Oliver Mtukudzi - Shanda

[@tsitsipaswavayiri8000]

who is listening to this song October 2024 🥰. the Legends music lives on 🤍

[@elmunyacomedian6352]

Me 😂❤

[@TerryZW]

We are here November

[@onipaba1]

I'm Ghanaian. I don't understand the words. But this was one of my favourite songs back in varsity over a decade ago. It shattered my cold Canadian winter with the rhythmic warmth of Africa. Still listening in 2019

[@IsaacZim544]

Song title shanda it's a shona word which means work. So the song just is saying work my child, work hard.

[@tadiwanashechigowe9029]

I’m curious to know how you came to know about this song

[@troywilliams6439]

@@IsaacZim544 gggggy

[@manosdeperro]

Same here, I'm from Mexico and I don't understand a word, but the feelings....

[@veey4695]

@@manosdeperro wooow thats so heart warming to hear♥️♥️♥️,,im from Zimbabwe myslf and i cry listening to hes music priceless

[@RonaldChakanetsa]

just in case i wont be here nomore in 2050 going forward just know that i was born 1992 and today is 17 April 2024, this is one of my favorite songs of the late Legend Tuku

[@ElizabethFiat]

I'm also born in 92, but in Feb and this is a song a play when l put on my big girl pants. To conquer the world and build an empire.

[@Lawyer1Cho]

I remember when I was 10years, my mom used to play Oliver Mtukudzi a lot, I love almost all his songs and this is one of my favourite, it’s 02:59am, in the UK and I am listening to this song❤️🥰 still hits hard and it’s 2023❤️🥰

[@bernadettemadondo7055]

this is one inspiring song, I left Zim for greener pastures in SA, and left my two babies aged 8 and 7...alas God has seen me through it all; varsity is just two years away for the eldest. Shanda mwana...shanda nesimba !! #singlemumdiaries!!! never lose focus

[@tsidzohove7851]

That's so sweet and endearing ❤

[@giftmudzingwa6486]

But why bro gore mwana

[@mukomalavhu]

@@giftmudzingwa6486 really?

[@GeorgeChindomu]

When we talk if Zim legends he surely one if them 😂😂 2024 any one here

[@larrymalunga]

I'm here bro 😅

[@robertmiyanda9028]

Am a Zambian, grew up in Belvedere Harare. I first heard Tuku in 1998 & I've been listening to him since. I enjoyed the live concerts even more.

[@magumbo2898]

The instruments keep me coming back for more ❤

[@nokuthulaskhosana7981]

Missing my late brother. He introduced me to this kind of music

[@Coachjay99]

Im 23 and this song keeps me going everyday of my life , l work hard knowing one day l will succeed. Thank you Tuku

[@skhahncube6706]

True work hard u"ll enjoy the benefit later

[@owenbanda5517]

Please translate for me

[@Coachjay99]

@@owenbanda5517 He is saying l will for my family . Basa rangu kufara basa rangu kufadza varume ,basa rangu kuimba My job is to sing and to make you happy . Shanda mwana , shanda nesimba Work child , work hard Tired of typing lol

[@8barrecords933]

First heard of this song in 2002 when I was 13. Fell in love with Tuku music which put more respect to Zim name in my heart. Being a Molobedu from SA, I say RIP my king. 21 years later here I am still searching for you music on KZbin, let's keep the legacy going

[@PfanoNemukula1996]

🫶🏿

[@delightchewe3496]

Studying at UZ. This song made me access energy stored in a resevoir somewhere to keep on flipping pages

[@ashdgee]

All the best on your studies mate, keep grinding

[@samanyangawestraightalk-uq3ug]

That moment when u are in diaspora working your a$$ off for the betterment of your family's future! 😢😢😢😢 tosimbiswa na Tuku!!!

[@samuelbanda-zb5ko]

Tuku was a great musician world over,let's keep on working hard while we are asking for God's blessings. Rest well the African legend Dr Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi. We shall meet one day in God's kingdom ❤

[@lungaartz]

God this song is breaking my heart and making me wanna cry, i feel the struggles of all the zimbabwean parents working hard to send their children to study overseas. Shandai nesimba guys and lets make em proud

[@jethronare8654]

nice one mdara

[@nhlanhlanyika3291]

😭

[@ngoniemandaza2553]

Pakaipa😪

[@ngoniemandaza2553]

Push mfana wangu..you're almost there✊

[@CoffeeMasterBerhanu]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Ad-Lo]

The song is about the craft of the musical artist. He is singing about how his chosen profession - as an entertainer - is often perceived as being less respectable than other professions, yet the joy received by his audiences is equivalent to the joy experienced by recipients of the hard work of other professionals. When he talks about hard work, he is talking about how his calling is to use his talents and gifts to provide for himself and his family and that it brings many ultimate fulfillment.

[@orlandytinga1081]

esta musica esta um espetaculo

[@kayem11]

Thanks for clarifying the message in the song. Just loved the sound, arrangement, melody of the song without understanding a word of the language. Since then an unqualified Tuku fan. Good music touches the heart without appealing to cognition.

[@janeadams9948]

Adidas Love wow

[@georgemavunga3966]

Indeed. 'Munendinangara meti ijee?."...singing in his Korekore dialect of the Shona language....'You watch me perform and you think I am fooling around/doing something insignificant/not so serious?" This is a rhetorical question to which the answer, which Tuku does not directly give us is that when an artist is performing, he needs to be taken seriously because art is hard work like any other. He then goes on to explain the point in his own art and encourages all of us to work hard... vintage Tuku, a national philosopher...gone too soon! If only his son Sam had lived!

[@lorainedisbani1722]

I am here because of the Selmor/Daisy saga 💔 Despite all the fiasco, your music 🎶 reigns Tuku 🎺

[@tmakbawling23]

i'm 14 years old and will always love Mtukudzi #LIVING ZIMBO LEGEND

[@clarencemademutsa5352]

You must be 24 now. I hope this song still means alot to you and guided you through your teen years.

[@andlekeithsibanda6540]

How is life now?

[@zexiemarembo]

If you got through the pandemic you must be 24 and most likely a working adult now, this song will now speak to you more, than it ever did. Hope it inspires you the more.

[@takudzwachipunza8947]

I am a 20year old now, as I type this text. I am currently doing my studies abroad in the USA, listening to this track everyday just makes me feel at home once more, the fusion of the instruments and the vocals is more than I can understand. Now that I am away from mother I get to appreciate why she says to me, "mfana Tuku iLegend usadherere." Thank You.

[@olindarufo3041]

takudzwa chipunza I feel you

[@takudzwachipunza8947]

Thanks Olinda, great knowing someone out there feels the same way. :-)

[@olindarufo3041]

iam also in the U.S.

[@takudzwachipunza8947]

thats great im in West Virginia, which State are you in?

[@olindarufo3041]

California

[@deankudzaitafira7635]

This song motivated me to work hard and never gave up on my dreams.

[@holywomenofyeshua1538]

Rest in peace sir, you have been entertaining me since I was a baby and you'll be entertaining me till I die. Maybe we sing together in heavens choir😭😭😭

[@israelkudakwashegwasira5105]

He had a song for every situation in life. RIP Samanyanga

[@Khayabushprojects]

yes he did

[@tinashechibanda7601]

True statement bluz

[@TsitsiMuteti]

Aaahhh Prefect muri pano

[@israelkudakwashegwasira5105]

@@TsitsiMuteti I'm all over Tuku music lol, how are you?

[@phrenchvanilla]

Taura hako SaZita. (My name is Kudakwashe as well!). Naro naro goredzva mukoma!

[@dabiggalesuper5859]

My father used to play Tuku on our long trips to Limpopo to visit my grandparents in 2005...I miss him so much😔😔

[@concilelebosediba7681]

This is more than just music, its a legendary display of passion and will. Tuku is the best of all time. #Samanyanga

[@bainganapeter7434]

I don't know this language, I've never spoken it, but i can sing this song. love the Afri-Solo in it.

[@welakaz485]

Baingana Peter the language is called kore kore(Shona) he is saying we should all respect each other's professions and careers because they not only are important to us but to our families as well !

[@duarteadolfo2507]

Tuku is the best and a legend of Afro-Jazz music.

[@mutendarosalanavho390]

Guys reading all this comments and listerning to shanda . always makes me emotional and thnking abt evrythng ive worked so far i really understand what tuku really mean. my people we knw our cntry zim and da struggle but lets work wth all our strength. shanda mwana shanda nesimba

[@durreltatendamwanjira6669]

2019 I still here.l love the song .It reminds me of my late Grandfather (Kenneth Mwanjira)

[@kayem11]

I don't understand a single word in the song but can feel every single iota of the music running in one and all of the veins of the African animal in me. The phrasing of the guitar solo is simply a killer! Long live Tuku music!!!

[@barnabaschiza1536]

He is just encouraging people to work hard...just like he ...through his music and artistry.

[@owenbanda5517]

Same

[@MSY1956]

Yes Sir. This is a masterpiece with the very best; besting the best of them - Sadao Watanabe, Earl Glugh, Groover Washington, etc from heart of Africa. Oliver I am proud to have you as my African brother. Yes Sir! Every chord from your guiter throbs through my veins. I love you man.

[@comfortmakamu5558]

This is one of my favourites, the man was a God given gift to music! May his soul continue resting in peace!!

[@kelvinshikami8090]

An African legend of all time.This is timeless music.RIP legend...

[@kwabenaosafo-buabeng6730]

I like the jazzy feel to this music. Tuku you are really a great African Musician of our time

[@successmike]

In one of his interviews he was asked what he would like to do with his life. He replied "I haven't decided yet what I want to do with my life" 3 years later he checked out of the earth. What a humble way of saying music is my life.

[@misstasha5769]

He was a great man!!

[@alexkidavi1455]

Wow....this is a strong one 💪

[@thandojijita3865]

This is an amazing comment and super ,super ,super true

[@nicolletatendachabveka4128]

Shanda mwana shanda nesimba (Work child Work with strength/power)❤

[@clemencianamukenge8406]

You lived a life of a legend...you lived to serve the people...you are respected...May the Almighty remember all the great things you did and exalt you to his eternal home

[@mildredmondiwa1623]

My father used to play this when we were young, l miss those good old days, where you be just a kid mom and dad is there, and everything else makes sense, until comes a certain time and you grow up reality strikes and you would sing another Tuku's song again dai ndakaramba ndiri were, yeah that's being a grown up for you

[@SteelWire1231]

My Zimbabwean friend introduced me to this song. I love it

[@tawandamarara8424]

The instruments in this track...hmmm. great arrangement, great music, to make a fabulous song.

[@augustinemakwangudze7710]

Ok, the guitar ON POINT. DEAD ON!!!!!!! Living Legend

[@Aphrodelight]

But alas still a legend from heaven's gates

[@elizabethzulu3510]

Zambia is still in love with Tuku. His music lives on❤️✨

[@mawisa4life]

Listened to this song as a kid without understanding the message but now as adult it hits different especially with life being so hard nowadayz. RIP Tuku🕊🕊🙏🏿

[@clemencianamukenge8406]

The Greatest Zimbabwean Musical lengend ever, has passed on...May his soul rest in eternal peace. I hope he sings to the angels i heaven...you'll be greatly missed, but never forgotten. We will always love you Tuku.

[@feedigli]

Thanks so much for opening the lyrical meaning; you know something's real when the deeper you look, the more there is to see. Love tuku music.

[@samanthaelizatickey6938]

2018 still with u baba veZimbabwe luv u.

[@brianmagede8882]

My hero...my inspiration...you persevered Tuku until all worked well and now the whole world is dancing to you works...Living Legend

[@garaimunashepasipanodya6081]

Kwenyu kumushando ndinosvika handiseki... That's powerful. Respect everyone from the door man to the director

[@RichardTabva]

Tuku waiwa dhara rezimbabwe sororai zvenyu samanyanga maigona you are my favorite Singer in zim music you are missed by your fans

[@righteousmuchineuta259]

Shanda fruit are waiting for us 😊2023

[@ellengezana7184]

The Legend himself Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi love the beat the guitar 🎸 the words so inspirin wat a talented humble man ...wil forever remembered too late fo me wanted to invite u on my wedding day so sad that u ar nomore😭😭😭no one can replace u yo music 🎶 was awesome inspiring the 🎸 how u played it eish forever love yo music haipere kunakidza frm generation to generation wil forever love yo music

[@mulenganamuyemba4231]

Youll always stay in our hearts Tuku, great man,great music

[@mawisa4life]

Inspirational and motivational classic.... love from 🇿🇦 Rest easy legend 🙌🏿

[@colliuschiruka481]

Munendinangara muneti ijeee

[@calvinkodongo7880]

On top of the scale. Hot and exceptional. This is a classic piece from the Legend. Those fingers strum the guitar with prowess. Shanda mwana. I know i may not get to listen to another great as this Son of Africa but am happy still. All is well. Rock in the heavens brother

[@prospermandengu382]

#LEGEND. well mastered, great rythm. RIP Samanyanga, your music shall live forever

[@lukamako9924]

I remember some time back when this man had live performance in Zambia, Baba vakainda kuno zvi onera vega .... We have those pics here in Lusaka with TUKU, I have even missed daddy, he died in 2001 three years after that live performance you gave us in the 90s eyyy.... Now you are gone too rufu ndi madzongonyedze

[@fidelismatiashe4979]

can you please help me with the opening lyrics for this song. I dont get them. Only the opening lines?

[@lukamako4060]

@@fidelismatiashe4979 chorus: You looked at me with an eye of jealous, why?? Women in background: (Work hard my son work hard......) Verse I work for my family, I work to make a living, my work is to be happy, my work is to dance, my work is to sing and my work is to make you happy.....

[@fidelismatiashe4979]

@@lukamako4060 Thax but i am asking for actual shona lyrics. Ndatambura

[@lukamako4060]

@@fidelismatiashe4979 Oho I don't have than also

[@fidelismatiashe4979]

@@lukamako4060 i got it here.The line goes " munendinangara muneti ijeee seiko?'

[@RaymondNqobaniDhlamini]

A man I regard in high esteem on the musical front. His uniqueness; his ability to adapt and collaborate with other artistes across the globe made him a force to be reckoned with. Rest in peace Sir Oliver

[@anywaysimbarashemapiye8465]

One of e Best piece of Artistry from e Legend.

[@mukukachilalika1564]

2018, i love this song though i know very few shona words. Tuku you are the greatest.

[@linda.t.muchuchuti9169]

yaaaah Superstar...this song haipere panonaka... 2018 still enjoying it

[@sibusiaiwekamuchenga3194]

this song always reminds me of my father oh, i miss you father.rest in peace my dear dad!!!@!

[@nyathinemadzivhanani6593]

This song and plenty other songs remind me of my dad too. He passed on too.

[@thabokagiso5555]

ONE OF MY BEST SONGS,,,,,OLIVER MTUKUZI IS ROBERT KELLY OF AFRICA

[@molatodimolotsi5335]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@donneafy3405]

this man is legendary than r kelly .his lyrical content ohh i only wish if u understand and he does it song after song plus with more than 60 albums on his belt .talking of music genius

[@roselinamuzerengizimbabwe5007]

He is not R. Kelly he is Oliver Mtukudzi of Zimbabwe

[@khathutshelosekhwari5861]

2018 Still Relevant am i Alone here ?

[@mukukachilalika1564]

You are not alone

[@onipaba1]

2019

[@zibusisoblessyzulu1050]

Basa rangu ...kuimba Basa rangu ...kutamba varuume 😢❤❤

[@lordlumbe]

Does anyone know who played the piano or keyboard on this track? I've always been a guitarist, but bowed my head in the deepest respect to pianists/keyboard ists who give our art it's soul.

[@bossmunah5479]

The keyboards were played by Oliver Mtukudzi's former band member named Richard Matimba

[@ngqabuthondebele8762]

Playing this song on my heavy system it feels like it's just been cooked in the music pot...love this song 🎵

[@tashiemash]

the title means work. its just saying work hard and he is saying he works to survive , to sing; make us happy with his music etc. so just encouraging hard work to all :)

[@tracyndlovu1698]

RIP

[@lyricalgee766]

25 January 2019. This was my favourite song personally Rest in peace Tuku. Ur music lives in on

[@natheben6977]

The afro jazz and all those elements - who will carry on with the legacy? Rest well baba. Tashaikirwa shuwa

[@kekemoetimaxx6113]

Much respect to you Tuku🙏

[@mikemuponda1781]

Explosive Jazz meets the soul - legit legend

[@mrt3669]

Gem of a song, esp 0:01 to 1:40 💣💥 Wish I could get my hands on the instrumental

[@jimmysegage6740]

I was willing to meet him personally but unfortunately God called earlier. But I can't complain he left us good music.

[@omodemeta]

Thank you for the response. It makes his music so much more meaningful if I have an idea of what he is doing. I loved his other song Raki before I got the translation, but now it means even more to me! Thanks!

[@duduziledube5714]

tuku is a legend

[@fistosravenscroft6651]

Oliver died 3 months after I first saw him perform in Limpopo, it was my first time seeing him, we drove there 4 of my friends, one of my friends died of complications due to a car accident, it happened the last Saturday before hard lockdown in march 2020, we never visited him in hospital, he died in June 2020, another was shot and killed in a botched highjacking. Unbelievable

[@jonathanjoni6801]

lets make Zimbabwe great again.

[@heathermavunga9267]

He was supposed to sing at my wedding... Rest In Peace Samanyanga. Sometimes it is hard to believe you are gone.

[@keeganlupunga2874]

therms up to oliver he reminds me of my daddy and sister rest in peace

[@ferdinandfungainyamakupe6580]

he is simply saying although music is fun to listeners it is a profession to the musician. 'entertaining people through dance and song is my livelihood'

[@nyashamajoni7735]

Well said...

[@samiebaby100]

This song makes me emotional. Its 23:32, studying for exams, a bit demotivated, but i HAVE to make it

[@daviraialbertshoko9515]

Hope you passed!

[@janewaihenya5719]

May the good lord keep him in a safe place 🙏🙏

[@Edwineddy23]

Some pple..who clicks dislike on such a lovely song. Tuku ungumdala mdala yooo

[@Aphrodelight]

Aaawww Tuku😥😥. We will continue to shanda nesimba

[@ruvimboshumbanhete7328]

anyone listening to this song 2017# got soul

[@hermandube161]

I got soul then, just like you buddy. Great song

[@chibabachihombe2728]

ndinoremekedza wani,, shanda nesimba

[@AfrodiziacFM]

EVERYDAY!!!

[@mwangu6038]

2018 clocking in

[@nig21kuziva]

Zororai Murugare Samanyanga

[@MikeTatenda]

Rest In Peace Legend Your Music Changed my Life Zororai Murugare Baba 💔

[@rockythemerocky1622]

Didn't have to say too many word, but the 🎶🎶🎶 speaks for itself 2021 #rip legend

[@totolondon]

zimbabwe national hero ,love u mukoma tukus

[@thomaschipula5045]

Prophetic

[@happyntobeko226]

Yooooo. He is a South AFRICAN LEGEND TOOO..... ILL ALWAYS HAVE HIS PIC IN MY EYES PERFOMING AT JAZZ FESTIVALS.....THIS IS MY LOVE, MY DAD, MY INSPIRATION. LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF MTUKUDZI LONG LIVE

[@davidmanjate1380]

Rest in peace father of nation we will remember you in the and the world father. your dreams came true and had lived on it, youself soo Mugabe out of his regime and we stil live with hope that that president would give a peace por zimbabwe freedom and free we think into that the new president will take carfully controly ever solder and and every people going to feel how is good to be zimbabwean people. peace peace and peace for your soul Mtukusi.

[@zvikomboreromutemajirichon3417]

Whenever l listening to this song it makes me miss you Dr Tuku and l also my Daddy keep on resting in peace makatisiya tiri tega tichanyaradzwa nani koo😭

[@tedoex]

This song reminds of driving to Gutu with my family!!!!!! i love it!!! thanks!!!

[@tariromakina]

Beautiful, just beautiful. Speaks to the soul.

[@diyomanyumbu747]

unforgettable legend, doctor Oliver mtukudzi...,,

[@humbulanimufamadi8543]

Legend my favourite artist in the world....... continue rest in peace tuku ..... you will always be in my heart ....Legend😍😍😍😍

[@engineers._without_boundaries]

2019.cool contemporary jazz type of Earl Klugh(tropical legs),Abdul Ibrahim (mannenberg) and still listening to this piece of art here in Wellington

[@omodemeta]

Thanks for the explanation! Very kind of you. Just as I thought - it's a meaningful song! I love it!

[@samanthachiduku6674]

i absolutely love this song

[@fidelismatiashe4979]

can you please help me with the opening lyrics for this song. I dont get them. Only the opening lines?

[@jnyahora]

Fidelis Matiashe Hanzi “munendinangara imi muneti ijee?’ You look at me do you think it’s a joke?

[@theos9520]

He music will live on forever

[@moyosimboti5793]

Ngatishandei guys, baba vakasiya vatipa mashoko makuru, go well tuku