Malaïka
Sign in to saveMalaika Nakupenda Malaika is a Swahili song written by Tanzanian artist Adam Salim in 1945 and recorded for the first time by Kenyan musician Fadhili William. This song is possibly the most famous of all Swahili love songs in Tanzania, Kenya and in East Africa, as well as being one of the most widely known of all Swahili songs in the world. Malaika in this context means "angel" in Swahili, and this word has always been used by Swahili speakers to refer to a beautiful girl.
Key facts
- Song.type
- single
- Song.name
- Malaika (Lambada Remix)
- Song.cover
- HepStarsMalaika.jpg
- Song.artist
- Boney M.
- Song.B side
- Consuela Biaz
- Song.released
- October 1989
- Song.recorded
- 1981
- Song.studio
- Europafilm Studios, Stockholm
- Song.genre
- Pop, Euro disco
- Song.length
- 2:48
- Song.label
- Hansa Records (FRG)
- Song.writer
- Adam Salim
- Song.producer
- Frank Farian
- Song.prev_title
- The Summer Mega Mix
- Song.prev_year
- 1989
- Song.title
- ''"Malaika
- Song.year
- 1967
- Song.next_title
- Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker
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15 sectionsContents
- Authorship and covers
- Lyrics and meaning
- Hep Stars version
- Background
- Release
- Personnel
- Charts
- Boney M. version
- Personnel
- Releases
- Charts
- 1989 Remix
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
Malaika Nakupenda Malaika is a Swahili song written by Tanzanian artist Adam Salim in 1945 and recorded for the first time by Kenyan musician Fadhili William. This song is possibly the most famous of all Swahili love songs in Tanzania, Kenya and in East Africa, as well as being one of the most widely known of all Swahili songs in the world. Malaika in this context means "angel" in Swahili, and this word has always been used by Swahili speakers to refer to a beautiful girl.
The lyrics of the song differ slightly from version to version; the title itself is subject to variation, such as "Ewe Malaika" (Oh, Angel) or "My Angel".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malaïka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.