Miriam Makeba - Nongqongqo (To Those We Love)

from the album An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba

[melaniefitzgerald-nelis]

My mother would sing it to me when I was a toddler.. Today is her Aniversary 6 years gone.. I was crying and it cane on the Radio.. I knew my mum was with me

[TheJakester]

English translation:
They are together, they are sitting together in prison.
They are sitting together at Nongqongqo.
Here he is,
here he is,
here is Sobukwe.
Here he is in prison,
Baba Luthuli!
What is your sin?
There he is,
there he is
there is Mandela.
There he is, there he is in prison.
There he is,
there he is
there is Sisulu.
There he is, there he is in prison.
What’s wrong with us Africans?
No, what have you done wrong,
what have you done wrong?
they are together,
they are sitting together in prison,
they are sitting together at Nongqongqo.

[richardlogan]

Love that the immortal Mama Africa names so many of the greatest South African anti-apartheid heroes in this greatest of songs -- musically, lyrically, its power, its significance.

[duffslife]

I head this song many years ago in Philadelphia as a teen. This song stuck in my memory.

[bandile]

I still cry for u Baba, I wish u could be here to lead us today. Azania’s greatest son, RIP Robert Sobukwe

[franktlou]

This song brings tears in my eyes but I can't stop playing it.

[siandatollie]

The part i love in this song its when Mariam Makeba mentions Robert Sobukwe cause we all know we have been shielded from the thoughts of this great Pan Africanist named Sobukwe whose voice has been intentionally erased in the South African politics.... hail to to you unsung son of the soil..I salute

[tinajones]

I have loved this song since I was a child. I first heard it while watching the movie Warm December. This song touched my soul. I didn’t know what she was sing but I knew it went deep. You can tell by her eyes and the emotion on her face ❤️❤️❤️

[tktoxic]

Master piece of song❤️🔥 which brought power to the nation back in the day, I was not yet born to witness it in full glory but still I'm here now❤...As I listen to it, there's joy in my heart, may this song be heard by many to come and so be it❤️❤️❤️

[ntombigijana]

Bahleli bonke etilongweni
bahleli bonke kwa Nongqongqo   x4
yhi yhi yhi yhi halala  x4
nanku nanku nank 'uSobukhwe nanku nanku etilongweni  x2
YIni bawo Luthuli hayi uZotheni uZotheni   x2
Nanku nanku nank 'uMandela nanku nanku etilongweni x1
Nanku nank uSisulu nanku nanku etilongweni x1
YIni wemaAfrika hayi uZotheni uZotheni x2
Bahleli bonke etilongweni
Bahleli bonke kwa Ngqongqo     x2

[xX_Gravity_Xx]

I wish more people my age could hear this beautiful music

[qinisomnguni]

I am listening to this song 2013 and i am crying. Our youth does not know where we come from. Long live the undying spirit of Mariam Makeba.

[thecenterforwomenandgender]

This is my favorite song on this album. As a child, it brought tears to my eyes. I didn't understand the language but I felt this song deep in my soul!

[dipzy]

black south africans we have come far, and the road is still long

[Cookefan]

My mom used to play this album so much back in the 60s, I actually can sing all the songs but had no idea what the words meant as a child. As an adult the songs mean so much more now that I know their meanings.

[terencequma]

One of the greatest song for paying tribute to the late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

[noluthandokhumalo]

My heart is with President Zuma now 😢... Sending my love♥️

[sibonelosibembe]

A healing song for an African child. Thank you Mama

[QUEENA]

Such an angel although I couldn't understand the language but my tears dropped on my face♥️✊🏻

[christophermay]

This song reminds me my late brother who passed away at exile in 1985. followed by my late father in 1990 due to the violance between inkatha and ANC. This traumatize my mother big time. She felt sicked and lost her last job that she was supporting her family with it. She is still traumatise even today. Because her son faught for nothing.