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This song is from Southern Botswana from the Bakgalagadi cultural group from the town of Letlhakeng. The Boers (now called Afrikaners) created apartheid in South Africa, which borders on Botswana. Some people from Botswana worked in mines in South Africa, and some South Africans escaped to Botswana.
Lyrics - Sekgalagadi
(Folk song from Botswana)
Maburu we, maburu we ijoo,
Dichankanana chank ana na chan chang. (repeat)
Sethako we, sethako we ijoo,
Dichankanana chank ana na chan chang. (repeat)
Ko morago we, ko morago we ijoo
Dichankanana chank ana na chan chang. (repeat)
English Translation - The Boers* (pain**)
The Boers*, the Boers (pain**)
Prisons (repeat)
A shoe, a shoe (pain)
Prisons (repeat)
From the back, from the back (pain)
Prisons (repeat)
*White Europeans
**ijoo = sound indicating pain
See also
- Country: Botswana
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: D,G,A,B,D’
- Meter: mixed
- Rhythm:
- Scale: tetratonic
- Tones: s,drms
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
