Angélique Kidjo - Agolo - CLIP

[@ogunsuaadewole6601]

There is a powerful folklore behind this music and it's theme.. It was about a beautiful maiden who could not find a worthy suitor of many young men who asked for her hand in marriage until she met Ori..head.. Head came to her, he was an epitome of perfection she sought and so much desired.. After the whole bethrothal ritual was done.. the beautiful maiden was taken from her family to where it would be her home.. On the way, Ori returned all the borrowed body parts that made him the perfection until what was left is the head.. 🗣️ Now the beautiful maiden could not escape the entrapment as their were three creatures that sang the very song as she tried to escape and Ori will not let her escape...

[@alananice9179]

Thank u

[@ogunsuaadewole6601]

@@alananice9179 uwc

[@adetolaayodele3425]

Thanks so much for your extraordinarily helpful insight into the song. Much appreciated.

[@unravelwithanne9249]

Yoruba folklore is the best 😊 thank you for the explanation

[@Nonso_Gerard]

@@unravelwithanne9249it’s not Yoruba

[@uzuegbunamb]

I was really surprised to find out this video was made in 1994. It was so far ahead of its time

[@tldrSF]

For real! One of my favorite videos of all time!

[@HellaGust]

Really? Looks pretty typical of the era to me. Everything's gold and spinning, and so much early CGI where the creators were so busy asking whether or not they could that they forgot to ask whether they should. You don't get much more mid-nineties than this without bringing out the boy bands.

[@aMusingAngel1]

One of the best music videos I've ever had the pleasure to watch, over and over. Such mastery.

[@aMusingAngel1]

Amazed it has not has tens of millions of views. Va comprendre !

[@alananice9179]

Swears

[@emyemi8289]

J'étais obsédée par ce clip il y a 20 ans. Je suis toujours aujourd'hui. Les indétrônables!💗

[@miss.kbeauty6124]

I dedicate this song to my late Mom, this was her Jam. Miss her so much today.

[@brillianomollo6644]

God is in control so touching

[@paracleteconsult8677]

Bless up your Mom.

[@s.i.ls.i.l4386]

recall watching this in 96 as a kid...20 yrs later she still rocks...real African gold

[@zoeabbey9400]

I love this song, the choreography, the outfits, the way it's sung, the feeling of freedom I get from it and everything! Yes Angelique Kidjo and everyone behind this masterpiece!

[@DantheMcCoy]

Over 20 years later and many African artistes still don't make videos as good as this.

[@candiceparodie7263]

Dan The McCoy is true

[@ZIXI357]

I agreed with you

[@ty7504]

Dear Angelique of the Kidjo kind ... Uncle is emotional ... Uncle is taken back unto childhood years with his cousins where ye even featured in Zambian telethon years ... raising money through thy music for the disadvantaged ... Loveth we thee til this very day in 2019 whch is many years later !!! Dear 'Zycopolis TV' ... we thank thee as a publisher who is keeping alive certain 'elements' that need to be kept alive in the world!!!

[@maralouna8536]

enfin le clip sur You tube g eu un coup de cœur à l'époque. cet artiste à kelke chose qui me fait penser a haiti

[@sethachamfour-yeboah5019]

Much love from a Ghanaian, sitting here on a saturday , and introducing my American Ghanaian 6 year old what real music is....

[@DoReMi123acb]

thank you for being a proud African. :)

[@alie1302]

just done the same thing with my 4years belgian/Cameroonian. Si proue.

[@hawmelakumarsinghmoyyisyal3061]

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[@hawmelakumarsinghmoyyisyal3061]

moyyisyale

[@abdulmumuni1750]

Egie Asemota proud of you never abandon our cultural

[@gugushabangu4097]

Congratulations Angelique on your Grammy!

[@Nightwing2022]

I love love the video and the song... African culture is so beautiful... Thumbs up Angelique Kidjo

[@aubinledoux6459]

Encore un classic,merci Angélique Kidjo.......Cotonou/Bénin/Africa

[@outlawuncensored3735]

African music rocks...............................with love from Uganda

[@ilidappah]

It reminds me of my childhood 😍

[@MABMAS1]

me too hey

[@junibae6587]

yup yup

[@irenea.8878]

Iliana Dappah me too

[@awarassoul4486]

Iliana Dappah p

[@alskyviewerallen9665]

Iliana Dappah same here I remember this song when I was little

[@jstv5581]

2020 anyone? Grammy Award Winner 2020

[@seismicvertigo345]

Me! After Yemi Alade and Angelique Kidjo collab!

[@ibrahimbahmybrotherimfilli5201]

Yes oooo

[@berithaandersonn2234]

2021 here

[@brigittendjiba9570]

Qui écoute cette musique de la majestueuse et sublime Angélique Kidjo en 2019 comme moi?

[@josephrifflart7163]

Ben moi, je l 'écoute depuis 30 ans... Et je l' aime toujours, elle est extraordinaire. Et tellement belle ! J'aime aussi tous ce qu'elle fait pour l'Afrique. Salutation. Jo ...

[@shat104]

This video was ahead of it's time.

[@hloni4aj]

so true!

[@damz737]

Way ahead!

[@mathieurodriguetalla4511]

damz737

[@Dodge76]

One of my favourite songs of the 90's. Thanks for the upload!

[@kolyxix]

OMG, I haven't heard this song for over 25 years. Great childhood memories from the 90s

[@saintangelo64]

merciii Angélique KiDJO!!! je revis mon enfance en ecoutant cette chanson!!!!! merciii

[@julestoulassi5504]

Une très belle mélodie qui me rappelle mon enfance. Ça passait en boucle sur la télévision nationale. En je me rappelle qu'en ce moment, on avait vraiment peur des masques dans la chanson 😅😅😅😅

[@stephensmashila3397]

wow can't believe I found it, I mean I was only five years old but I can still sing along with this song. I live in SA

[@grishonmuthee1037]

Am proud of my African heritage,such a masterpiece from Africa.

[@solomonmakhafola1186]

#2019 in 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 Proud of our African Musicians

[@cush9313]

Been looking for this song for years. Just remembered poriroriro aree. Late 90s Kenya I think. Feeling nostalgic. Thanks man.

[@dwill123]

I've been waiting a long time for someone to post this video. Thank you.

[@mpaatageorge6975]

2016 December 26th and I have been looking for this for months now..found it reminds me when I was a kid on those Sundays mummy plays it over and over hehehe

[@oloyedekayode4542]

Mpaata George me too. omg. I feel so happy I found it

[@ayowilliamsmedia8446]

I keep asking myself who directed this production. many music videos made today do not match up with this considering the equipment upgrade since when this one was made. kudos to the media crew that produced Agolo. Angelique Kidjo is the Legend

[@isaacadebayo1399]

this makes me so sad. everything about the video and song shows how Africa once had dynamic style and culture!. everything has been corrupted

[@idnoble2004]

I was thinking same yesterday. Do you know that the Yoruba dynasty was one of the largest and most powerful in Africa before the British can and messed it all up?

[@isaacadebayo1399]

+Wunmi definitely! they messed the world up

[@idnoble2004]

+Isaac Adebayo Tell me about it. Go google Agolo lyrics and you will see the junk lyrics written - not a single word of Yoruba, even though she's singing in Yoruba. These guys just messes up everything they touch.

[@bodeowoyeye2506]

The song is about Ile IFE the Yoruba spiritual capital. IFE Ile Aiye.

[@afroteddybear]

I read somewhere she is actually singing in fon not yoruba. The languages are similar in vocab but the words have different meanings.

[@claudiaalaniz5991]

que bueno es poder ver los videos que ya se han extraviado en el tiempo y que fueron exitos en sus tiempos

[@kolawolebabatunde8712]

Who else listening to this beautiful tones 2020 still Rockies on my head right now, hit me guys

[@daylight1434]

J écoute encore en 2018, chanson remplit d énergie et du respect de l Afrique et sa culture riche

[@matsietsapeter322]

this song brings some good childhood memories :)

[@yasminroberts9841]

Jus love this woman. Her voice is beautiful her videos are always artistic ....this is my fav song from her....

[@ismaelmoussa8588]

Toute mon enfance j'ai cru que c'était une chanson africaine et là je vois Angélique Kidjo qui est béninoise il me semble ? Mais quelle époque quand même ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@yolmayar9871]

I have never commented on any video clip before. This video deserve one.

[@mbiturfu158]

Ça me rappel toute mon enfance , sa fait vraiment du bien de l'entendre en 2017 , dans les années 90,91...furent de belles epoques musicales oh que ça me manque ^^

[@ayibongwendlovu3186]

Yooo, No Way! after all these years I found this song. Actually I think it found me. Much love for the upload!

[@Tumaish]

Well done Angélique Kidjo, you make Africa proud.....

[@claudyb419]

Même en 2018 je n'arrête pas d'écouter cette chanson, elle me rappelle mon adolescence au Gabon 😍😍😍

[@carolineikpea1075]

Some childhood memories...right there They played it every morning

[@brown46884]

African pride. The song that surpasses all current songs in Africa. I like the piece.

[@mbahabib1]

this takes me back...... The video always scared me as a kid tho lol. Lovely song.

[@tida9804]

Same! I'd be so scared man

[@tida9804]

I used to think it was satanic so I'd switch off the tv lol

[@salonekaterepwafrica9614]

glad to know I was not d only one this video scared d hell out off when I was a child😂😂😂

[@IreneThomas]

Lol me too..

[@letohpapu4319]

then we are many, how come we forget about good music as youth from Africa , I found this song on spotify

[@sabelontuli2258]

The 90's where LIT!!! 2018, LOVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA

[@emailme5320]

2019 anyone ? African Queen 🌹

[@lassobamba5513]

une très belle femme africaine et une belle voix très beau clip une bonne musique 🎤🎵🎶🎺🎼🎹🎷🎸

[@nothingispermanent8928]

Oh how i love This song, donkey days back I used to watch it on our national tv.....she is an African diva tho I don't know what she saying but the music 🎶 is bang bang 💥 always love it from Mali and Gambia...

[@kazzityangel]

The song is from an old folklore tale, it's basically about a young beautiful woman named Olajumoke, Who was lured into marry a man because of his wealth and good looks without realising he was a spirit who only had a head without a body. When she realised what he was it was too late and every time she'd try to leave the other spirits would alert the head by screaming ori ori ori o ola jumoke n lo. (ori means head in my language) (olajumoke was the girl's name) (Lo means going). So they would call the head to tell him that the girl was trying to escape and he would come and stop her. She was trapped with a spirit who only had a head and no physical body. The moral of the story is that not all that glitters is gold, so don't be fooled by superficial things because things aren't always what they seem.

[@rodneyjenkins3908]

I was amazed when I first saw this video on bet.Donnie always played this video on the end.Beautiful African video.

[@volb9817]

OMG! Iv been looking for this song for YEARS!!! LIKE 10+ MEN!!! WONDERFULL song !!!

[@BEEshop1534]

Still no dislike in 2022..never understood the lyrics but what a song...love from Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@yussufjongo6093]

2019 still love it

[@innopondani5290]

I used to be scared of this video in my childhood. Nice piece of art

[@geminangomo460]

inno pondani Me too

[@santanaartista8404]

A música e o vídeo merecem um grande prêmio!

[@bobbymhenga]

I knew I would eventually find this song someday after looking it everywhere on youtube for years cos I didn't know the artist or the name of the name of the song. I heard it in a bus I was traveling in to visit my parents and siblings.

[@MariArlette10]

Still enjoying it in 2019. Angéliiiiique

[@shrineheart87]

Reminds me of Saturday morning watching music vids as a kid

[@ida5067]

OMG. all african children were raised the same. I miss those days!

[@solowalkervidchives5471]

Meesta kevin True word man, it seems we were all raised the same :)

[@georgeose9865]

Francis Stephen word

[@DeluxCakeQueen]

shrineheart87 a real throwback

[@guruvoke4331]

shrineheart87 me too.. Sweet memories

[@chyke6272]

Love this song,......one of the greatest African songs in my opinion.

[@itsmahuna5178]

Angelique's Vibes through all generations 😍

[@abdoulayesylla6123]

Magnifique...Queens of Africa !!!!

[@alexegobi4276]

I later found out that this song Agolo is sung in Yoruba language. Agolo means god of love on mother earth

[@linusperfect6339]

Who listen to this 2017

[@angelbonita3710]

me

[@yanieabkarim]

LINUS PERFECT Me...someone special gave me this link...

[@jamesdoukaga]

Moi

[@Eupater]

Everyone.

[@vitumwakhuyu7851]

me

[@alifonsawanjohi]

Here u are !:-)was so young to even know what the name of the song was.

[@reyhanne1040]

Qui regarde ça en 2017 ? 😌 #inlove😍

[@marinalapanthere9334]

Moi

[@nas2416]

2018 frère

[@ZIXI357]

2018

[@ramata1232]

Moi

[@davidfowope6156]

Toi

[@Weeload]

FINALLY I FOUND THE SONG

[@ibrahimmansaray3851]

After watching her winning Grammy award, I have to come and watch this music Again. I grow up with this song

[@OO-uj6kr]

Ibrahim Mansaray 2020👍

[@kaledunni344]

Seriously, me too

[@helvinaa.9243]

#2018 anyone?

[@p.medaho95]

It's beautiful

[@PhodisoMo]

We are here....

[@tinodasheshoko2365]

no babe.....2019

[@Giftlebohang]

Use to listen to this song on Kwekwezi fm & Khozi fm those were good times indeed

[@benjaminisaac1598]

2016 and still jamming... great time indeed!

[@mamadoundoye4204]

Qui regarde en octobre 2017 ... j'aime depuis Sénégal

[@laurentvandenhove3091]

A real respectable artist, so great, congratulations

[@rugiatukamara3932]

Still listening to this super track

[@bonfilshabonimana8652]

Kidjo2018 I am still listen to your song

[@vanillabee2382]

I just love her!!!!!

[@agborenow5595]

the song reminds of my childhood days that we listen to it from the radio 2batteries and I never was opportuned to to see the video since tv were few in our days

[@princehmd7016]

Cette chanson a bercé mon enfance !

[@mrkay5720]

did I just hear this right Ori ori oo olajumoke nlo. this is a yoruba folk tale. congrats to her. never new she was angelique Kidjo. Burna boi still dey learn work. ever green song

[@sizwenxumalo3925]

I cannot believe Da Capo's remix brought me here, let alone to learn what the song means from years of exposure to such a well written song. Talk about sleeping on African talent.

[@rangotifango2486]

Bin hier wegen dem Film "Familie ohne Grenzen". Und ich muss sagen, der Song ist echt geil !

[@vivientg]

wow my childhood..Dagan Angélique AKPE(Thank you)..greetings from Togo

[@channel10011]

Ce clip nous rend fière et être africain et africaine ça nous ressemble. Des qu'on entend cette musique on sait que c'est africain

[@itsmahuna5178]

What a powerful voice 😭😍 So proud to be an African girl

[@clems97mm53]

Reminds me my childhood.💕💕

[@eamondash3525]

Mama Angelique... speaking in yoruba dialect here Nigerian root still exist. LOVE !!!

[@organzaaznagro3322]

Just excellent ! Nice tribute to Africa...

[@misakiwilson5950]

J'adorais trop cette chanson quand j'étais petite...till now

[@mahanyelemachete4728]

Much love from South Africa ❤

[@rolandboyo]

quel souvenir!!! qui est là en 2021?

[@chimenebaye5355]

Ma préféré depuis toujours.

[@dennissimiyu3109]

This song makes you feel more African even though I understand nothing much love from Kenya to whichever west African country she is from

[@emmanuelkazeera9669]

She is from Benin

[@goodnessgushe680]

Nigerian bruh, that's yoruba

[@goodnessgushe680]

@@emmanuelkazeera9669 no

[@emmanuelkazeera9669]

But Google says benin

[@smallderick9099]

My childhood fav song🔥🔥

[@Roykimz714]

Anyone listening after she won the recent Grammy award 🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇

[@tchengoumfabrice3038]

on aimera ce classique typiquement Africain... le son la vidéo tt est agréable....

[@nadegekoukougnon2990]

Toujours belle et surtout sa véritable beauté c'est son teint naturel qu'elle a gardé malgré son argent merci maman pour tes conseils de garder notre peau naturelle merci que Dieu veille sur toi

[@ArtistAmanda]

Been looking for this

[@cynthianyanda3842]

GOOD LARD HOW I'VE LOOKED FARAND YONDER FOR THIS SONG! FINALLY FOUND IT AFTER SO MANY YEARS! THIS SONG CAME OUT A YEAR BEFORE I WAS BORN BUT HERE I AM ANYWAY.

[@betichedalila]

Who listen to this 2019?

[@nicksonn501]

Much love from Zimbabwe

[@MrOM-pk1me]

Even if don't have anything to match up with the the west, at least, we can proudly say that we, Africans, have the best rythm in the world......

[@tenderagentssupport393]

We dont have because they stole and continue to steal from us Mr. OM. But music and our rythm they could not steal from us

[@KiRetteCouture]

Making a comparison is the first mistake. We are our own thing.