lety +1

      It's call Mandika, the language of the Mali empire. The oldest University in the World was established at Timbuktu in the Mali empire. The French stole books in Mental health and psychiatric medicine from the Universityof Timbuktu. They burned the University during their colonial rule..

    • @rocketbreezy9685
      @rocketbreezy9685 Před 2 lety

      @@stanleyquaye8851 💪🇹🇿🌍 much respect

  • @mhlengijalubane4962
    @mhlengijalubane4962 Před 4 lety +130

    i am a South African and AFRICA MUST UNITE# NO TO XENOPHOBIA

  • @lasimashalane217
    @lasimashalane217 Před 3 lety +25

    It makes me feel proud to be an African without any form of discrimination.

  • @Iamcongratsk
    @Iamcongratsk Před 2 lety +27

    Man,the Guitar Solo is so amazing..this is one of the best songs ever.👌🎸

  • @kopanomosweu9656
    @kopanomosweu9656 Před rokem +4

    From Botswana, May all Africans heal from the mental slavery imposed on us by them. Let's all preach #AfricaUnite

  • @saloshniejagathesan1577
    @saloshniejagathesan1577 Před rokem +5

    One of the songs that will forever be a favorite of mine. Never ceases to raise my vibrations in such a positive way! Jhb, South Africa

  • @mandoteledimo5092
    @mandoteledimo5092 Před 3 lety +20

    Africa, the most beautiful continent!! Salute!!👌👌👏💃

  • @user-jo9wl3xc9f
    @user-jo9wl3xc9f Před rokem +5

    I thought I was the only one thinking like that, we really lost an opportunity during the 2010 world cup to have this beautiful song as the opening of the world cup. What a song , what a melody and an expression of solidarity,unity and African celebration.

    • @martinnyondo9223
      @martinnyondo9223 Před rokem

      You are right. This is the national anthem for Africa. This song never gets old.

  • @sibusisosandla9292
    @sibusisosandla9292 Před 2 lety +15

    Hey guys I love the song it makes me feel proud of being African 🇿🇦

  • @richardmanqele2878
    @richardmanqele2878 Před rokem +4

    I can't can't get of listening to this song. It the best of Salif Keita's songs ❤🇿🇦

  • @silviaregina1809
    @silviaregina1809 Před rokem +11

    Sou do Brasil e adoro Salif Keita. Obrigada por nos presentear com seu talento.

  • @Pmaker19
    @Pmaker19 Před 2 lety +9

    One of the best music come from mother Africa...Thanks legend Salif Keita love from Tanzania 🇹🇿

  • @sunset8001
    @sunset8001 Před 6 lety +34

    The legend Salif Keita, The late Cesaria Evora and Sona Jobarteh are soul singers. They are a very RARE type of artists who sings from the HEART and not mouth. They don't care about fame or monetary gain. They do what they LOVE

    • @amigodossantos4129
      @amigodossantos4129 Před 3 lety

      True, they sing from the heart, daah Sona Jobarteh, I love her from the bottom of my heart a soul sister

  • @tobiasmakorechapfuradombo3780

    this song helped me realize how we Africans need each other,

  • @mikkelmichael9944
    @mikkelmichael9944 Před rokem +5

    So proud to be an African, I want to come a million times to this world as an African.

  • @moshepercy5193
    @moshepercy5193 Před 2 lety +3

    Listen from Dallas, South Africa is my home country 🙌❤

  • @cathylopez1345
    @cathylopez1345 Před 3 lety +26

    A singer for the ages!!!! timeless!!! Going strong.

  • @WilfredIyoreugiagbe
    @WilfredIyoreugiagbe Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is great afro beat, God bless Africa my mother land.

  • @wanasebztv6880
    @wanasebztv6880 Před 2 lety +6

    I like it when he say "Boswana"😍😁

  • @nimrodshikwambana8321
    @nimrodshikwambana8321 Před 4 lety +31

    Wow can't stop listening to this song, I was dancing since my very young age, I'm now 40 still on it, the only song that managed to sound good and to unite All Africans, wish I can watch them in live performance 1 day-SOUTH AFRICA

    • @daphneyhengstberger4018
      @daphneyhengstberger4018 Před 3 lety

      Minjani buti Nimrod, uniyendla nilava kuvuya e kaya e Phalaborwa. Misava yihi mitile swa straight, nile Ethiopia 🇪🇹, vafanele va yendla festival kurhi hita cina ngopfu ekaya

  • @Exploratorium360
    @Exploratorium360 Před 2 lety +3

    This guy is 72 now and he is from the royal family of Keita of Mali 🇲🇱

  • @gilbertm3495
    @gilbertm3495 Před 2 lety +4

    This is the best Song for Africa, I don’t know the language but I’m deeply in love with this song, we are one🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

  • @sissokomala590
    @sissokomala590 Před 5 lety +12

    Still listening this son of AFRICA ❤️❤️❤️

  • @JanAdams-xj2sq
    @JanAdams-xj2sq Před 21 dnem

    I am Africa, Africa is me. Salid Keita, you make me feel so so proud to be an African. We are Africa😊

  • @nomalizoc
    @nomalizoc Před 6 lety +21

    So homesick today. .. Mama Africa is calling!! Thank you Salif our African Giant. . ZIMBABWE

  • @davidphilip8824
    @davidphilip8824 Před rokem +2

    I grew listening to this song, it brings that nostalgic feeling of my childhood.

  • @TheThieddo
    @TheThieddo Před 3 lety +11

    Extraordinaire chanteur,une personnalité tellement forte,un charisme sans faille, un très grand monsieur

  • @pauloapanno4713
    @pauloapanno4713 Před měsícem +1

    Africa, mon amour! Greetings from Curitiba, south Brazil!

  • @robertsomey8205
    @robertsomey8205 Před 3 lety +18

    Thank you for lifting the image of Africa high through your songs. Music is indeed food for the soul.

    • @marienativel4422
      @marienativel4422 Před 3 lety

      D'origine réunionnaise j'adore cette chanson je danse

  • @edwinkidambu165
    @edwinkidambu165 Před 2 lety +2

    Legendary just legendary! No doubt. Love from Kenya.

  • @tommykatamila4271
    @tommykatamila4271 Před 2 lety +1

    Just had to pop in on Our Day 2022.
    Such peerless, timeless soul.
    Namibia is Africa.

  • @ibsidibe
    @ibsidibe Před 6 lety +13

    I enjoy my life when i listining this singer,Merci Salif Keita pour tes chansons le roi de la musique mandingue.

  • @shyleenkaswa2072
    @shyleenkaswa2072 Před rokem +1

    Africaaaaa hey i jus cant stop shouting the word guys. i can only say i am a proud african. i jus love Africa. west African music is my best music though i am zimbabwean.❤💯

  • @djimbadoumbia396
    @djimbadoumbia396 Před 2 lety +1

    Qui est là en 2021 part grâce de dieu❤ de l'écoute Saif keita 👍💯💯❤🇲🇱

  • @inkundlayabantu2850
    @inkundlayabantu2850 Před 5 lety +19

    Listening to this song it brings tears to my eyes. It makes me love my African brothers more and to start working for peace, love and prosperity for all brothers in Africa and Diaspora.

    • @kobbyshylock1503
      @kobbyshylock1503 Před 5 lety +1

      I understand little French but I always wept as a child listening to this song from Ghana

    • @emmanueldavid3845
      @emmanueldavid3845 Před 2 lety

      am from Nigeria I love this song like I play it almost every day but my problem is that I am hearing what the man is singing but I believe he preaching one Africa just like united state

    • @emmanueldavid3845
      @emmanueldavid3845 Před 2 lety

      @@kobbyshylock1503 I also wept listen to this song almost every day am from Nigeria but am not hearing what the man is singing

  • @kudzaimasinire36
    @kudzaimasinire36 Před 2 lety +4

    My all time favourite from the legend. It evokes a sense of pride , dignity , self belief and hope for Africa

  • @chantaln6843
    @chantaln6843 Před 2 lety +2

    I’m from Haiti 🇭🇹 and this sounds so much like creole and it has Haitian beat… absolutely LOVE IT 😊

  • @peterbaloyi8107
    @peterbaloyi8107 Před 2 lety +1

    Wishing all Africans a Happy Africa Day for the whole of this month. Salif Keita song is the BEST and should be the song for this year. Let's unite Africa.

  • @madukacharles1572
    @madukacharles1572 Před 2 lety +3

    Great music from a great man.
    I love this music. I am a Nigerian and do not understand his language but this track is one of my favourites, in my studio whenever I am creating beautiful houses in my studio as an Architect. Talent is it if you want the world to mind you.

  • @robertsomey8205
    @robertsomey8205 Před 3 lety +5

    We need such songs to spice up our lives everyday.

  • @dadajulius6489
    @dadajulius6489 Před 2 lety +3

    Great song by Said Keita. Africa is rich in music! I really like this song.

  • @mamellomorobi4476
    @mamellomorobi4476 Před 2 lety +1

    Love it to bits. I cam recall flying on SAA from OR Tambo (Jhb) to USA. On flight music I played this song until landing.... 💞

  • @rosekatongo6854
    @rosekatongo6854 Před 3 lety +4

    love from zambia...the heart of Africa😍😘

  • @humphreysimutowe6901
    @humphreysimutowe6901 Před 2 měsíci

    Whaaaaaaaa! What a talent Salif Keita has. Singing live so flawless as if it is in the Recording Studio. Super indeed! Thumbs up to the Legend Salif Keita.

  • @ogodosundayefe1028
    @ogodosundayefe1028 Před 4 lety +7

    Listening to this song everyday

  • @anthonymagagula7912
    @anthonymagagula7912 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is real original music...powerful and talented man

  • @bongamapundu3211
    @bongamapundu3211 Před 5 měsíci

    I am an African.A beautiful continent. South Africa my country. I fell inlove with this song when I was a little girl❤️

  • @koris6145
    @koris6145 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this song with passion. It creates that bond to want to connect with my brothers and sisters in the continent and beyond

  • @eliasntshidi6353
    @eliasntshidi6353 Před rokem +1

    As a South African I remember 2012 when I was working at Syama gold mine used to rock this 🎵 🎶

  • @augustinemabasa4439
    @augustinemabasa4439 Před 4 lety +2

    African ka can achieve a lot if we can unite. Africa is rich on its own. Wake up African child, this independence didn’t come cheap. I am proudly South African because of mother Africa and ANC 🖤💚💛✊🏿

  • @vanmovanmo5884
    @vanmovanmo5884 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm so blessed to listen this wonderful song. what legend!

  • @ninofebruary8414
    @ninofebruary8414 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Beautiful song !!!! 🇿🇦

  • @engineermulatu2193
    @engineermulatu2193 Před 2 lety

    How gigantic the wisdoms on songs typically about Africa and Africans ,and how much is the proudest of all the out the converge from being diverged...

  • @serignesaliousarr9424
    @serignesaliousarr9424 Před 3 lety +4

    Depuis le Sénégal 😍❤❤😍 j'adore ce grand monsieur jt jure.

  • @yafavor6656
    @yafavor6656 Před rokem +2

    Amazing song ....God bless you ☮️💜💛❤️🦅

  • @cookiekats8116
    @cookiekats8116 Před 3 lety +5

    Makes me so proud to be an African

  • @bettyboima5126
    @bettyboima5126 Před 5 dny

    This song is the best africa song ever sang

  • @maninho2003
    @maninho2003 Před 2 lety +1

    God bless u and us, i Love Africa and iam so proud of that no matter what is going on...

  • @beruheyita
    @beruheyita Před 4 lety +6

    when I hear this song I all ways promise for my self I will Visit All African Country's but I don,t know How. is There Any one who want to help me ? till now I could Visit Two country's Namibia and Tanzania and I'm originally From Ethiopia But I want to visit more.

    • @myartchronicles8918
      @myartchronicles8918 Před 3 lety +2

      🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿welcome to Tanzania.

  • @ayikabemoses1036
    @ayikabemoses1036 Před 2 lety +2

    U can't get enough of this 😭😭

  • @cormackjames
    @cormackjames Před 9 měsíci +1

    This is just so beautiful on so many levels, the movement of everyone and the music, music is life!

  • @user-vz2mu1gd7z
    @user-vz2mu1gd7z Před 10 měsíci

    Listening to this song, I feel proud to be an African, with all its talents. Africa Rise!!!

  • @mexicanojuarez1701
    @mexicanojuarez1701 Před 4 lety +4

    💓☝️from Angola 🇦🇴

  • @lizomvinjelwa3177
    @lizomvinjelwa3177 Před rokem

    As SA born and don't understand the language but i can feel in my heart and my body. from the first time i listen to this legend and will always follow you. True African

  • @jilokizito1705
    @jilokizito1705 Před 9 měsíci

    Born and grew listening to this hit. Just found its video 32 years later of my existence.

  • @felixabayomiakanbaiyaniwur4169

    Africa my Africa!!lets unite to make our continent great

    • @amrisultanamri199
      @amrisultanamri199 Před 4 lety

      had great good African Music be mirrored by African politicians ? we would be very far.

  • @riscolumamezi123
    @riscolumamezi123 Před 3 lety +5

    Keep it up Salif, I love Africa...

  • @ochakij
    @ochakij Před rokem +1

    this used to be a jingle to a BBC program back in the day. Early morning going to school 🖤

  • @abudubalogun4905
    @abudubalogun4905 Před 6 měsíci +1

    This is music! ❤🎉

  • @welcomentuli9470
    @welcomentuli9470 Před 3 lety +1

    Africa .the right place to be.unite Africans against foreign influence

  • @herlingsanazi7165
    @herlingsanazi7165 Před 2 lety

    The golden voice of Africa...... My admiration for this giant of Africa is just unbelievable. The Mansa of Mali. Peace in Mali, Somalia, Mozambique and Tigray

  • @jorgeluispajaro1772
    @jorgeluispajaro1772 Před 2 lety +1

    i proud to be of afrodescendent,,,, from colombia😉

  • @vincentmatse2097
    @vincentmatse2097 Před 3 lety +6

    I like this song but I can't hear any word besides Africa. But I guess it is talking about unity among Africans.

  • @remamarvin8144
    @remamarvin8144 Před 2 lety

    Today is 24th of January, 2022.
    My name is Chinedu Igbanibo.
    I'm from Nigeria..
    I've loved this song since I was 3-4years old.
    I'm 25years+ but will be turning 26 on the 28 of May this year..
    This is my letter to my future children or future generations that I love you...

  • @harmonykwatengera7733
    @harmonykwatengera7733 Před 2 lety +1

    the Mansa of Mali. Longlive Proud Warriors of African music

  • @kgomotsoramasoboloko316
    @kgomotsoramasoboloko316 Před 2 lety +1

    From Botswana we love you

  • @ifeanyionwuzuruike867
    @ifeanyionwuzuruike867 Před 2 lety +3

    Good music is medicine to the soul 💯💯⭐⭐👍👍⭐⭐⭐👑👑❤️

  • @barrysbock4268
    @barrysbock4268 Před 6 lety +3

    what a song... thats the great sounds of salif keita.... all the way from Mali

  • @nisbertdenga8592
    @nisbertdenga8592 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this song

  • @belindadax6558
    @belindadax6558 Před měsícem

    Thank you Sir

  • @mikkelmichael9944
    @mikkelmichael9944 Před 3 lety

    No matter where u migrated to, nor matter where u have nationalised always remember u r mother land Africa, black people all over the world came from one place AFRICA! We shall go back home someday to build our mother land.

  • @mamadoucamara1726
    @mamadoucamara1726 Před 5 lety +7

    Je suis fière d'être africain de Guinée

  • @lawrencenangia5579
    @lawrencenangia5579 Před rokem +3

    Any music Africa is always very good, you don't need to understand the language but it just flow into our genes, Africa is indeed magical...!! God bless Africa

  • @adamatraore1194
    @adamatraore1194 Před rokem

    Merci beaucoup oncle Salif Keita , j’écoute cette musique chaque nuit avant de dormir. Sa me rappelle d’où je viens et sa me donne la nostalgie de mon beau continent Afrique .
    Je suis Guinéenne 🇬🇳et résident en l’Europe

  • @johnmotimele9237
    @johnmotimele9237 Před 6 měsíci

    This one of the classical music of our Beloved Continent. When I was introduced to him he introduced as the Yellow man. He went through a lot in his own country.