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about
Senye, the first single to be taken from the album, features multi-award winning Ghanain vocalist Wiyaala. Despite its uplifting feel, the meaning of the song (sung in the native language of Birifor) is somewhat darker, albeit ultimately positive and healing. In the typical Birifor culture, when your best friend of the opposite sex loses a partner, it is required of you to be present to provoke them to grieve more. It is believed that the more the widow/widower grieves at the funeral, the more easily they can get over the pain of their loss. So asking them a simple question of the whereabouts of their partner quickly provokes them to grieve more and by that you are assisting them to recover and showing your true friendship in their difficult moment. In short, this song seeks to assist any person grieving a spouse to get over their pain through the help of their friends.
lyrics
Aha zin kono yee
Niezaa kon kan-yee yee
Mhmm kono yee
Kon kan-yee yee
Aha zin kono yee niezen kon kan-yee yee Ka kaakyee kaayee kaakye
N-sunnu n-sunnu ley ie heela wey
N-sunnu n-sunnu ley ie bala wey
Wee ba bolong lee, Wee ba bolong lee, Wee ba bolong lee rer Ta kang ba wey ie bambi tiane sunnu yaa wee yee
Yamou ban gaa
Yamou ban zaa gaa yaa
Mhmm yan mou
Yen ban gaa yaa
Yen you ban gaa
Yen you ban zaa gaa yaa
Ga ga gaa yaa gaa yaa gaa yaa
Ley ba way
Ley babbling waykey Mhm ley ba way
Ley ba way
Naba ley ba way Ley ba wayke
Way way way ke ke
Ba moure bill beko bey
Ba moure bill be na ban me
Ba moure, Ba moure,
Ba moure bill be na baa yall
Ba moure bill be na baa mommaa Mommaa, mommaa, mommaa Ba moure bill be na ban merrer
credits
from Small Small,
track released June 3, 2022
Isaac Birituro – Xylophone, Vocals
Sonny Johns – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Yuval Wetzler – Drums, Electronic Drums, Percussion
Raphael Clarkson – Trombone, Prepared Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards
Elliot Galvin – Synthesisers
Laura Jurd – Trumpet
Mark Lockheart – Tenor Sax
Kasim Kada – Kpanlogo
Dela Bofri – Flute
Aminu Amadou – Dundo
Zosia Jagodzinska - Cello
Hellen Dompkier – Vocals, Choir Lead
Wiyaala – Vocals
The Birifor Choir: Helen Domkpier, Angelina Ankaarma, Elizabeth Naamwinekumah, Emmanuella Domo, Emmanuel Dery Kuusani, Isaac Birituro
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Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
