Unit Three: Studying Africa through the Humanities

Module Thirteen: African Music

Student's Edition

ACTIVITY TWO: Explore

Song 1

“The Names of the Rivers” -traditional game song from Zimbabwe

Leader: The Zambezi, I crossed it!
Chorus: I crossed it!
L: The Limpopo, I crossed it!
C: I crossed it!
L: The Nile, I crossed it!
C: I crossed it!
L: The Niger, I crossed it!
C: I crossed it!
L: The Mississippi, I crossed it!
C: I crossed it!
L: The Colorado, I crossed it!
C: I crossed it!

Reproduced with permission from Here Comes the Son: A Conversation with Femi Kuti, Transition 10, (85)