I grew up listening to this beautiful woman. My father was a truck driver from South Africa. He traveled to many other African countries, the music he would play was different from what was playing on our radios. Everytime I play this song, it takes me back to when I was kid and my dad was alive.
The real meaning of the lyrics of this song is deeper than the very few verses that Angelique Kidjo sang. The wordings are from a popular Yoruba nation folklore about Olajumoke, a beautiful young damsel who refused all suitors until a lone dashing mysterious rich young man (very many adjectives here :-)) came along, bearing gifts. The parents had misgivings about the man who had no courting entourage, as they could find out nothing about his family origins or the source of his wealth. Against her parent's better judgement she fell head over heels in love and decided to marry the man. After the marriage, as was the custom, it was time to go with her man and that was when the drama unfolded for her and she sang this song, a desperate cry for help, but it was too late. Why? The man was a spirit being and is made of only a head ('ori' in Yoruba language) with borrowed body parts. The family members will normally go part of the way with a bride to see her safely on her way, but as they progressed on the journey to the underworld, home of the spirit man, he started returning the borrowed bits to the owners. Olajumoke was mortified, she sang and sang but she was beyond redemption, the deal had been sealed. The song was addressing her family members that Ori (head personified) is taking her (Olajumoke) away!!! As usual with African folklores, there is a moral in the story for anyone who is discerning.
Wow. The Pieces of a Man. The continent being broken up into pieces and given to owners. The ongoing struggle of a woman still losing when she finally gets her man bc love isn't everything. So much. 🙏🏽
When you've sang a song and almost 30 years later you fans still come back to it like it was released yesterday, you know you're a legend. Much appreciate your contribution to music Angelique Kidjo.
I am here to mark, the register in 2024. I was here last year though. Cos' i don't get, tired of my Angelica Kidjo. She reminds, me of ancient African female warriors who are fearless. I am from, the bloodline of warriors. And i kinda, connect with her songs to raise my vibration.
Before there was Burna boy, wizkid, Tiwa savage, Davido, and all the others, there was ANGELIQUE KIDJO she paved the way for other African artists to become prominent today and she is true Queen of African Music. She walked so they could run.
I'm from South Africa and I'm crazy about the sounds of west Africa. I don't understand a word but I love them Angelique kidjo, Yousssor Ndou, Salif Keita, Cecira Evora. We must preserve the work of these legends, they belong to Africa
Dude I was just listening to Salif Keita (searched myself for both artists). That's fond of them and course I love the Senegalese Prince himself.....understand Salif as it's my granny's language but not the rest but still love and sing it loud😅
Aunty Angelique, I saw you last night with my 12-year-old daughter. We enjoyed every minute and when you sang Agolo; the song that captivated my mind and heart as a teenager in Jamaica 🇯🇲 almost three decades ago... I still can't believe I watched you perform last night, it was unbelievable 🤩 You are my favourite francophone singer and now I've seen all my top three Baaba Maal at the Royal Festival Hall and Youssou N'Dour with you last night. Thank you for your voice, beauty,and message of freedom and dignity for all. Lots of love and respect 🎉❤️🙏🏽
I am 28. I remember seeing this song on TV as a child and being absolutely mesmerised. Just hypnotic. I still call it the African anthem even as an African who doesn't know what she's saying.
@@ifmaatv9083 no you are totally wrong. The song tells a story of a woman who fell in love with a man who later transpired to be a spirit man and the woman was tied without escape
Mon Dieu, cette chanson et surtout le clip m'ont marqué très jeune. Et le fait que 30 ans après l'effet sur moi soit resté le même, est juste incroyable !!!
I associate this song with writing my doctoral dissertation back in 1997-1998. I'd listen to the radio while typing away, and Agolo was the opening song of … some program, I no longer remember what … that played at 1am. As soon as I heard Angelique's voice, it was a signal to me to get ready to take a break from writing and get/make some coffee. Which I'd do once the song stopped. And that is why this random white guy associates Angelique Kidjo with his PhD in physics. Her voice, and this song, kept me company during those lonely wee hours while I was typing in equations.
@@John_Weiss lol.. if you studied physics, that's not even a career change anymore... it's just where physics bros go when the professors just won't quit. I'm glad you associate with the song as such. I'm also into physics.. and errrm.. software dev (but not by choice lol)
@Emeka Onelum, don't worry. We know she is priceless. And she does not belong to Benin only, but also to Nigeria and whole Africa. As you surely noticed, she is singing in Yoruba. Africa is one, our people is one. Only colonial borders separate us, and our challenge is to reunite.
@@geraldoagohoue3132 Don’t be ignorance there are Yoruba people in Benin republic formally call ajashe before it was change to Porto-Novo so Angelique is a full blooded Yoruba
Femi Okunade, we are saying the same thing. There are Yoruba in Benin, not only in Porto-Novo, but in other areas too, such as Ketu, Pobe, Save, Bante and other cities. I'm just pointing out we are the same people, separated by colonial borders. So don't envy people of Benin, as Angelique Kidjo belongs to whole Africa, and so to Nigeria and to you two. Here in Benin, we enjoy King Sunny Ade, Ayinla Kollington, Tiwa Savage... even if they are not born in Benin.
@@geraldoagohoue3132 that's a fcking lie we were divided even before the colonial masters came. They just divided us in another way. Our forefathers never called themselves "Africans" until the colonial masters came
I grew up listening to her music. It was her and Fela Kuti that inspired me to embrace my African heritage and ancestors. I met her at the African Festival of the Arts in 2005. She is an amazing person. 💖🌍
Am from Lusaka Zambia 🇿🇲 Central Africa and still listen to this master piece. Our parents in the early 90s used to Listen to this Jam, i dont understand the language used but i can tell its a very deep story that we all can learn from. Music is Therapy for the Soul. Thank you Angelique Kidjo for this Masterpiece. ❤
"Ori! Ori O!! Olajumoke n lo" (Head! Head!! Olajumoke is leaving) is a clarion call from a sentinel (Turtoise/Parrot) stationed to alert Olajumoke's husband (an incorporeal spirit being called Ori) whenever she tries to escape the spirit world. "Agolo" is an artistic masterpiece that has a deep meaning. "Agolo" literally means a can or a gong used by ancient royal town crier to makes public pronouncements. It symbolically represents a call to Africans all over the world to not be afraid and to always remember the love for their homeland (mother Africa).
Although, I have read variations of the meaning 'Agolo,' but, she is speaking in Benin Yoruba, and I think there, the agolo means 'PLEASE' instead of Nigerian Yoruba meaning 'CAN' or a container.. Her Yoruba is Benin Yoruba, not the Nigerian
@@rubenetsescauseries2632 ok cool but why would she say pls in this context ,it doesn't fit ,the song is yoruba,only the "agolo" chant part is questionable could be fọn or yoruba.
Ori ori o Olajumoke nlo😎. My mom told me the story behind this song when I was young. I don't know what I loved the most; listening to a story by a seasoned Storyteller or hearing my name mentioned in a song. Love love, Ms Kidjo!
I remember this song from when i was a kid. My mom always listened to this when she cleaned the house in the 90's. Been trying to find it for years and now finally!
I'm a South African and I have no idea what this songs says but that's the beauty of music it transcends language barriers. Reminds me alot about my childhood
It's a Yoruba folklore story,my grandma taught me and my siblings. The story is popular among all Yorubas here in Nigeria. Although she's Beninnoise,they speak Yoruba in some parts of the country too. It's a story about a girl called Olajumoke who fell in love with a man who was a monster pretending to be a man,the elders of the village observed it but the stubborn girl never listened to the warnings of the elders. They used the story to teach us not to be disobedient.
We know that.. But do you also know that most of her songs are yoruba? Stop all these division.. We are all from one Africa.. Africa is One.. United we stand.
This songs always played on radio when dawn is breaking..when the sun start to rise. It was our morning anthem..like get ready for school type.we wasn’t understanding a word but it did sounded good til old folks told us that it was Nigerian native language that the voice was saying…about a lady marrying a spirit being deceitfully. Nostalgic song. From Liberia 🇱🇷 with ❤️
The singer is from Benin 🇧🇯 and the song was in Anago (Yoruba) a major largely spoken in Nigeria many were cut off from other Yoruba kinsmen due to borders drawn up by Europeans. Therefore, many people of Yoruba descent such many from Benin, Togo and much lesser degree in Sierra Leone aren't Nigerian but united by the language & culture not forgetting those in Bahia, Brazil.
Only idiot will say she doesnt deserve the Grammy Award. This are all classic songs and was a major part of our childhood. We danced to all this song's in our pants. She's a legend. Period
I really can't get over how beautiful she is, not just on the outside, but her inner beauty shines through. I'm so thankful to Yemi Alade for introducing me to her. It's better late than never.
the director of this video is a legend and he was so ahead of time, doing this type of video those days with good graphic is still keeping me surprised..pls who knows the name of the director
When I first saw this video in 1994,I watched over and over for hours.It was /is brilliant on so many levels. I think it's easily one of the best music videos ever made.
My mum and her friends used to tease me with this song cos I had a large head growing up. 'Ori' means head in the Nigerian Yoruba language. I'm so proud and blessed to know this song. The joy and nostalgia it brings to me are just amazing!!
I'm a dignified member of Africa, whoever undermines me insult the intelligence of whoever created black. I therefore stand tall and proud like a tower!!!!
Pour moi, cette chanson définit qu'est-ce que l'africanité, rien qu'en écoutant on vibre à la même fréquence, bcp de souvenir de mon enfance. Merci bcp et longue vie Maman Angélique Kidjo la reine de l'Afro pop pour nous avoir bercé avec ce rythme contagieux. Straight from the capital of the Kongo Kingdom " Angola"
I remember my Mom Used to play it on the DVD back then I was so *SCARED* of this vid but while growing up I started missing it until I finally saw it on TV & started loving it more and more ✨
+saucy05 Also saw this on channel O years ago back when I was in South Africa. I always had this song playing in my head but could never figure out who sang it until a friend mentioned if i knew this song. I was in shock as I never told him that i liked this song. He knew the song and the artist and I've listened to this song many times today! Great track!!!
I am here to say I really love your song have been listening too your song since when I was kid I was born 1992 and up till now that I am grown up I bhave never forgeted agolo song I always feel I am in the song I have always dreamt of meeting you mamm 😊❤ I can never forget you and your songs they are much I really know I feel like meeting you but no connection but I don't know how too sing like that and ibam from Nigeria yoruba ( Ekiti) I just want you too know that someone loves you here❤❤ whenever I listening too the song its touches my heart may God keep you long for us and I am dancing to your song now because I like dancing ❤❤❤
✨💛🌠Age 18ghteen & in my 1irst year at Howard University. I remember when this song 1irst debuted on MTV World Music Viddz back in 1994. All my friends couldn't get over the Spiritual Force of the beautiful African Sunshine Golden traditional costumes...the artistry of this Vidd is so captivating & awesome! 20enty♪5ive years later, this is STILL AN BEAUTI'LOVELY CONCEPT & POWERFUL MESSAGE about the Highest Divine Form Of Love for Humanity.✨💛🌠
I am Haitian Angelique Kidjo's songs made my childhood today I still feel the chills when I listen to them but I still do not understand the lyrics 😍💐🔥👑I never get tired of it
Un tube intemporelle qui a bercé mon enfance et là je suis mère et épouse mais cette chanson n'a pas pris une seule ride🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽. En plus, le clip avait une de ces qualités👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾.bisou d"une congolaise🇨🇩
I’ve been jamming to this with my dad in the car when I was about 6, he loved it, we’re both not African but he bought the album for us to listen to everytime we got in the car. I just found this again and I am beyond happy, chore childhood memories and damn, it slaps!
Anyone here from 2024?
Yes 😀
Ma type
In from 2033. What year is this?
Yea
@@richardkatongole5067 The year of the song, or what year it is now? 🤭
100% Africa.... if you’re from Africa and still listening to this jam..... hit like 🔥
Ebako Mick 🔥
I'm not from Africa. (I'm from Europe). Still listening to this jam. I'm hitting "like" anyway... hope you won't mind ;-)
Since civilization started in "The Motherland" (Africa) when we ALL should hit the like button.
I'm from USA , still listening
From America but I still hit LIKE
I grew up listening to this beautiful woman. My father was a truck driver from South Africa. He traveled to many other African countries, the music he would play was different from what was playing on our radios. Everytime I play this song, it takes me back to when I was kid and my dad was alive.
LISTEN...🔥🔥🔥🔥
Who is listening to this timeless piece in 2024?
meeeeeeee🤩 great hit after years still
@@user-ye9uq9bb2d Old wine 🍷 is always the best
Boa melodia! 2024
❤
This music hits differently at night
The real meaning of the lyrics of this song is deeper than the very few verses that Angelique Kidjo sang.
The wordings are from a popular Yoruba nation folklore about Olajumoke, a beautiful young damsel who refused all suitors until a lone dashing mysterious rich young man (very many adjectives here :-)) came along, bearing gifts. The parents had misgivings about the man who had no courting entourage, as they could find out nothing about his family origins or the source of his wealth. Against her parent's better judgement she fell head over heels in love and decided to marry the man. After the marriage, as was the custom, it was time to go with her man and that was when the drama unfolded for her and she sang this song, a desperate cry for help, but it was too late. Why? The man was a spirit being and is made of only a head ('ori' in Yoruba language) with borrowed body parts. The family members will normally go part of the way with a bride to see her safely on her way, but as they progressed on the journey to the underworld, home of the spirit man, he started returning the borrowed bits to the owners. Olajumoke was mortified, she sang and sang but she was beyond redemption, the deal had been sealed. The song was addressing her family members that Ori (head personified) is taking her (Olajumoke) away!!!
As usual with African folklores, there is a moral in the story for anyone who is discerning.
We used to tell this story as kids.
I love your comment 🥰🥰🥰🥰. Many thanks from Senegal 🇸🇳🇸🇳
Wow,....interesting story
Wow. The Pieces of a Man. The continent being broken up into pieces and given to owners. The ongoing struggle of a woman still losing when she finally gets her man bc love isn't everything. So much. 🙏🏽
You, my friend, are a great story teller. This was beautifully summarized, thanks
When you've sang a song and almost 30 years later you fans still come back to it like it was released yesterday, you know you're a legend. Much appreciate your contribution to music Angelique Kidjo.
this is so true. Used to watch these songs on CHannel O (Mnet). songs of the time
I’m 26 years old so imagine my shock when I found out this music video is older than me. Too ahead of its time and timeless at the same time
Very true...
😊😊😊'@@musokelionel3521
I'm here this day 25th of March 2024 to listen to one of African legend once again. i am a YORUBA Nigerian, Ma'am this is a job well done
ME ALSO
I am here to mark, the register in 2024. I was here last year though. Cos' i don't get, tired of my Angelica Kidjo. She reminds, me of ancient African female warriors who are fearless. I am from, the bloodline of warriors. And i kinda, connect with her songs to raise my vibration.
This is dope.
Here after she won the grammy,she deserves it.
Record Sisters I’m here
She's still the legend we grew up listening to in French Africa. What a discography!😮
Absolutely 👍
How many times.
Allow the young ones shine
Burna's put in so much work too
No be say our Burna no work hard enough😍😍 but Angelique issa music winnch
The director of this video was so ahead of is time
Agreed!
So right there. Can't believe it's a 90s video.
I thought so too
That's because it was not made in Nigeria
Yup....so ahead
Hummm quand ça tournait en boucle sur ORTB!!!!! Quelle nostalgie! Longue vie maman! 🌹🌹Qui est ici en 2024?
Good old days
I was in Korea some years back and this song played in restaurant.. Everyone stopped eating and the replayed the song again and again...
Waow ❤
Angelique Kidjo is a legend. And the fact that she sings beautifully in different languages....yoruba, dahomey, Portuguese, English etc.
What language is this?
@@nomsashongwe6332 Yoruba language from West Africa. Its one of the predominant ones in Nigeria, Republic of Benin
@@seunni I now know, thank you🌸
And in Togo
In Spanish too! (Just search Agolo in Spanish)
This is how Africa needs to be represented. Nice job Angelique!
+Gil ttfabio absolutely
gotta getme more dance lesson vouchers
Except this is 24 years ago...
Africa is not a country!!! Benin is only one out many countries in Africa.
@@karlbertiljohnsson Noone mentioned countries.
This song was well ahead of its time. The directing, video cuts, singing etc is just on point
when I was a kid I was afraid of this video clip but now I realize It's a work of art
Maybe there is something about u. Special
Me too when I was a kid and I was afraid for this video clip but now I like it so much❤❤❤
🤣🤣🤣
Quoi peur ?! moi j'étais ébloui fascinée tellement c beau
This is definitely a timeless song, who is still jamming to this in 2021, lets gather here.
In my 40's now, still jamming to this classic. Taking me back to my teenage years in Soweto shoooo. 🇿🇦
ME
still enjoying the track
we are here
Here we are December 2021
Re kaofela!
Before there was Burna boy, wizkid, Tiwa savage, Davido, and all the others, there was ANGELIQUE KIDJO she paved the way for other African artists to become prominent today and she is true Queen of African Music. She walked so they could run.
And before her there was Mariam Makeba and Fela.
Leaving this comment for my kids to find, so they'll know they have a great mum with exquisite taste in music 💜
😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🌹
I'am congolais 🇨🇬 Africa is simply the best continent in the world and it is a debate, through our beautiful sounds God bless Africa
Is not just Africa but….The world is the greatest and the best creation ever. The creator doesn’t take favouritism from anyone.
I'm from South Africa and I'm crazy about the sounds of west Africa. I don't understand a word but I love them Angelique kidjo, Yousssor Ndou, Salif Keita, Cecira Evora. We must preserve the work of these legends, they belong to Africa
Dude I was just listening to Salif Keita (searched myself for both artists). That's fond of them and course I love the Senegalese Prince himself.....understand Salif as it's my granny's language but not the rest but still love and sing it loud😅
This song played on SABC-1 daily before BnB in the late 90's so that why most South Africans can remember this song.
And also Myriam Makeba THE African Queen. 🥰🥰🥰👍🏿
You and I are alike. West African music is the best.
And I used to think this was a South African song when I was younger lol
She is so unique and energetic in such a manner Africans should be portraited, she deserves Grammy award again and again 👏 💖
Still jambing
She is the greatest, not surprised she beat Wizkid, content definitely separates her from everyone.
For sure
@@ayomideoluwafemi3300 yes you are right?
Real African music
I'm from Chile and I now this song because it was the intro song of a very popular soap opera in the 90s LOL
Oro Verde 1997 💚
Aunty Angelique, I saw you last night with my 12-year-old daughter. We enjoyed every minute and when you sang Agolo; the song that captivated my mind and heart as a teenager in Jamaica 🇯🇲 almost three decades ago... I still can't believe I watched you perform last night, it was unbelievable 🤩 You are my favourite francophone singer and now I've seen all my top three Baaba Maal at the Royal Festival Hall and Youssou N'Dour with you last night. Thank you for your voice, beauty,and message of freedom and dignity for all. Lots of love and respect 🎉❤️🙏🏽
I am 28. I remember seeing this song on TV as a child and being absolutely mesmerised. Just hypnotic. I still call it the African anthem even as an African who doesn't know what she's saying.
my exact thought, this song is timeless.
in summary she talks about the importance of showing love to all and love of the land
the love of its source and its origins
@@ifmaatv9083 no you are totally wrong. The song tells a story of a woman who fell in love with a man who later transpired to be a spirit man and the woman was tied without escape
@@congoboy9626 😳😳😳😳
Am actually doing the tears of joy thing right now , who is filling this with me in 2019
Me too
Nana Fidousi I do listen to it 5 to 6 times a day. To control my angers ❤️ 🙈
I grew up listening to this
See my tears 😭
I was a boy then .Now holding my own son and nodin to this still.
This song deserves to have a billion views
I swear ... I CAN'T understand show it's still underrated
Mon Dieu, cette chanson et surtout le clip m'ont marqué très jeune. Et le fait que 30 ans après l'effet sur moi soit resté le même, est juste incroyable !!!
I can't believe this was 1995. How did they do the CGI?
I associate this song with writing my doctoral dissertation back in 1997-1998.
I'd listen to the radio while typing away, and Agolo was the opening song of … some program, I no longer remember what … that played at 1am. As soon as I heard Angelique's voice, it was a signal to me to get ready to take a break from writing and get/make some coffee. Which I'd do once the song stopped.
And that is why this random white guy associates Angelique Kidjo with his PhD in physics. Her voice, and this song, kept me company during those lonely wee hours while I was typing in equations.
Good company
😊
That's a great story. I hope you were able to complete the thesis and found success in the field. Thanks to Mama Kidjo
@@Morgue12free Oh, I finished my doctorate, in 1998. But I left academia and made a complete career change to software development.
@@John_Weiss lol.. if you studied physics, that's not even a career change anymore... it's just where physics bros go when the professors just won't quit. I'm glad you associate with the song as such. I'm also into physics.. and errrm.. software dev (but not by choice lol)
I envy the people of Benin Republic. They don't know the jewel they have in Angelique Kidjo.. We Nigerians adore her.. ♥️♥️
So do we Kenyans!!!!
@Emeka Onelum, don't worry. We know she is priceless. And she does not belong to Benin only, but also to Nigeria and whole Africa. As you surely noticed, she is singing in Yoruba. Africa is one, our people is one. Only colonial borders separate us, and our challenge is to reunite.
@@geraldoagohoue3132 Don’t be ignorance there are Yoruba people in Benin republic formally call ajashe before it was change to Porto-Novo so Angelique is a full blooded Yoruba
Femi Okunade, we are saying the same thing. There are Yoruba in Benin, not only in Porto-Novo, but in other areas too, such as Ketu, Pobe, Save, Bante and other cities. I'm just pointing out we are the same people, separated by colonial borders. So don't envy people of Benin, as Angelique Kidjo belongs to whole Africa, and so to Nigeria and to you two. Here in Benin, we enjoy King Sunny Ade, Ayinla Kollington, Tiwa Savage... even if they are not born in Benin.
@@geraldoagohoue3132 that's a fcking lie we were divided even before the colonial masters came. They just divided us in another way. Our forefathers never called themselves "Africans" until the colonial masters came
I grew up listening to her music. It was her and Fela Kuti that inspired me to embrace my African heritage and ancestors. I met her at the African Festival of the Arts in 2005. She is an amazing person. 💖🌍
Yeah ! Fela was another legend.
Am from Lusaka Zambia 🇿🇲 Central Africa and still listen to this master piece. Our parents in the early 90s used to Listen to this Jam, i dont understand the language used but i can tell its a very deep story that we all can learn from. Music is Therapy for the Soul. Thank you Angelique Kidjo for this Masterpiece. ❤
Sounds Arcade on ZNBC huh?
oh yes i remember watching this on ZNBC those days
"Ori! Ori O!! Olajumoke n lo" (Head! Head!! Olajumoke is leaving) is a clarion call from a sentinel (Turtoise/Parrot) stationed to alert Olajumoke's husband (an incorporeal spirit being called Ori) whenever she tries to escape the spirit world. "Agolo" is an artistic masterpiece that has a deep meaning. "Agolo" literally means a can or a gong used by ancient royal town crier to makes public pronouncements. It symbolically represents a call to Africans all over the world to not be afraid and to always remember the love for their homeland (mother Africa).
Thank u.. your phone number sir
Although, I have read variations of the meaning 'Agolo,' but, she is speaking in Benin Yoruba, and I think there, the agolo means 'PLEASE' instead of Nigerian Yoruba meaning 'CAN' or a container.. Her Yoruba is Benin Yoruba, not the Nigerian
@@akinyanmodiafolabi7289 agolo is fon language, is mean please. Is fon langage , is Dahomey an language. This music is mixage of Yoruba and fon .
@@rubenetsescauseries2632 ok cool but why would she say pls in this context ,it doesn't fit ,the song is yoruba,only the "agolo" chant part is questionable could be fọn or yoruba.
What a great message in this song
This makes me love AFRICA even more, I'm proud to be BLACK!!!
You are African! Black is just used to confuse
This makes me love the earth even more, i´m proud to be human!!!
love africa
Sizwe Ndlanzi give me five
our beautiful home mama Africa
Her new collaboration with Sampa the great brought me back here. 🇿🇲🇧🇯
Ori ori o Olajumoke nlo😎. My mom told me the story behind this song when I was young. I don't know what I loved the most; listening to a story by a seasoned Storyteller or hearing my name mentioned in a song.
Love love, Ms Kidjo!
Wow! this song brings back childhood memories in Africa. They use to play this song alot on TV in cameroon in the early 90's.
You're actually right, same as well in Nigeria early 90's
Absolutely true man!
Was the Jam back in the days in Benin.😀😀😀
i remember i used to scare 😀😀😀 childhood memories thy used to play on tv almost evryday in Tanzania
@@eddyevarist2593 Umeona ee
You can say that again I loved it then and it has not changed
This legendary song deserves more than just 2 million views.
I remember this song from when i was a kid. My mom always listened to this when she cleaned the house in the 90's. Been trying to find it for years and now finally!
I used to be scared of this woman because of her music videos, but since I grew up I understand her now , big up to the legend Angelique ❤❤❤❤
I'm a South African and I have no idea what this songs says but that's the beauty of music it transcends language barriers. Reminds me alot about my childhood
It's a Yoruba folklore story,my grandma taught me and my siblings. The story is popular among all Yorubas here in Nigeria. Although she's Beninnoise,they speak Yoruba in some parts of the country too.
It's a story about a girl called Olajumoke who fell in love with a man who was a monster pretending to be a man,the elders of the village observed it but the stubborn girl never listened to the warnings of the elders. They used the story to teach us not to be disobedient.
I confirm. I am Algerian adn do not understand a word of the song but I love it blindly.
@@alphabogeyman7462 You're 100% correct.
When I saw the masks I thought she was talking about Ile ife. I could hear ife!
@@guillaumerusengo9371 Ife = love
I tell youngsters music did not start with Davido and naija, we had legends.
We know that.. But do you also know that most of her songs are yoruba? Stop all these division.. We are all from one Africa.. Africa is One.. United we stand.
Exactly
Please tell them.
She is half Naija actually.. I'm sure anyone with a brain knows Afro music doesn't start with Afrobeats
Repeat it to them 1000x
Béninois et fier de toi maman Angélique kidjo.. nous t’aimons.. fierté béninoise et africaine 🇧🇯
FEELING MORE PROUD BEING AFRICAN
She's a great woman who represents the true culture of Africa.
This video was ahead of its time seriously
This songs always played on radio when dawn is breaking..when the sun start to rise. It was our morning anthem..like get ready for school type.we wasn’t understanding a word but it did sounded good til old folks told us that it was Nigerian native language that the voice was saying…about a lady marrying a spirit being deceitfully.
Nostalgic song.
From Liberia 🇱🇷 with ❤️
The singer is from Benin 🇧🇯 and the song was in Anago (Yoruba) a major largely spoken in Nigeria many were cut off from other Yoruba kinsmen due to borders drawn up by Europeans. Therefore, many people of Yoruba descent such many from Benin, Togo and much lesser degree in Sierra Leone aren't Nigerian but united by the language & culture not forgetting those in Bahia, Brazil.
Randomly came across this and I’m definitely not disappointed.💗
Who is here January 2020 after she wins over burna
Here
I’m here with you but never knew she sang this song
Never knew he sang this
WOFAI ELOMA me 😂
Here o
Only idiot will say she doesnt deserve the Grammy Award. This are all classic songs and was a major part of our childhood. We danced to all this song's in our pants. She's a legend. Period
nancy michael so the music is old, or she replayed it again?
Ewere Onobe Agolo was a hit single yielded by her album called Aye, released in 1994. This woman has been active in music since 1982
Yh that's true an idiot would say that 😂😂
@@ewereonobe5131 Not replayed but real video
Why are people mentioning burna???? FFS. I have been listening to Angelique since I was a kid and I am older than burna boy!!! No comparison here.
This video was ahead of its time. It never gets old. Amazing!!! ❤❤
I wanted to say the same thing! WHAT A MASTERPIECE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
My love for this song is infinite. This is by far the best song ever sang by an African.
Angelique Kidjo, you are the best!
We need to create a category for this type of artist!
Outstanding! Hyperclass!
+Yves ETOBE My sentiments exactly... People like Angelique and Amadour and Miriam and Yat-Kha, all that cultural music should not be lost
They have it is called world music.
World Music is what privileged people invented to fit all the genres they don't understand. I agree this needs to be identified correctly.
I'm working on a global spirit surf thought 4 Genre
World Music Artists
I really can't get over how beautiful she is, not just on the outside, but her inner beauty shines through. I'm so thankful to Yemi Alade for introducing me to her. It's better late than never.
Song connects us to our West African ancestors. Much love from here 🇺🇬🇺🇬
Angelic Kidjo was way ahead of her time!!!!! If you play this song with Afro beats now!!! Wow❤❤❤❤❤
Heard the “Shimza remix” and it’s fire. What a masterpiece this is❤❤❤
I wish we embraced more of our African beauty like in this video. They all look amazing.
the director of this video is a legend and he was so ahead of time, doing this type of video those days with good graphic is still keeping me surprised..pls who knows the name of the director
Video director is Michel Meyer.
Took the words out ma mouf!
It should be remastered.
i agree with you
I always loved the video. Still holds up 20+ years later.
This song came far much ahead of its time. It's a song of all ages. The lady is well organised. Can sing energetically.
Bwana ndife akumodzi???
Eya boss
I'm still jamming this in 2022. This is definitely her best of all time
🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️
Same ❤❤
18-08-2022
Yes yes a great great song. Its not a world music but a Paradise music.
Same here oh !
This is honestly a prime example of a video that was way ahead of its time. it's simply enchanting to watch each shot of this masterpiece 😍😍😍
When I first saw this video in 1994,I watched over and over for hours.It was /is brilliant on so many levels.
I think it's easily one of the best music videos ever made.
You can say that again sis!
Say that again. Michael Meyer who directed the song and his team saw the future honestly. 1994 song looking like it was released now!
A living legend!! ❤ love from Southy 🇿🇦
Waouh,chanson en yoruba de Angélique,c’est encore à l’ordre du jour depuis tout ce temps ❤❤.Merci de faire valoriser nos cultures ❤❤
Qui est là pour avoir vu cette merveilleuse dame chanter lors de la commémoration du centenaire de l’armistice??😊😇
C était merveilleux, ce jour là.
My mum and her friends used to tease me with this song cos I had a large head growing up. 'Ori' means head in the Nigerian Yoruba language. I'm so proud and blessed to know this song. The joy and nostalgia it brings to me are just amazing!!
I can't believe they sang this song 30+ years ago....I love it😢😢❤❤❤It helps me connect with my root, my heritage. I love Africa 🌍
Can we appreciate how the video is also far ahead of it's time.
VIVE LA CULTURE AUTHENTIQUE AFRICAINE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Bravo??????
Marc in new york????
Who else is watching this in July 2020?❤️❤️❤️
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👍👍♥️♥️
🔥🥰💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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August 2020
J suis là jusqu'à l'infini, sa voix m'emporte bien que j ne comprends sa langue, une Togolaise t'envoie encore des fleurs de bonheur ❤🥀💐👍❤❤❤💚
Merci
J'adore !!! Cette chanson me rappelle que de bon souvenirs et un moment de tristesse. La perte d'un être cher.
I'm a dignified member of Africa, whoever undermines me insult the intelligence of whoever created black. I therefore stand tall and proud like a tower!!!!
I have been looking for this song. Finally I have gotten it. Love from Uganda, the Pearl of Africa
Love from Sweden. This song still delivers!
I'm not from Africa but i definitly listen to Agolo. I remember when I heard it the first time. On swedish radio. In 1994.
Such a Beautiful song. It brings back memories. 😊
Exactly!!! I remember listening to this song in 1999 I was 10 years old.
Exactly 💯
Pour moi, cette chanson définit qu'est-ce que l'africanité, rien qu'en écoutant on vibre à la même fréquence, bcp de souvenir de mon enfance. Merci bcp et longue vie Maman Angélique Kidjo la reine de l'Afro pop pour nous avoir bercé avec ce rythme contagieux.
Straight from the capital of the Kongo Kingdom " Angola"
so much love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪 🙌 🙌
Been searching for this song for 10 years 😭😭😭😭 finally found it
I remember my Mom Used to play it on the DVD back then I was so *SCARED* of this vid but while growing up I started missing it until I finally saw it on TV & started loving it more and more ✨
I swear!
Same😂😂
Fuh reallllll...every weekend I would run to the TV just to watch her videos...#MyFirstAfroBeatStar❤❤❤❤️🔥🇹🇹🥰❤️🔥👑🌍🖤🌍🖤👊🏾🇹🇹❤️🔥🥰
Shout out to people who used to watch this on channel O some 15 odd years ago.
+saucy05
i knooooow...lol
+saucy05 Yes part of the gang.
+saucy05 lol when channel O was still on SABC1
+saucy05 Also saw this on channel O years ago back when I was in South Africa. I always had this song playing in my head but could never figure out who sang it until a friend mentioned if i knew this song. I was in shock as I never told him that i liked this song. He knew the song and the artist and I've listened to this song many times today! Great track!!!
+saucy05 I'm one of that generation as a kid
From Kenya..i used to listen to this song when i was little. Purely African
🇹🇬 2023; j'écoute toujours toujours ce son qui n'a jamais été éteint dans mon sprit!
Merci beaucoup, maman Angeli kidjo
This video was way ahead of it’s time and still is! Timeless!
So true
Hail to the African Goddess Queen Angelique Kidjo. This brings back memories.
Shango Heru Yeboa she's good but not the Queen
Brenda is the queen
@@emmanuelseequeh6054 they both queens in their own right.
Agolo is one song I heard when I was ateanager but up to now everytime I tunne it sounds like anew hit,what a talent!!!longlive mama Angelie kidjo
I am here to say I really love your song have been listening too your song since when I was kid I was born 1992 and up till now that I am grown up I bhave never forgeted agolo song I always feel I am in the song I have always dreamt of meeting you mamm 😊❤ I can never forget you and your songs they are much I really know I feel like meeting you but no connection but I don't know how too sing like that and ibam from Nigeria yoruba ( Ekiti) I just want you too know that someone loves you here❤❤ whenever I listening too the song its touches my heart may God keep you long for us and I am dancing to your song now because I like dancing ❤❤❤
Reminds me of my childhood
Shirley Mlotywa ooooohhhhh we same!!!
Indeed... I had so much fun as a child dancing to this song. #Memories
Shirley Mlotywa mine too I remember that song back in the 90s
Shirley Mlotywa my first year in high school I love this song so much
Same here
no one has mentioned how beautiful the models are.
Indeed...!
Very beautiful indeed and fit as well , all these movements are hard to perform if you not fit , bless them.
IF YOU'RE STILL LISTENING AND JAMMING, TO THIS MASTERPIECE, THEN YOU'RE A LEGEND 💌
The influence of this video in pop music is understated
Every move in this video has been repeated severally in pop music videos
✨💛🌠Age 18ghteen & in my 1irst year at Howard University. I remember when this song 1irst debuted on MTV World Music Viddz back in 1994. All my friends couldn't get over the Spiritual Force of the beautiful African Sunshine Golden traditional costumes...the artistry of this Vidd is so captivating & awesome! 20enty♪5ive years later, this is STILL AN BEAUTI'LOVELY CONCEPT & POWERFUL MESSAGE about the Highest Divine Form Of Love for Humanity.✨💛🌠
I am Haitian Angelique Kidjo's songs made my childhood today I still feel the chills when I listen to them but I still do not understand the lyrics 😍💐🔥👑I never get tired of it
Jean-marie, Sakpase ! you must have a bit of Benin ancestry in you.
@@PHlophe happy to hear that 🤗☺️☺️☺️🙏🏽✨✨👑
I'm stunned. Did it receive alot of air play on the radio or how would you access this music bro?
@@gmambo2053It did... It was a regular in my childhood
Un tube intemporelle qui a bercé mon enfance et là je suis mère et épouse mais cette chanson n'a pas pris une seule ride🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽. En plus, le clip avait une de ces qualités👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾.bisou d"une congolaise🇨🇩
I used to go to the House of Blues in Los Angeles to see/hear her live, and I still love it!
Qui comme moi suis encore cette musique jusqu'en 2019?
Une des légendes de la musique
On ecoute toujour mm en 2019 ❤❤🙏🙏Angélique
Wesh c'est vrai
Carrement
Sidy Konate oui! Juillet 2019
Juillet 2019 en Floride États Unis 🇺🇸
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Anyone from Rwanda 🇷🇼 kenya🇰🇪 uganda🇺🇬 and nigeria🇳🇬 listening to this in 2024
And Malawi!🇲🇼
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Uganda 🇺🇬
Am from kenya the
Mzansi 🇿🇦
I’ve been jamming to this with my dad in the car when I was about 6, he loved it, we’re both not African but he bought the album for us to listen to everytime we got in the car. I just found this again and I am beyond happy, chore childhood memories and damn, it slaps!
This Is Another Reason Why I LOVE THAT PURE LAND CALLED MAMA AFRICA