See Me Wonders, Njanga di chop mololo!
A Bolo-bolo Song
Nyango wrote: "This is one of our "bolo-bolo" songs. "Bolo-bolo" is the moonlight dance common in our villages when the full moon is out and everyone forms a ring and dances. I hope I had explained this before. The clapping is rhythmic."
See Me Wonders, Njanga di chop mololo!
See Me Wonders, The Crawfish Ate the Mololo Fish
Circle Dance
Circle Dance
(Cameroonian Pidgin English)
(English)
All:
See me wonders, njanga di chop mololo!
See me wonders, njanga di chop mololo!
All:
See me wonders, the crawfish ate the mololo fish!
See me wonders the crawfish ate the mololo fish!
Notes
Notes from Nyango: "Njanga" - crawfish or crayfish.
"Mololo" is a fish about the size of a herring. So, the song is simply talking about a strange phenomenon: something as small as the crawfish eating up the larger one.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Nyango M. Nambangi of the Minnesota African Women's Association for contributing this song.
Thanks so much!