Description
"L'enfant" (The Child), a collaboration between Armand Bokally (Cameroon, Africa) and Backtalk Unlimited, alerts the international community to the suffering of sub-Saharan African children. The arrangement features Native male and female vocals sung in French.
Keywords
World music, sub-Saharan Africa, French vocals, children, acoustic piano, alto flute, native acoustic, wind and percussion instruments, energetic, dramatic
La Voix de la femme (F) – Iyéééééééé, mon fils La Voix de l’Homme (H) - L'enfant est un cadeau du ciel. (bis) Chorus - L'enfant est un cadeau du ciel. F - Iyéé iyéé iyéé iyéé (bis) Chorus - Iyéé iyéé iyéé iyéé H - En Afrique l'enfant n'apparte pas à son géniteur. (bis) Chorus: L'enfant est un cadeau du ciel. F - Iyéé iyéé iyéé iyéé F – (Polyphonies citant des noms pygmées) Chorus - Ne le maltraite pas; il nous est précieux (mêmes paroles juqu' la fin) H - Iyé iyé iyéo- Ne le maltraitons pas il est précieux ________________________________________________________
The Child - English Translation
Female Voice (F) – Ayeee, my son Male Voice (M) – The child is a gift from heaven (2X) Chorus – The child is a gift from heaven F – Aiyee, ayee, ayeee (2X) Chorus - Aiyee, ayee, ayeee M – In Africa, the child does not belong only to his parents (2X) Chorus: The child is a gift from heaven. F – Aiyee, ayee, ayeee F – (Polyphonic vocal citing some names of African pygmies) Chorus –Do not abuse him; he is precious to us (repeated until the end of the song) M – Aiyee, Aiyeee, Aiyee-o – We do not abuse him; he is precious.