{"id":29521,"date":"2025-07-20T15:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afro.video\/?p=29521"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:09:11","slug":"kimi-djabate-yensoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afro.video\/en\/video\/kimi-djabate-yensoro\/29521\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimi Djabat\u00e9 – Yensoro"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
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From the album Dindin on Cumbancha.<\/p>\n

Learn more at https:\/\/www.cumbancha.com\/kimidjabate
\nBandcamp: https:\/\/kimidjabate.bandcamp.com\/album\/dindin
\nSpotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6UK19lM9QS02E9GYi69EHJ
\nApple: https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/dindin\/1646685143?app=music
\nAmazon: https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B0BG96V97H
\nDeezer: https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/album\/359792487<\/p>\n

Hailing from the country of Guinea-Bissau, gifted guitarist, percussionist and balaf\u00f3n (African xylophone) player Kimi Djabat\u00e9 is one of Africa\u2019s most exceptional talents. Now based in Lisbon, Djabat\u00e9 has collaborated with Mory Kant\u00e9, Waldemar Bastos and Netos de Gumb\u00e9, and, most recently, the pop star Madonna on her single \u201cCiao Bella.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Yensoro” is from Djabat\u00e9\u2019s latest album Dindin, which was released by Cumbancha on February 24, 2023. “Yensoro” is a soulful song about missed chances for love and getting to know others intimately. To the steady beat of the congas and shakers, Kimi yearns for lost happiness and connection, even as he reflects on how sadly unknowable the future is.<\/p>\n

On the album “Dindin,” the multitalented musician carries on the customs of his griot heritage, singing entrancingly about the complexity of life in modern Africa for a broad, international audience. Blending traditional Afro-Portuguese rhythms with Afrobeat grooves, electric desert blues and hints of Afro-Latin swing, Djabat\u00e9 weaves a unique tapestry of smooth and intricate sounds. “Dindin” is both highly personal, featuring intimate songs dedicated to family and friends, and undeniably universal in its themes of love, communication and human connection.<\/p>\n

Video directed by Gabriele Modica and Rui Miguel Correia
\nEdited by Gabriele Modica with Additional Editing and Color Treatment by Victorine Yok-Thot Sentilhes<\/p>\n

“Yensoro”
\nWords & Music by Kimi Djabat\u00e9
\nPublished by Cumbancha Music Publishing (BMI)<\/p>\n

LYRICS:
\n“You Had Me” (English Translation)<\/p>\n

We had a chance
\nTo be happy
\nBut you didn\u2019t wait
\nYou had me in your hands
\nI had you in mine
\nBut you didn\u2019t wait<\/p>\n

You had me in your hands
\nI had you in mine
\nBut you didn\u2019t wait
\nYou had me in your hands
\nI had you in mine
\nBut you were not able to wait<\/p>\n

Tomorrow
\nNo one knows what will come<\/p>\n

Oh, how sad
\nOh, how sad
\nNo one knows what will come tomorrow
\nLearn to wait
\nNo one knows what will come tomorrow<\/p>\n

You had me in your hands
\nI had you in mine
\nBut you didn\u2019t wait for me
\nYou were so important
\nYou had me in your hands
\nBut you didn\u2019t wait, everything has its time
\nOh, what a pity
\nNo one knows what will come tomorrow
\nOh, how sad<\/p>\n

(Mandinga)
\nIquera mussu nhalamaletifa
\nYensoro ibulokonu nbary imannan nbatu
\nKana watole batu
\nIquera mussu nhalamaletifa
\nYensoro ibulokonu nbary imannan nbatu
\nKana watole batu<\/p>\n

Yensoro ibulokonu f\u00e1
\nNhesoro nbulokonu nbary
\nImanan nbatu kana watole nbatu
\nNhesoro nbulokonu f\u00e1
\nYensoro ibulukonu nbary
\nImanan nbatu kana watole batu
\nYensoro ibulukonu nbary imanan nbatu
\nKana watole batu<\/p>\n

Nah nah nah nah
\nDjonman sininlon
\nDjonmi ilabanlon
\nYe ye ye ye
\nDjonmi ilabanlon<\/p>\n

Ho ho ho
\nHo ho ho
\nDjonmi ilabanlon
\nIkana baga djonma
\nDjonmi ilabanlon<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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