Sina Makosa! Performed in New Jersey by Soukous Stars!

[@penseesublime]

South American brothers and sisters from Brazil to Colombia are fond of this music because they feel reconnected to their african roots. God bless them for not forgetting their heritage.

[@joejoseph69]

I Also think they had some African ancestry

[@moyeveh88]

I remember back in the days in the Republic of Sierra Leone when this music plays

[@bellemskey]

I just listened to the original Les Wanyika's version and i saw they did a great job, nevertheless, kudos goes to the Soukous Star for also doing a fantastic job out of the tune. The lead and rythm guitars of Lokassa and Shiko really oiled the tune with a superb soukous flavour, anchored by the solid baseline of Lokito. Listen to both of them on a good speakers and you would understand what i mean!!! Long live Africa

[@fredkangethe7497]

That guy Lokassa ni moto. We love you here in Kenya 🇰🇪 Lokassa. 14/05/2022

[@SammyShikanda.]

Congratulations,Malage and Jonal.

[@bambotabraham1808]

Oooh My Africa. Best of the the Best from the East i.e HORN OF AFRICA

[@olukusi5045]

lokassa the best guitarist I have ever seen...amazing guy

[@HDCSD600]

I love this music very much - it also remembers me at the times when I was in Westafrika

[@vtired]

Omari Shabani of les wanyika composed the song,he played the lead guitar and the lead voice was by Issa Juma. These were Tanzanian musicians based in Nairobi Kenya in the 70s and 80s. Sadly most of them are dead now. Les wanyika had just broken off from another group Simba wanyika when they recorded this song.

[@Nambajjwe]

This is a timeless one. Brings so many good memories back.

[@juliomuequereia2781]

Soukuss star um agrupamento que viverá para sempre na nossa memória!

[@bellemskey]

Beautiful music... Simply the best club version i've listened to... The bass guitarist is Prof. Lokito Ngouma... and the name of the band is Soukous Stars....

[@tomingosi4598]

This song was first sang by Tabu ley and then Les Wanyika from TZ, by John Ngeresa plus isaa juma.. Good message to all of us. Thank you. RIP Guys ❤😂👏👍🌟🔥🎶🎼🎵🎧

[@gracespeck4942]

What???? You are amazing!!! Here after all these years? Where are you now???

[@nyaffs]

To the person calling Swahili only an East African language. Those congolese in the Eastern part of congo speak swahili.

[@bellemskey]

I agree with you.... this is simply awesome... This is the best club remix i have found for this track Sina Makossa which apparently is one of my best tracks of all time... I Love it to bits... I can't help singing along and dancing...:-)

[@bellemskey]

I'm never tired of listening to these guys. I love them to bits. Thanks Scott..

[@bellemskey]

I believe someday Africa would get there... I can listen to this tune over and over... i'm never tired...it inspires me... Africa indeed has talents that need to be harnessed...

[@parissupuu]

The song is in Swahili. Sina Makosa means "I am not at fault." At the end when they sing Lokassa ya Mbongo, that is one of the instrumentalists. The musicians are Congolese though.

[@bellemskey]

Hi all, i still believe this a very beautiful night-club rendition of Sina Makossa and one of the best around. These guys are all very talented musicians that have paid their dues. Lokassa Y'Mbongo, Shiko Mawatu, Lokito Ngouma, Machine and Jona the vocalist. Imagine yourselves far away from home... Say in the UK, US, Canada or so and wish to listen to a tune from home... Africa indeed has talents

[@nkumukatalymusic]

hahaha I see how my name just stays Machine lol #nkumukatalay. good old days. these are the early days of the youtube video Scott was on it. #2006

[@bellemskey]

Thanks Nkumu Katalay, at the time 12 or 13 years ago, I didn't know your real name until we connected on FB. I only knew you as machine. You have paid your dues #Swalokolo

[@helsloot]

I agree totally with you. Absolutely fabulous.

[@bellemskey]

Thanks Mistermizu, ive listened to the original Les Wanyika's version and i saw they did a great job, nevertheless, kudos goes to the Soukous Star for also doing a fantastic job out of the tune. The lead and rythm guitars of Lokassa and Shiko really oiled the tune with a superb soukous flavour, anchored by the solid baseline of Lokito. Listen to both of them on good speakers and you would understand what i mean!!! Long live Africa

[@matembotvonline7501]

Nimemuona lokasa yambongo ngoma loketo nomasana

[@lovemorentete1052]

All time classic guys, not considering who sings today or yesterday. Just enjoy the music .viva la musique .merci

[@negstmarc]

hey guys I'm from Haiti. I tell you what I love every secs of it. the guitars

[@ndozaledwaba5914]

thes is one of the best in africa.i love oll the vision of sina makosa.ndoza in south africa.

[@willmansmith]

Simply Awesome!!! I met personally Maestro Lokassa in the Caribbean Musical Festival in Cartagena de Indias and he is a great Maestro. Tuve el honor de conocer personalmente al Maestro cuando fué al Festival de Musica del Caribe en Cartagena, es simplemente Genial.

[@berrygoodstuff]

Love it, understanding the words isn't even all that important.

[@joejoseph69]

The language is swahili. The singer is telling a jealous man that there’s no point to fight over a woman (supposedly at a bar) as they both have wives at home

[@Nnfefe]

many africans agree that lingala is a sweet language. south africans were in awe of such beautiful music and language existed in the continent without their knowledge. lingala should become africa's lingua frnaca

[@joejoseph69]

The song is in Swahili language. Congo people speak it as well as lingala

[@Bellingham0035]

@jt21419 and ScottShutter: Makossa is a beat founded by Cameroonian Saxophonist extraordinaire Manu Dibangu (remember Soul Makossa of late 1960's). Dibangu founded this while on a working tour with OK Jazz in Kinshasa (Leopardville). In Congolese dialect of Swahili, makossa has the same meaning as East African makossa. After the trailblazing by M Jackson & Rihanna, I hope one one day Californians don't get to ask " makossa is a Beverly Hills beat , what is it doing in Cameroon?"

[@davidhorkan1868]

I have no idea what the words mean but it is all very beautiful.

[@hossaffath]

Excelente soukuss

[@valupak]

Hey thanks for giving us some of these classic performers. I've loved Franco and the OK Jazz Band since 1974! It's so good to see Franco's old band members are still well and strong!

[@pepeaonline8204]

That is Les Wanyika from Kenya

[@carmenceciliaarizaperez7240]

Sina makosa, tremendo tema interpretado por estos maestros

[@roibersalcedo]

en tolu playa difrutamos la musika africana lokassa el maestro

[@africanbeauty777]

Soft Soukouss.

[@TheShadowfakx]

superb rendition. sweet guitars and voice=terrific!

[@chefray576]

GREAT MUSIC,,,I LOVE IT,, GREAT TALENT FOLKS

[@SonicdreamballYT]

You're right , the guitar is insane ...

[@severionyamaropa5615]

Eish. Just got to know about this version today, imagine

[@lintis65]

sina makosa

[@khamismohamed8754]

Nice song

[@lamwan1969]

Nice music ever.

[@mbareboy]

Thanks Scott, this is the real stuff my man!

[@zurii]

lovely...

[@PhotographyCol]

me gusta mucha, esto cancion. Cantais muy bien.

[@lurholm]

Oh man, this is sooo great! :-)))

[@akanic001]

hasira za nini bwana!! wataka kuniuwa bure bwana!!! yule si wako !!! holla dis is da shit bra this is where it all started at! if nobody remix this I will jus to show people what music is and this is it

[@HDCSD600]

Thank you for uploading this

[@buashraf]

Reminds me of the golden old days but one thing is missing. Mkwanyule`s saxophone. Next time the Soukous Stars should get somebody who can play a saxopohone!!!!!!!

[@elcuco172]

I love Soukous music!! I wish i understood what ur singin..

[@ramso007]

Original lyrics:Hasira za nini bwana,hasira za nini bwana- wataka kuniuwa bure baba,wataka kuniuwa bure baba-yule si'wako nami si'wangu chuki ya nini kati yangu mimi na wewe,chuki ya nini kati yangu mimi na wewe.....(chorus)nasema, sina makosa wee bwana! sina makosa wee bwana!...

[@Mbeebeelove]

makes me happy! ♪♫♥

[@osmandainkeh5080]

Singer is called Buya Lutete from Zaire

[@ramadhankasim1120]

Napendasana

[@bellemskey]

Scot... thanks for this piece. It is excellent. I cant count how many times i have listenend to it over and over. How one get in touch with the Soukous Stars? God bless Africa

[@mundochampeta]

I WOLD LOVE TO SI THIS LIVE IN COLOMBIA

[@afedraahmed5969]

Nice but for me,am in Kampala Uganda the pearl of Africa

[@BavonWW]

The bass player in this video is JJ Otieno ( originally of the legendary Earthquake ) The song was originally written by Prof Juma of Simaba Wanyika that is correct. Could someone upload "Shillingi Aua" Please!

[@darelet]

that is ngouma lokito of soukous stars... actually, it's the whole band of soukous stars on stage

[@sadikisanga2144]

I trust lokassa ya mbogo for review this song from Less wanyika

[@groovemonzter]

nice nice nice

[@vtired]

This is a congolised version of Sina Mokosa (it's not my fault) song. It's good but you have to listen to the original to appreciate Issa Juma vocals and Omari's lead guitar, the two elements that make this song an all time classic.

[@capitanothegreat3994]

Lokasa

[@parissupuu]

I believe it was the group Les Wanyika.

[@mauriciopulido6904]

Este sina makossa de lokassa no está normal ?

[@Kikuyumoja]

awesome, thx!

[@johnnysvno6560]

Nice

[@joseabdalaortizmendez5963]

Paz en su tumba 🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢😢

[@severionyamaropa5615]

anyone with a recorded version by these guys please share......

[@brianzulu3969]

powerful

[@skaone3]

this sounds exactly like the original as when I was a little boy. Thanks for posting. Have these guys got a CD out?

[@bellemskey]

If you can help us get and post the original Les Wayika, that would be great!!! Cheers

[@wntiro]

Originally Performed by Les Wanyika from Tanzanian based in Kenya by that time, Issa Juma, Professor Omari Shabani, Tom Malanga and others. All credit to Les Wanyika and not Soukous Stars

[@njorogemucentral]

true

[@Thijs-Kuiken]

+winny ntiro I do credit Soukous stars for the fact that their performance here makes me very happy.. :-D

[@denisitele]

Very unnecessary.. The video already credits the composers. You didn't have to hate

[@johnnyasv8772]

2024 👍👍👍

[@tatadesires8804]

2020

[@ScottShuster]

Excellent quasi-instructional video on how to play Sina Makossa on both solo guitar and rhythm guitar, uploaded by our friend Ali Kisaka (who teaches soukous guitar in Los Angeles) and...(are you sitting down?) the great Huit Kilos. Have a look! ::: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXe1Z3t6ZpitZpo

[@Bellingham0035]

Literally, but it is " I am not in error"

[@daadi7]

I thought that was ngouma lokito playing in this Video

[@Kizigua1]

Kasuku

[@bellemskey]

aokoh, sorry to disgree with you, understand that this is a club version, just look at the people dancing to tell you how good this is. It is one of the best reproductions of Sina Makossa, excluding the trumpet...Its not far fetched,just click to Les Wanyika on the right side and listen to the original...Fantistique remix you would reckon...

[@fimboyantembe]

actually but it is not swahili bora like the one spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. It is a mix with French and Lingala. A return to the roots to a certain extent, as Les Wanyika have borrowed rythm from the congolese soukous.

[@hadijabrown]

swahili song

[@aokoh]

I love soukuss stars....but you cant compare this to Lagos nite and Nairobi nite that they redid superbly and fused many hits together like never before.........I still maintain this version lacks the passion its too "lingalanized" nothing "clubish". This song is in Kiswahili mark you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jt21419]

Pardon me, but why does "Makossa" come up here? Makossa is a rythm from the Cameroons (central-west Africa).

[@yayoquillero]

No pues como te decimos.

[@BavonWW]

Did I say Professor Juma! Freudian slip, the result of years of Professor Juma and His Bycycle Troupe... I meant Prof Omar. The band originally came up from Tanzania. I was there the day they arrived. I think two members were of Zairien origin but my memory is getting dim. I could be thinking of Super Mazembe who were never in Les Wanyikas league..

[@Bellingham0035]

nyaffs: Thank you. Thank you very much. Geographically you are spot on. Historically some people are stuck on colonial take away history and have never bothered with recent research. The hosting ground was on the west coast where Tipo Tibb had his warehouse. All this these later day tribes were just left overs. So swahili must have originated from eastern Congo. Swahili did not originate from Tanzania or Kenya. Try reading ' Islams black Slaves'

[@faboge]

By the way, this is Swahili, not Lingala.

[@joejoseph69]

The language is swahili. The singer is telling a jealous man that there’s no point to kill him over a lady (supposedly at a bar) as they both have wives at home

[@samuelmwaipopo1302]

@Bellingham0035. SAHIL its arab word. find what it means. sawhili went on congo during slave trade. pole sana kiswahili hakitokei congo ndugu.

[@jeanndiho8022]

Who sang the original version one? anybody knows?

[@ndozaledwaba5914]

Leswanyika ..sina makosa

[@zumzumxx]

"sina makossa" means "I'm not gulty" in swahili language : "sina = have not; makossa = gulty" In this context it's not the rythm.

[@jahbaibe]

lol! RDC

[@herbertmapeall3445]

Don't say perfected couz they was no mistake on the original song

[@aokoh]

bogus imitation listen to the original andhere the passion in the music and lyrics.this is just full of new instruments........

[@denisitele]

Stupid comment.. By the way these are the masters of the guitars hata kushinda Omari and his group. You don't get any better than Lokassa on Rhythm and Mawatu on Solo.. Only issue was they are not good in Swahili n you can't blame them. It is an honor to Omari and his group that they covered his song

[@reubenkamau7070]

makosa is mistake..

[@sanakisumaki]

Decirle terapia a esta expresion musical es un irrespeto !!! Esto es 100% africa y alla no existe la terapia eso es un invento caribe acunhado a un tipo de baile de finales de los 80 y principios delos 90. Pero no tiene nada que ver con esta musica

[@mytime81]

Who are these making "shauri yako sound so bad"???? Please listen to the original to get the real taste. The Kiswahili is horrible????

[@Bellingham0035]

To be honest Omar Shabani was not a lead guitarist. He played the rhythm guitar. He was nothing special and hang on the coat tails of 1st the Peter brothers and then Issa Juma.

[@RYAMENUS]

nyinyi hamwimbi poa kama original mumeifanya winbo boring sana

[@omutibo]

This is just a shitty and very ridiculous version of that song. Anyone who knows this song for as long as i do knows that it definately sounded nothing like this and what the above puppets did was a poor attempt to modify this song & they should be ashamed of themselves coz they ended up infuriating those of us who love Les wanyika. Kwendeni huko mu oze na upuzi wenu. For those who call this a club version i wonder which clubs yu have been to and which you now go to.

[@darelet]

that's a very respected band that's even more famous than les wanyika.. it is simply an honour for the mighty soukous stars to even cover a wanyika song. they are kinshasa congolese so they don't speak swahili, the reason for the poor articulation