"Atongo Zimba" - Atongo Zimba

• artist:
  Atongo Zimba
• featured artist:
  Atongo Zimba
• country:
  Ghana
• region:
  West Africa
• release year:
  2007
• style(s): Afro Acoustic
• formats:
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  Rebel Records
• label:
  Rebel Records

Atongo Zimba's new studio album marks both a reworking of old original songs this African troubadour used to perform in the language of his native Fra Fra tribe in the savannah of northern Ghana and the next step in his musical collaborations with talented international musicians.

Barefoot in the Sand mixes his unique voice and signature two-string calabash lute known as the koliko into an acoustic stew of string and percussion instruments, - spiced with subtle bursts of flute and sax.






1. Ti zaa tari sum la be-em (We Have Good and Bad in Us) 5:10
We have to respect human beings, we are both the poison in the earth and the goodness.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocal, koliko, Eric Calmes - bass, Alex Bapulah, Michael de Miranda - percussion, Dunken Hoefdraad - cymbals, Monica Akihary - backing vocals, Niels Brouwer - electric & acoustic guitars, VG88, drum programming
2. Bo Sukpeene Gilima (Respect Your Senior) 5:21
Respect your elders, for you do not know where they have been and what they have seen, you might learn something too.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocals, koliko, Niels Brouwer - acoustic guitar, Sean Bergin flute
3. Hun dee ani ti mam dee ani? (Who Are You and Who Am I ?) 3:53
When people come together they often don't create but brag about themselves, if we respect each other's profession and put our heads together, it brings happiness.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocal, koliko, Niels Brouwer - acoustic guitar & fretless baritone guitar
Monica Akihary - backing vocals, Bart Fermie - percussion
4. Saaliba wan Toghe (People Always Talk ) 4:41
Whatever you do on this earth people are going to talk, if it's hot or cold, or rainy they will complain.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocals, koliko, shekere, Alex Bapulah - percussion, Eric Calmes - bass, Monica Akihary - backing vocals, Niels Brouwer - guitar, drum programming
5. Deingo sanga (Party Time) 6:12
Real party time is happiness with excitement.
Atongo Zimba-lead vocal, koliko, Kweku Mensah - electric guitar, Niels Brouwer-electric & acoustic guitar, drum programming, Alex Bapulah-percussion, Eric Calmes-bass, Monica Akihary - backing vocals,
6. Saa Pouh Kaahahka (Crying in the Rain) 6:01
The savannah woman is crying for the rain has wet her firewood and she cannot cook, the rain and her tears are one and the same, so why is she crying?
Atongo Zimba - lead vocal, koliko, shekere, Bart Fermie - percussion, marimbula, Kweku Mensah - electric guitar, Niels Brouwer-acoustic guitar, Monica Akihary - backing vocals, Sean Bergin - flute
7. Oor ma'asiga n'kerima (It's Cold to Me ) 4:29
Living in northern Europe is cold and sometimes lonely without your woman far away.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocal, shekere, Niels Brouwer - prepared & electric guitar, mandolin, drum programming, Sean Bergin, saxophones, Sandip Bhattacharya-tabla
8. Ntinga Buratale (Gentleman in My Home) 3:30
Sometimes, people misjudge you in a different place, but where I come from they know me as a gentle man.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocal, koliko, Niels Brouwer - acoustic guitars
9. Nyuure (Jealousy) 5:07
If you have something, and someone does not they are jealous. The song strings together several Frafra proverbs on the subject.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocals, koliko, Bart Fermie - percussion, Niels Brouwer - acoustic & electric & fretless baritone guitar.
10. Nsuro Bune ti kan kong taaba (Goodbye Darling) 4:07
Goodbye darling bye bye, with all the days of time remember that I need you, with all the time remember that I love you, goodbye darling bye bye
Atongo Zimba - lead vocals, koliko, Bart Fermie - percussion, Sandip Bhattacharrya-tabla, Niels Brouwer - acoustic guitars, Sean Bergin - saxophones
11. Guuse, en sugro (Slow Down) 7:06
Slow down, take your time, don't always be rushing around.
Atongo Zimba - lead vocal, koliko, Eric Calmes - bass, Sandip Bhattacharya - Dholak, parahant , Monica Akihary- backing vocals, Niels Brouwer - VG88/drum programming

All lyrics written by Atongo Zimba
All music written by Atongo Zimba and Niels Brouwer
Fra Fra song titles translated by Yidana