Fatoumata Diawara - Clandestin

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'Clandestin' from Fatou's debut album - out now on World Circuit Records
Directed by Remy Mazet and Abass Sow
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What is the song about? (in Fatou's words)
They wanted to travel as everyone does. They wanted to cross the ocean. They were told they didn't have the right. Couldn't their leaders do something to encourage them to stay home and build a better life together? This gave them even more desire to travel: the more you are refused, the greater the desire! People told them "No!" After ten years of refusal to their visa applications they decide to leave on foot! The journey takes a day, a year, two years, five years, ten years. Many perish, they die en route and no one knows any more of them. They are called "illegals", but I call them warriors as it's not easy to leave everything behind and to trust in the unknown. In Bambara, we call them nomads. Travelling has really become part of our culture, which is why I call them by their real names. This song is dedicated to all the brothers who die on this trip and to those who have already left! Their parents cry for them every day!
Un jour ils ont voulu voyager comme tout le monde. Un jour ils ont décidé de traverser l'océan. On leur a dit qu'ils n'avaient pas le droit. Leurs dirigeants ne peuvent-ils rien faire pour les encourager à rester pour construire ensemble une vie meilleure ?
Cela leur a donné encore plus envie de voyager: plus on te refuse, plus l'envie est grande! On leur dit « Non! » Après 10 ans de refus à leurs demandes de visa ils décident de partir à pied ! Le voyage dure un jour, un an, deux ans, cinq ans, dix ans...beaucoup périssent, meurent sur la route et personne n'en sait plus. Ils sont appelés «Clandestins», mais moi je les appelle guerriers car il n'est pas facile de tout laisser derrière soit et de se confier à l'inconnu. En Bambara, nous les appelons les nomades. Partir est une vraie culture chez nous, c'est pourquoi je les appelle par leurs vrais noms. Cette chanson est dédiée à tous les frères qui sont morts pendant ce voyage et à ceux qui sont déjà en route ! Les parents les pleurent chaque jour !

[@mcamara488]

Africa is blessed with almost everything but good leaders. Great work Fatoumata🖤

[@theragingjamaican1113]

*political and military leaders. They’re amazing people in every other field, but politicians and generals turned warlords ruin it

[@leebillyc1677]

Don't think it is better in other countries. The corruption of other countries is hidden better and far worse!

[@djdrogs]

When the people of the world stop looking for leaders and help ourselves, then we will evolove.

[@khaledakram9534]

Very well said 👏

[@Gnawiful]

So true, Africa should run itself by just the people. I don't know what I would be if I wasn't African. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cultivatingwellness4028]

This woman is stunning, her voice evokes all the realities of Africa and crosses culture. One love from Jamaica

[@charlesthompson7498]

On point/on time in December of 202O to me too!!!!!

[@lunalea1250]

Well said my fellow Jcan, as our brother Bob said, "one good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain"! 😊💜

[@ryandavid6143]

Don’t know what she is singing about but I can feel how uplifting and sad at the same time.,.love her songs....we ( blacks) have lost so much especially our identity so when I see or hear someone who is representing all I have is respect.

[@abouguindo]

She is singing in Bambara one of the main language in west Africa including Mali, where she comes from. She basically talk about clandestine emigration, those who leaves everything behind them to travel in the west through the perilous road in the desert, the Mediterranean Sea and sometimes do not survive. When eventually, they survive they spend several years abroad without being able to return home as they are paperless … my personal reading is that this song is a call about fairness and justice as well as equal opportunities for all irrespective of your continent, race …

[@outkustmusic674]

❤️

[@annekerin3823]

We 'humans'...we are ONE...have lost......

[@monneyfather1645]

J'ai coulé les âmes
Ça me rappel de mon voyage horrible vers l'Europe avec mes deux frères qui ont perdu la vie face mes yeux par la soif en plein désert, seul dieu ma sauvé je me suis s'ensortir, merci fatoumata diawara pour cette chanson vraiment

[@elisabethsichel9140]

Merci pour ton temoignage

[@joyd9981]

Merci d’avoir dit l’indicible, toutes mes condoléances. De l’autre bout du monde.

[@jimatolenoir9842]

LE GONDEL DAFRIKA c’est pareil k moi wallahi 😭😭

[@safiatoumagassouba8096]

@@jimatolenoir9842 hé Aw ni Yanni 😭😭😭😭tous mes condoléances

[@safiatoumagassouba8096]

@@jimatolenoir9842 merci

[@xyz_zyx_x]

[English]
The fault lies ...
The fault lies with Europeans
Our young people get up and decide to emigrate
To go on an adventure in search of money
They left their mothers at home
They left their fathers at home
Some call them Illegals
But we call them Men of Adventure
I ask our leaders, isn’t there someone to help them stay at home?
Chorus:
They count one, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine ...
They count one, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine ...
Up to ten years ...
Many perished. Many died x2
I’m calling out to our leaders
If you don’t help young people, they’ll get scared
They’re afraid of shame, they’re afraid of death
They’re afraid of betrayal
They’re leaving, and throwing themselves in the hands of betrayal
Their adventure ends badly
I say that the fault lies, the fault lies with ...
Many perished. Many died. x2

[@PanglossDr]

Thanks for the translation. Sad but so true.

[@JannatiNeha]

thank you SO very much!

[@louisvelazquez29]

Ain't it weird how when people of color travel anywhere, they're attacked and berated, told to 'go back to their country,' discriminated against? Yet, when history teachers talk about European travelers and settlers ('murderers' is a better description tbh) they regard them as 'heroes' and 'pioneers'? And they tell us to regard them in the same way? Nah.

[@SuperSlayerized]

Maria Bartmińska I am White and I love her music and respect her culture. ...

[@NoahObidulu]

Please what Language is this ?

[@shermanbarclay6011]

This song make me Cry also with you , beautiful souls lose , talk your talk for your people ... Fatoumata I will forever Lovey you my dear ... false lie with them ... I’m from Liberia 🇱🇷 but grow up in Senegal 🇸🇳 was in Mali 🇲🇱 for a month , Now I’m in America Phoenix Arizona 🇺🇸✊🏽

[@flyinglion6206]

i dont understand this language but your voice is beautiful awesome its magic in ur voice

[@outkustmusic674]

I love fatoumata so much... She speaks to my soul 💞💖❤️💖💞
Hope she comes and performs in 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@chrisgifford3888]

I've been listening to this album recently and love it. Her voice is like chocolate melting, just beautiful. I didn't know what she was singing about until now and it seems her songs are a reflection of her life and the issues that confront her countrymen/women. What a breath of fresh air this is. It would be great to see her perform on Later with Jules Holland here in the UK.

[@ViLah]

she's so classic .. I love her and something about your music is so unique

[@mamadoudembele5881]

A chaque quand j'écoute cette chanson je de larmes au yeux 😢😢

[@ID-tb5eu]

Moi aussi

[@paunitka7]

This is such a sad song, yet it leaves you weirdly uplifted. Yes, there is evil in this world, but hope prevails.

[@etienneroulet7774]

Cette musique relève d'une âme artistique pure, d'une émotion sincère et censée. Merci Fatoumata

[@daniellepfiffner]

To those of this earth. R.I.P

[@harrouchyassine4734]

Respect from Marrakech morocco I love your style

[@minneiroo]

A 11 anos descobri esta artista mágica do Mali. Uma das grandes cantoras do continente africano e do mundo .
Saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷

[@JacuTurcoAgachado]

Que incrível, eu descobri a Fatoumata faz anos também e essa é a minha música favorita S2

[@minneiroo]

@@JacuTurcoAgachado Esta é a grande vantagem do CZcams: proporcionar a descoberta de grandes artistas, que de outra forma não conheceríamos. Recomendo a ti, que tem muito bom gosto, colocar no CZcams "Putumayo". Vai conhecer cantores incríveis...

[@harphan]

je ne supporte plus cette mer qui est devenue un vrai cimetière ! Très belle chanson. Belle artiste

[@milliefromdablock6336]

I’m an everyday African American. This song speaks to me although I have no idea what she is saying. I love her and this song’s groove.

[@yvonnenjide8356]

saw her in concert. TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

[@lunalea1250]

Beautiful people, water, boat, scenery & music, love it so much, well done! 😊💜

[@adamacamara3919]

La voie d'or de notre maliba, digne enfant des sarakole, rythm musical et ancienne de l'afrique de l'ouest. Maliba 4 ever. peace and love. Vive le mali, vive la france.

[@malikayes2421]

Vive le Mali 🇲🇱

[@hamzatadoukara9457]

c'est la vérité Fatoumata
immigration Afrique
j'adore

[@laluna5548]

Kakva predivnost❤ Svaki put se iznova oduševljavam.

[@ausenttalentagency]

Beautiful song, lovely melody and voice. i love the fact its sung in another language. Its catchy. Thank you :-) Wouldn't it be great to hear cultural songs on Top 40. Maybe the world of music unite !!!

[@atgunchev]

I got goosebumps without even understanding a word. I am feeling this song and she is so beautiful.

[@abrokenlife]

Check the English description below the video

[@LRu-lh7id]

If you understand the lyrics, it's even stronger!

[@loyannasantana2296]

A culpa está…
A culpa está…
A culpa está
com europeus
Nossos jovens se levantam e decidem emigrar
Para ir em uma aventura em busca de dinheiro
Eles deixaram suas mães em casa
Eles deixaram seus pais em casa
Alguns os chamam de "ilegais"
Mas nós os chamamos de Homens de Aventura
Peço aos nossos líderes, não há alguém
para ajudá-los a ficar em casa?
Ala iye heyi
Eles contam um, dois, três, quatro, cinco,
Seis, sete, oito, nove ... x2
Até dez anos ... dez dez dez dez
Queremos vir, mas eles não nos querem
Queremos vir, mas eles não nos aceitarão
Eles contam um, dois, três, quatro, cinco,
Seis, sete, oito, nove ... x2
Até dez anos ... dez dez dez dez
Muitos pereceram, muitos morreram
Muitos pereceram, muitos morreram x4
Estou chamando nossos líderes
Se você não ajudar os jovens, eles ficarão assustados
Eles têm medo da vergonha, têm medo da morte
Eles têm medo de traição
Eles estão saindo e se jogando nas mãos da traição, para que sua aventura termine mal
Eu digo que a falha está, a falha está com ...
(Muitos pereceram, muitos morreram
Muitos pereceram, muitos morreram)
Eles contam um, dois, três, quatro, cinco,
Seis, sete, oito, nove ... x2

[@anacarvalho3606]

Obrigada pela tradução !

[@JanamatosS2]

Obrigada pela tradução ^^

[@allyssoncorreia7919]

Muito obrigado!!!!!

[@mcamara488]

Thanks for translating.

[@camilasfeir]

Muito obrigada!

[@user-oj6kf6oj8j]

am from Ethiopia i love mali music specially this woman

[@lagodumali1]

Great! Love this song. I keep repeating the song over and over and over again. Thank you Fatoumata for this beautiful song. The message behind it makes it even more beautiful. Vive le Mali!

[@rogerganga]

Thank you CZcams. This is pure gold ❤
Fan from 🇮🇳🇸🇬

[@dabombaye2186]

Merci bcp ma sœur on est ensemble pour le pays resite BAMALIBA 🇲🇱🇲🇱💪💪

[@pheebelikes3500]

Love thier boats in Mali. It's giving me so much life.

[@lucaspavin3755]

Music Incredible Power, no borders no nations
One Love, from São Paulo/Brazil

[@foutiguiouattara6044]

Merci diawara pour cette belle chanson

[@MrDahkilla]

Lovely and chilly. One love from CAMEROON-USA.

[@MissBambolinaVerde]

Aunque intenté traducir su letra y no lo logré con éxito lo que si pude fue deleitarme con su música, su ritmo y su enérgica vibra. Excelente!

[@minneiroo]

La tradução para ti, em espanhol:

[@minneiroo]

La culpa se tiende...
La culpa se tiende...
La culpa se tiende
junto a los europeos
Nuestra gente joven despierta y decide emigrar
Ir en una aventura en búsqueda de dinero
Dejan a sus madres en casa
Dejan a sus padres en casa
Algunos los llaman "ilegales"
Pero nosotros los llamamos Hombres de Aventura
Le pregunto a nuestros líderes, ¿No hay alguien ahí
para ayudarlos a quedarse en casa?
Ala iye heyi
Ellos cuentan uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco,
Seis, siete, ocho, nueve...x2
Hasta diez años... diez diez diez diez
Queremos venir, pero ellos no nos quieren
Queremos venir, pero ellos no nos aceptarán
Ellos cuentan uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco,
Seis, siete, ocho, nueve...x2
Hasta diez años... diez diez diez diez
Muchos perecieron, muchos murieron
Muchos perecieron, muchos murieron x4
Estoy llamando a nuestros líderes
Si ustedes no ayudan a nuestra gente, ellos se asustarán
Ellos tienen miedo a la vergüenza, tienen miendo a la muerte
Tienen miedo a la traición
Se están yendo, y lanzándose en las manos de la traición,
así su aventura termina mal
Digo que la culpa se tiende, la culpa se tiende con...
(Muchos perecieron, muchos murieron
Muchos perecieron, muchos murieron)
Ellos cuentan uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco,
Seis, siete, ocho, nueve...
lyricstranslate.com/pt-br/clandestin-illegals.html

[@minneiroo]

Saludos desde Brasil 🇧🇷

[@alik556]

listening from Turkiye- respect

[@francescopaolino373]

Thank you, if we only imagine what we can do togheter we can become the world a better place.

[@Pluciano66]

Questa canzone è proprio bella e Fatoumata una grandissima artista

[@DhiyesaHobo]

I live in Ethiopia and I love to know the meaning of it music,,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@VekehLDonzo]

I admire this music so much...the lyric is so much adorable.....

[@opeadesola8517]

Love to see Fatoumata work with Asa of Nigeria.......I just love her music.....its all about zeal and reality...keep it up

[@atobilobah]

It would be a mind-blowing mash up 🎉🎉❤

[@jpcyclone1]

Brazil .

[@sheslyn3835]

BR!

[@fidziek]

cry, Af rica, cry Europe... our days are coming to an end, and only suffer will remain...

[@VirginiaCaitano-no7cg]

Que Paz y Dulzura! Me encanta la lengua!!!!

[@JeromeBakerSmoke]

tears to the eyes. Such beautiful wonderful people..! Love.

[@katiakatiakat]

Loving your music. so beautiful. Love from Seattle

[@cellahosewe8466]

Beautiful song . Listening from Kenya. This is music that speaks to me .

[@federicokk1]

africa my love

[@joseluisacunalopez8857]

Hace mucho tiempo un día salí de casa, hoy a veces la melancolía me abruma y siento que nada será igual .

[@taliereggae5134]

One love from Israel
Peace in the world

[@tijaiteh3433]

May our great ancestors guide us and shield us , in peace and in war. Asé

[@AssanRaelian]

I love Fatoumata's beautiful music :D

[@cinarasilva7650]

Essa mulher é maravilhosa! Uma inspiração.

[@ngazediwahotep7740]

always stay with chiken skin when i listen to this song, now i know the lirycs and i give all props to her. Great african singer, good message!!

[@keitaissouf1362]

Moi je suis fier d'être malien et africain du courage grand Soeur fatoumata diawara nous les malien et africain on n'es fier d'être de toi vive mali la voi d'or

[@rolfbrunner3016]

I just found you.And on each video I love your heartopening smile.
On this video now I saw you crying.
You make me smile and you make me cry,because you are such a great person and artist❤️

[@BahamasSekouflow-su3cw]

Tengo el arma en mis ojos, me recuerda a mi viaje a Túnez el día que tuve muchas dificultades, gracias hermana mayor por nosotros, los aventureros.

[@manueldecarmolourenco3010]

Sending love from Maputo Moçambique 17.08.2023

[@SuperTruthful]

love her music

[@michelafornasier9950]

anima...anima...grande africa... misteriosa anima..,grande vera autentica madre della musica

[@felipeataulo1100]

Incrível, mulher que admiro

[@curtisallen1192]

I love music greatest thing humanity made only way to covey true realty for people to listen

[@artepoesiaymusica]

Fatoumata,terimusso!!! I realy love all your songs and your way!!! Para los que siguen a Fatou: Algunas canciones son entendibles, al menos parcialmente si tienen en cuenta que se expresa en bambara, principmente, aunque cuando trabajò con Oumou Sangarè lo hacìa en lengua soninke. Mixtura, segùn la obra y la ocasiòn con francès o inglès. El bambara no es difìcil, hay en la red una recopilaciòn hecha por la compañera de un hermano de Mali. Y siempre hay alguno en la diàspora. Aprended y pagad

[@arquitectoasturias4870]

Perfecto !!!

[@issadiakite5246]

Ancora grazie mille Fatouma

[@yessycaortiz2069]

Maravillo tu musica y tus videos soy de peru afroperuana amo tu musica

[@yessycaortiz2069]

wonderful your music and videos call me my land tells me where I come from I am afroperuana

[@arafattijani]

Reminds every time of the film Atlantis

[@jaydee1165]

beautiful song from a beautiful woman.

[@alainnkodia313]

Great song !

[@moribacamara9406]

que dieu te protège contre le mal

[@sergiogastondipierrorandaz5254]

Me encanta esta cancion !! Felicitaciones !!

[@zhi379]

I love her music

[@rubensabreu1625]

Singular e indiscutível talento!!

[@caricoids]

Chorei aqui no Brasil. Que artista sensacional!

[@djsaeg]

I HAVE GOOSE BUMPS!! ;) much love from mexico city

[@juancamilokuanmedina5947]

Gracias Fatoumata Diawara por esa musica que le llega a uno a los huesos y al alma

[@mysticalman1302]

So touching and true!

[@52stav]

magnifique , quelle voix !!

[@Grateful4Today]

Je t'aime tres fort Fatou ! I love your music, your people et l'Afrique dans ensemble ! I missed you, I can't wait to watch & hear more from you ma belle ! Je te remercie pour être' la..

[@kommunistkomsomolskiy]

Спасибо.

[@PeteMugarteguii]

Es agradable ver que la gente aprecia la música. Música es un lenguaje que cualquiera puede entender.

[@fernanda.cristina]

Que paz...

[@mohameddiabyofficiel7853]

très très beau le clip j'adore!!!!!!!! merci fatoumata diawara

[@bathilykadara2455]

slt mon frere gassa dibbi.je suis bathili. et je suus marakade 100% je veut ton numero

[@luisguillermosantillan3147]

Muy bueno!! Excelente música & video...MERVEILLEUX!!!

[@laskodiagouraga359]

Super j'adore Wallay

[@luanafigueiradasilva3912]

Toda linda, minha referência pra música, moda e beleza!!! Linda

[@maigahamadounoumarou6790]

luana figueira da silva ,'n'

[@mamadoudembele767]

Trop émouvant sa ma fait beaucoup pleuré

[@mahamadoukonte3221]

Cette chanson doit être un exemple pour tous les immigrés

[@ecollecoll949]

wowwwwwww clandestine is a sound from heaven hope to work with this angel!....

[@manliolieve9043]

Bellissima canzone, straordinaria Fatoumata, complimenti e buona fortuna! A te e a tutti i clandestini del mondo, che clandestini non sono perché il mondo è di tutti

[@nataliarezendemarini9488]

Touching, sad, true story in this song ♥️

[@richardnsalvador]

I listened to this song on today's (Sept 28, 2017) Democracy Now show where Amy G reported from UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and interviewed some impressive and powerful women!The video to this song is unique and very much revealing in that the musician shows herself embedded in her own space, with her own people, in her own land (Mali?)! This is part of the song's beauty as a narrative in itself. I don't understand the meanings of her lyrics but it sounds wonderful. Is it a sad song? Why is she crying?

[@chatotop5630]

bellissima canzone brava FATOU

[@flavioveiga7722]

Beautifiul song.
Greetings from Brazil!

[@alahgimaysamb3826]

lot of rspkt ,angel voice and deep lyrics,
from senegal

[@melikarajesvari]

wonderful, magnifique ! thank you

[@anacarvalho3606]

Muito Bom !

[@togolaibra2177]

magnifique

[@karimsissoko1286]

2020 I love this song

[@jesuspascua974]

Il est une très belle musique
J'ai trouvé au Sénégal et au Mali.