Tag: Xhosa

Respecting the Haka as Nkosi Sikele iAfrica ‘Sounds the Call to Come Together’

September 15, 2026

What the Greatest Rugby Rivalry Can Teach the World By Melanie Nathan, Sep 15, 2026 For a few extraordinary hours in Baltimore, we knew exactly why we were there and who we were. We had all traveled from afar to watch a rugby match. Not just any rugby match, but South Africa against New Zealand: … More Respecting the Haka as Nkosi Sikele iAfrica ‘Sounds the Call to Come Together’

Pata Pata Gets COVID19 Hopeful Lyrics by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo

April 24, 2020

Once called the “world’s most defiantly joyful song”, Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata’ (meaning “touch”) has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of Coronavirus. Without any alteration to chords or syllables, though with several changes to the lyrics, ‘Pata Pata’ will be re-released by UNICEF across … More Pata Pata Gets COVID19 Hopeful Lyrics by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo