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In 1975, Mozambique became independent after five centuries of Portuguese rule. During the war for independence, which lasted for 14 years, the FRELIMO (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique) established communal villages in the areas they had wrested from Portuguese control. In these villages Mozambicans were able to revive their traditional culture which the Portuguese had either demeaned as “uncivilized” or banned.

The original version of “A Hiyeni,” found on the Smithsonian Folkways Music of Mozambique, is a celebration of the communal villages. Recorded in the late ’70s in Communal Village O.M.M. near XAI-XAI (pronounced “shy shy”) in the province of Gaza, the singers are members of the Mozambican Woman’s organization, a national women’s liberation group, who were among the 5,000 who lived in the village at the time. According to the Folkways researchers, every Sunday after the villages communal meeting residents would enjoy a “Festa de Cultura,” in which performers from each of the village’s four areas would lead their follows in singing and dancing until dark.

In music class our version of “A Hiyeni” strips away the communist context but still urges us all to all come together to build our “village.”

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A hiyeni va camarada
Everyone come along now
The kids are in the village

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from All Around This World: Africa (North and East), released June 21, 2015
Country of Origin: Mozambique

Original Language: Tsonga/Shangana

Genre on CD: Mbaqanga

Musicians:
Eddie Warley (Liberia, Vocals)
Fatu Gayflor (Liberia, Vocals)
Jay Sand (U.S., Vocals)
Marie Nyenabo (Liberia. Vocals)
Sametta Tupee Morris (Liberia, Vocals)
Sean Dixon (Bass, Drums)

Engineering: Amon, Studio Brooklyn, New York and Jim Hamilton, Rittenhouse Soundworks, Philadelphia

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All Around This World is a unique, interactive music program for children 0-9 years old that encourages kids and their families to explore the world by enjoying great global melodies, rhythms and movement.

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