Sema [Limited Edition]

Remmy Ongala | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Womad Select
• ASIN: B00000FC8W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #814,546 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #32 in Music > World Music > Africa > Tanzania

Track Listings

1. Penzi Lauwa

2. Mwanza

3. Wasme Waseme

4. Kilio (The Fish Song)

5. Tamwiki

6. Fadhili Ni Utumwa

7. Mwungo (Naloba)

8. Players

9. Lombamba (Sahal Yayala)

10. Nalia Mwana

11. Libala

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzling hot piece of music, August 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sema (Audio CD)

I waited a long time to find this cd and the wait was worth it. Remmy is a transplanted Zairian who enriched Tanzania with magnificent soukouss or rumba style music. His own style, with the horns and other percussion instruments is unique. he switches from Swahili to Lingala and English like nothing or like no other African singer I ever heard. Whoever is in to this music, African or westerner, this cd is indispensable.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, a very funny guy!!, December 27, 2000

By 

Wayoga (Albany, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sema (Audio CD)

If you can only here what he says, Remmy Ongala is a comedian thro' his music. In this Album he can't STOP wondering who cares when a fish (samaki) cries? Nobody cares because the poor fish, his tears are in the water, and who would see how much tears coming out of his face??