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Witness History-20210828-13:55:00

cover versions of it. most kenyans say, "ah, this is a song for the mzungu, not for us kenyans," you know? but they are proud of it, that at least it's given some kind of identity to kenya, you know? any kenyan who goes overseas, they will always ask you, "ah, you know the song jambo jambo?" they start singing this song, you know? so that's a big honour for us. he plays jambo bwana. applause. he chuckles. thank you. billy sarro harrison and teddy kalanda harrison on the enduring appeal ofjambo bwana. this song put kenya on the map and its hook — hakuna matata — even made it into the lion king. that's all from this special edition of witness history, coming to you from the national museum, here in nairobi, kenya. we'll be back next month with a collection of first—hand accounts of extraordinary

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Witness History-20210828-13:53:00

but when we realised that we could make more money and playing for less time for tourists in the hotels, we had to switch to playjust cover versions of chart music from europe and from america. one night, i think it was late 1979, i was sitting at the pool bar after a performance and there were these tourists in the pool playing around and joking, trying to speak kiswahili. "jambo! habari? nzuri sana. haku na matata." you know? and i got this idea, maybe i should write a song with the simplest words in kiswahili and get the tourists to learn kiswahili while they sang along and danced to our music. #jambo, jambo bwana... # habari gani... # mzuri sana... it says... which means... it says...

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Witness History-20210828-13:52:00

#jambo, jambo bwana... # habari gani... # mzuri sana... # wageni, wakaribishwa. .. # kenya yetu hakuna matata... # kenya nchi nzuri... # hakuna matata. .. that's the way it went. the tourists were just crazy about this song. #jambo, jambo bwana... it went silver, then gold, then it went platinum. that came as a complete surprise. i started the group them mushrooms in 1972. me and him were working with the cement factory in mombasa. there was a lot of tourists coming into mombasa, so it was a very vibrant scene in mombasa. we were playing mostly congolese stuff and kenyan music and whatever.

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Witness History-20210828-23:53:00

one night, i think it was late 1979, i was sitting at the pool bar after a performance and there were these tourists in the pool playing around and joking, trying to speak kiswahili. "jambo! habari? nzuri sana. haku na matata." you know? and i got this idea, maybe i should write a song with the simplest words in kiswahili and get the tourists to learn kiswahili while they sang along and danced to our music. #jambo, jambo bwana... # habari gani... # mzuri sana... it says... which means... it says... then you say, "mzuri sana," which is a reply to habari gani. mzuri sana is "very, very well, thank you". "all the guests, visitors are welcome to kenya." "there are no problems in kenya."

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Witness History-20210828-23:51:00

largest refugee camp and now. kenya wants to close it down. will they be forced to leave? many of them have never been anywhere else. where will i go back to? we neither kenyans, cos they are telling us we are refugees, we are neither the somalis, because we have been brought up in kenya. so, we are caught in between. that was zamzam abdi gelle. and finally, a0 years ago here in kenya, tourism was booming, with visitors coming for the wildlife as well as its beautiful beaches. our next witnesses were earning a living playing music at hotels when they were inspired to write a song which went on to become a global hit. this is the story ofjambo bwana. #jambo, jambo bwana... # habari gani... # mzuri sana... # wageni, wakaribishwa. .. # kenya yetu hakuna matata...

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Witness History-20210828-23:52:00

# kenya nchi nzuri... # hakuna matata. .. that's the way it went. the tourists were just crazy about this song. #jambo, jambo bwana... it went silver, then gold, then it went platinum. that came as a complete surprise. i started the group them mushrooms in 1972. me and him were working with the cement factory in mombasa. there was a lot of tourists coming into mombasa, so it was a very vibrant scene in mombasa. we were playing mostly congolese stuff and kenyan music and whatever. but when we realised that we could make more money and playing for less time for tourists in the hotels, we had to switch to playjust cover versions of chart music from europe and from america.

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Witness History-20210828-23:55:00

any kenyan who goes overseas, they will always ask you, "ah, you know the song jambo jambo?" they start singing this song, you know? so that's a big honour for us. he plays jambo bwana. applause. he chuckles. thank you. billy sarro harrison and teddy kalanda harrison on the enduring appeal ofjambo bwana. this song put kenya on the map and its hook — hakuna matata — even made it into the lion king. that's all from this special edition of witness history, coming to you from the national museum, here in nairobi, kenya. we'll be back next month with a collection of first—hand accounts of extraordinary women in history. but, for now, from me and the rest of the witness history crew, it's kwaheri, goodbye.

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