MALAIKA NAKUPENDA
Created on 20/11/2008Latest update on 08/09/2020
Artist: Lukas Tututu
Author: Lukas Tututu
Year: 1946
Mixture of Arabian and Bantu elements. Malaika means 'My Angel' in Swahili. In full: My Angel, I Love You. Written in east Kenya. Author Tututu studied music in Rabai (near Mombasa) where he sang in church. Fundi Kunde was part of that same choir and he brought the song to Nairobi. Most of the time Kunde's considered to be the author, since the original recording rests in an archive.
Covers:
- 1963:
Fadhili William Mdawida & The Black Shadows [as Malaika; this version went international]
- 1965:
Spinners [UK; idem]
- 1965:
Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba [idem; Miriam always mentioned the Tanzanian origin of this song]
- 1965:
Pete Seeger [on lp Strangers & Cousins]
- 1967:
Hep Stars [Swedish band with Benny Andersson]
- 1968:
Miriam Makeba [in Swahili]
- 1981:
Boney M [crediting Frank Farian, as always]
- 1990:
- 1991:
- 1992:
Khadja Nin & diversen [cd-single with four versions; benefit for Médecins sans frontières]
- 1993:
- 1999:
- 2000:
- 2006:
Ronny Mosuse [all as Malaika]
