ZANGALEWA
Created on 10/06/2010Latest update on 07/03/2023
Artist: Golden Sounds
Author: Jean-Paul Ze Bella/Emile Kojide/Eugene Doo Bellay
Label: Zitty Sound
Year: 1986
Makossa group from Cameroon, who renamed themselves after this hit song shortly after.
Covers:
- 1988:
Chicas Del Can [as El Negro No Puede]
- 1997:
Trafassi [as El Negro No Puede (Waka Waka)]
- 2008:
Didier Awadi [as Zamoune]
- 2010:
Shakira feat. Freshlyground [as Waka Waka (This Time For Africa); official song for the World Cup in South-Africa]
Became popular even beyond West-Africa, witnessed by many covers such as Surinamian band Trafassi. Besides, it was also a Colombian favourite: undoubtedly Shakira was singing Waka Waka already as a teenager.
