Simphiwe Dana - Bantu Biko Street

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Bantu Biko Street

[@phelelanimkhize4522]

Xhosa people absolutely kill the whole Neo-Soul/Soul and African roots vocals.... Ami Fako, Zahara, Msaki and this Godess.... I could go on 🎶🎶

[@ColdGeek130]

Yeah the tribe's got that proper pro-afro soul.

[@jaimeraphaka8309]

Ntsiki mazwai❤️

[@MoshimaMoroaswi]

Ntando bangani,vusi nova ringo madlingosi nathi brenda fassie unathi

[@leratokhobotlo260]

We need a their concert #Xhosa’s only concert

[@sangekolose3086]

Buyele ekhaya festival used to be that?

[@ntwenhlemahaye8463]

2020 I'm here whose with me

[@nkuluquentin5887]

I'm here in 2022. Hope that still counts

[@boniswabendle7385]

2024! Who is here with me?❤🎉

[@aphiwemagaya3279]

RIP to Patrick Shai in the music video❤

[@mzidowsink2563]

"Black nation do not stop to care - it would be the end of the world if you do."

[@thapelomatswiki8756]

i love how Simphiwe Dana makes out of black African history and culture. this is what we call being proud of what we and who we are, from where we come from and where we are going, the past,present and the future

[@n.m6249]

This woman makes me have a deeper connection with the continent of Africa

[@khuselwamagadla9658]

This woman was misunderstood in so many levels and yet her music echos to far away countries..

[@T2698-s4u]

Genuinely want to know,it what way was she misunderstood?😅

[@TheMara0909]

Don't think so I think camagwini was the most misunderstood artist.

[@malikkulatimfama4565]

Uyathwasa..❤ she's with my cousin ephethlweni/initiation school

[@kabelomekoa]

Still such a powerful song in 2020!

[@mawandemongo2288]

This woman is legendary.

[@TheRealSisaJobo]

I listened to this song 23 times in a row while doing my assignment last night. Isinqgi sayo sotsho ngaphakathi

[@mzwandiledlamanzi8250]

The video is full of black consciousness, "when we were black"

[@musabuthelezi2452]

im Zulu speaking bt to be honest Xhosa people are the best when it comes to music

[@elvischikoore5885]

I am from Zim and I agree with my friend

[@lazarusmarakalla6872]

They have such rich voices.

[@welilemhlanga7151]

musa buthelezi They are such gems. But I wish people could open to Swati music aswell. It's really something if you find the right place to listen to it at

[@mazibukomail]

It's the language...its very melodic.

[@Cousin_Bee]

True

[@Yusufibrahim2301]

Having grown now, still can't believe I was part of the extras on this video Reminds me of the fun times we had as the youth back in Joburg😔 love you Ms Dana❤

[@MissNyaka560]

Mr Shai... I miss you le story telling. Amandla Biko Dankie cc Dana fir such a touching tribute, I cleave on it the more I grow

[@KiRetteCouture]

We lost a truly amazingly human being in Steve Biko. May we never forget his genuinely liberating ideas. I'm grateful to Simphiwe Dana for keeping his memory alive.

[@ellancumisakoko1735]

Who's listening in 2019?

[@lwando88]

Oh Nkosi yam lengoma. 😭😭. "Noba esispaji singenay' imali" yhooo! 😭😭

[@qhaweteyise1955]

"Awe mongameli, xa ubon'abantu bakho. Unqandwa yintoni ungaphilis'ilizwe?..." I wish our leaders are listening

[@fredseleka1378]

They are hearing without listening

[@njabulogiba664]

2023 iam still listening 🎶 👌

[@brightstar8859]

I'm here in 2019 listening to this wonderful voice & the msg in the song. 💜🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@aobakwemotsepe6633]

Same here!

[@emmettlachlan9770]

Pro trick: you can watch series on Flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies recently.

[@armaniruben3135]

@ Definitely, been using flixzone} for since december myself :D

[@mncedisiaustin]

In Loving Memory of Stephen Bantu Biko. The song will forever keep his memory.

[@nonduhshecks3296]

He was my Hero....❤❤😢😢. BLACK CONCIOUNESS 💪💪

[@mayizuke]

The nation will relate to this song for ever....I love it!!!

Lyrics! chorus: Noba esisipaji Singenayw’ imali Ndosiphatha xa ndihamb’ eBantu Biko Street Wathi qala ngaphakathi Noba esisiqhova Singenasidima Ndosithwala dade Andinakuxelelwa Ngugi wandifundisa verse1: Andinayw’ imali Yokuthenga zonke (Ezazizezam azikhw’ eZazulwana) Kodwa ndakuthusa Xa kuthiwa makuyiwe (Kudala ndiw’ gangatha kuphil’ akuthengwa) Akuthengwa (Kuphil’ akuthengwa) Yintoni leyo (Kuphil’ akuthengwa) Khuza wena Asinakuyazi, hayi isimanga Nawe Mongameli Xa ubon’ abantu bakho (Unqandwa yintoni ungaphilis’ isizwe) Wena Mongameli Fundis’ abantwana bethu (Nants’ intw’ esay’ lwela ungathi ulibele) Sihamba nzima (Sihamba nzima) Siyazama (Sihamba nzima) Khuza wena (Ngathi sowubon’ indifanele le ndawo) (chorus) verse2: Sizwe esimnyama Soya njalo phambili (Soya njalo phambili xa sime sibanye) Sizwe esintsundu Ungayek’ ukukhathala (Kungaba kuphelile xa ungakhathali) Wawukhona (Wawukhona) Besithathela konke (Wawukhona) Sakhal’ inyembezi (Thina sobabini sivela eGolgotha) Emaphupheni nasezitoyitoyini (Singa singahlala siyikhangela ihambo) Ezingcingeni nasezinkonzweni (Siyakuzinceda siyikhangele ihambo) Hamba njalo (Hamba njalo) Sukoyika (Hamba njalo) Ngoba kufanele Zincede khawuleza lingekatshon’ ilanga (chorus) end…

[@elvischikoore5885]

Thanks

[@phindilembatha567]

Fábio Kabral thank you!

[@pinkiemahlangu9205]

Siyabonga

[@kimontoe]

thanks so much.

[@nhlanhlam9857]

Love the song even more now that I know the lyrics ❤️ thanks 😇

[@Manger-o6d]

16 September 2024 I'm here❤❤❤

[@thaboskosana9673]

let us celebrate our own music and appreciate our own art

[@zamanidlamini5774]

now that I think about it, it brings good memories and tears in my eyes. Ukhozi FM, jazz on Sundays with my late grandfather. I stopped listening to radio stations when he passed back in 2010. nice song by Simphiwe Dana

[@vuyokhayamahashe6714]

My friend Bongani Maseko is in this video yaaay!

[@sfundoasmr8501]

2021?

[@selbymasekela]

Eargasm

[@johnpedersen3955]

I´m a ROCK dude but this song LOVE IT

[@leratomuthabe4265]

who's listening in 2017?

[@mzwandiledlamanzi8250]

2017 Aug

[@jordanjenekar1442]

Whn I need inspiration..I listen to one of yo albums...phambili soul ccta..loads of luv

[@theonukwayo4018]

2024 I am still here

[@lethuxolopalesa1499]

2021 Anyone who's listening 👀💙💙

[@captainmorgan6748]

Sisonke

[@luckyshongwe9168]

still outstanding song my sister, keep doing the great job. Music is food for our souls. Lucky Shongwe from Eswatini

[@nokukhanyambhele6196]

Listening in 2019 :)

[@ruthkiviet3876]

Beautiful!! Absolutely a great tribute to Mr Biko and our fight as South Africans in the struggle against oppression, first being ccolonised by the English, then Afrikaners snd their apartheid against black people of this country and none whites, now we have a black government that is corrupt to the core!!!Aluta continua!!! Asiyeni ma comrades, the struggle is FAR from over!! Viva mzabalazo viva!!!

[@clintonmetsileng8990]

Bantu Biko Street!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Peaches11ize]

very good song, good voice SOUTH Africa should really start looking into free education

[@kgotsopedi475]

I think 716 views are mine alone.

[@mpela_sa]

This is my favorite of all... its 2020 and i`m still jamming to this song.It speaks Volumes #LOVE

[@afriworia5020]

Ngugi wandifundisa ukuthi ndiqale ngaphakathi

[@xoliswamartin3978]

Enkosi Simpiwe, I believe with every marroe in my bone that God eill exalt you to greater height, as long as you convey His message, dont bother yourself with criticisms carry on with your good message musically to set our country free in corruption, violence, ngabasemagunyeni ke phofu,

[@mlamulimoffatmchunu8917]

We may be different in Political Ideologies, but we have something in common, Come on 1980 shine on brighter sisters and brothers 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥💓💓💓💓💓🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 This is not what could have been, This is not what we've been waiting for all these years.We are like forseers in this country, Let us showcase our "level of intelligence" , come out with "New Ideas" , They have just failed, it's our turn to express ourselves.NGO's , Private Entrepreneurs, Different political organizations.

[@mlamulimoffatmchunu8917]

Born the same year as her's, 20th of June 1980, The moment where "winds of change blew" Soqhubeka njalo ntombi soze sakhathala , We inherited that spirituality at birth. The turning point of Liberation!😥😥😥😥😥😒😒😒😒😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧😧🤔🤔🤔🤔 To name a few: Dana "herself",Mazibuko for DA, Mmusi Maimane etc.All born in 1980.

[@YanelisaNongena]

I still love it in 2019

[@mlondijali1785]

Who is here with me in 2021

[@ThapeloTakadi]

Here!!

[@innocent4583]

What can I say, it hit me more today 17.07.2022, more than when I first heard it. Thank you.

[@vuyaniphindani3179]

Yhoooo! Niyayiva kodwa le ngoma bantwana bomgquba?Ndiyabuza 2019 kule yesilimela inyanga? 👌 🇿🇦

[@amohelangakhosii]

This song!❤

[@OKUHLEMZINYATHI100]

3:26 That's the truth. 👌

[@siyabongangebe1901]

December 2019 who's wit me

[@keithhlongwane6863]

2018 Mayiye Qololo phambili kwamanza mhlophe....Enkosi Sisi.....

[@belindaxaba5202]

So underrated song 😢😢

[@eottoe2001]

(Soya njalo phambili xa sime sibanye)

[@westgodz8831]

its 2018 and we still bumping this at volume max

[@sibongisenigwina7382]

My favourite song ,my favourite woman

[@sisekotapile8696]

2023 and I'm still playing this song,ayiphelelwa

[@Mbembetwins]

Here 2022❤🥺

[@sinenhlanhlamlaba4123]

Your Work is Amazing I have grown with the Album I love you keep on Producing Quality Music :) ♥ ♡ :-* mchwaaah! :-)

[@siphiwemahlangu3008]

Ayy woman woth your pure voice... 👌👌👌

[@smirazwide9722]

dope track

[@lehlohonolomdandeli3058]

2020 we are still here

[@NtandoMbele]

This song! Sizwe esinsundu ungayek'ukhathala!

[@captainmorgan6748]

2021 and still loving this amazing song.

[@thapelomatswiki8756]

I just love the song, the drums and the way the video is taken....

[@nomavabaleni7871]

2024?

[@heyyyyyyuuyuu]

Pre-election playlist ❤️. Go vote🫵

[@JouOom]

Rest in power Biko......we will never forget.

[@sellosethunya7929]

All time classic, thank you so much Simphiwe.

[@TheMbono]

I tear up when listening to this song...

[@nosiphobhengu5584]

me too😢

[@bongiwetubeni5853]

listening to this song in 2018, I'm tearing up

[@mishlengi1767]

Classy and timeless..thats Simphiwe Dana for you. I like your music.I would buy you LIVE concert tickets at any price

[@songijoseph3068]

yho yho good sing along song 😄 lyrics sooo easy memorise first time I heard the song and it always gives me goose bumps hahaha ❤❤ I love this song...

[@ellathampale134]

road trip to Pretoria listen to it until I arrive #repeat

[@JB9314252]

I love the song, one of the best.

[@lukhanyogiqwa1363]

Timeless🔥🔥🔥♥️♥️♥️

[@lebajoatjantji7357]

The definition of music

[@bomishinga]

ye wena sisi ndini!!!! hayi man hayi hayi!!! *ethwala izandla entloko*

[@ncumisagarishe2733]

lol hahaha! Bomikazi utshu ukba uyakutsho Miss D

[@bomishinga]

***** hayi wenza kakhulu, yioverdoze!! yhini!!! Ske ndane worry!! Yhuuu uyayenza into yakhe lo mntu!! Demett!

[@ncumisagarishe2733]

Bomkazi Shinga Hai nam ndiamvuma uSisi..ndungumntu weOpera, kodwa le yakhe ingoma ndaythanda ndiqala ukuyiva. Inesasingqi sesintu, sitsho kulandaw....ndiyva apha kum lento ithwalisa ezozandla :D

[@bomishinga]

ndigqitywa ziilyrics more than anything.. akenzi phela sonwabe lo mntu... Icoselelwe le ngoma! I always get goose bumps oko ndiva la magama.

[@allan2827]

One of the best arranged songs ever

[@OKUHLEMZINYATHI100]

This whole song is the truth.

[@simphiwemkhatshwa6779]

July 2019!

[@eulendashabangu9007]

here again in 2019

[@vuyaniphindani3179]

...sizwe esintsundu ungayeki ukukhathala...

[@tshidiso9653]

Dam your future is the best video ever for me!!

[@mondekamabibini4160]

kuse kuthi mandithwale okwam ndye apho ndingaziyoo shuuuu

[@mowedi]

This woman is leadership

[@200615025]

What would Bantu Biko think of black SA if he were alive, with the weaves, skin lightening and fake English accents?

[@OKUHLEMZINYATHI100]

samzozo mogotsi we have so many problems, we are lost.

[@csbukwane6520]

Like usisi Thandiswa asatsho sizilibele ukuba sizalwa ngobani

[@Kubembu]

This song is everything to me

[@floydmpho7256]

Bass guitar 🤘🔥

[@tshepisolefu1358]

the queen

[@TholoanaRamasike]

Absolutely special!

[@xolelaskaliz8400]

lifetime fav

[@tumi4lyf]

I LOVE THIS SONG ..LIKE FOR REAL FOR REAL!!!!

[@AsezaMemke5853]

Zingce mntu ontsundu ngobuwena!!!

[@sinemax369]

I'm here in 2021

[@mllletsie]

If only some one would care to translate this master piece into English we would relate!!

[@letsatsipheane825]

HABA LIKENE HOHANG :-)

[@tashandtaves8251]

2018

[@tuckse07]

Can any xhosa speakers out there translate into English?? Would be amazing!

[@guguzuke6416]

OFANUCINGE NGE SOUTH AFRICAN BAND IYONKE LABANTU ANGAZI BABUYAPHI , BAZALWE NESINYE ISBUSISO. ANGFUNIKE UKUPHATHA LAMAQUEEN AHOLA NGAMAZWI APHOLILE. SYABONGA DANA

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

An appropriate narrative of my and my son's journey.