Samthing Soweto performing Akanamali at Poetry Africa 2017

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @thandokubeka4311
    @thandokubeka4311 10 месяцев назад +91

    2024 and Im still here ❤

    • @TshepoGwa
      @TshepoGwa 8 месяцев назад

      Beke le beke

    • @tumisang56
      @tumisang56 7 месяцев назад

      Eish my whole day at the office today

  • @nonjabulogamede5404
    @nonjabulogamede5404 5 лет назад +689

    My boyfriend used to play this song when we are together, may your soul rest in peace babe

    • @thapelonkululeko4498
      @thapelonkululeko4498 5 лет назад +56

      I used to play it when I was with my girlfriend now she's gone.I feel you.My her soul rest in peace to our loved ones

    • @danielmakhubu5931
      @danielmakhubu5931 5 лет назад +5

      Askies ey

    • @ismailweegman7060
      @ismailweegman7060 5 лет назад +52

      I used to play this song to my girlfriend and am no more in her life. She's got another boyfriend now. May they not have peace when they hear this song

    • @williammngwali9922
      @williammngwali9922 5 лет назад +21

      @@ismailweegman7060 😂😂😂

    • @sandisiwemolotsi6182
      @sandisiwemolotsi6182 5 лет назад +9

      Sorry for your loss bbe❤️😢

  • @OwzaMajola
    @OwzaMajola 7 месяцев назад +55

    2024 July If you came here after me tap in so I can come back and listen to this masterpiece

  • @jacobgurure60
    @jacobgurure60 5 лет назад +272

    for the first time I heard a guy say Akalamali and ladies scream with joy

  • @Quantum_Peace
    @Quantum_Peace 4 года назад +93

    This song reminds me of my honeymoon...that hasn't happened yet with my wife that I haven't met yet. ❣️

  • @gracekinyua8377
    @gracekinyua8377 6 лет назад +393

    This is proof music is universal. I literally only understand one word in the entire song... December but I have had this on replay since I stumbled upon it. Please @Samthing Soweto come to Kenya. 😍😍😍😍

    • @tumisomarebane2536
      @tumisomarebane2536 6 лет назад +2

      Lol

    • @MaggieKayy
      @MaggieKayy 5 лет назад +6

      Hi Cousin, i love this song too so much

    • @patrickmaina715
      @patrickmaina715 5 лет назад +8

      tuko wengi. na akikam akam na ile group yake ya kitambo

    • @kabelothelele6276
      @kabelothelele6276 5 лет назад +48

      Akanamali is more of a love song that narrates the pressure experienced in our society, where value/love is constantly substituted for material things. The song is structured by three roles, the friends trying to be a constant reminder that her friends might not approve of the entire relationship, the leading role, who against all the spoken words and influences still chooses love and settles for it despite the fact that "Akanamali" (he has no money), but he loves her for her and accepts all that she is. Then the guy who despites the fact that he doesn't have the money, announces that in December he's making it all official, he will be traditionally asking for her hand in marriage.

    • @joywavinya2805
      @joywavinya2805 5 лет назад +6

      @@kabelothelele6276 I have been listening for two years.. without understanding a word..

  • @claytonives6623
    @claytonives6623 7 лет назад +182

    Best song ever truly love from Australia

  • @zannymoss
    @zannymoss 5 лет назад +104

    His voice is the real instrument! The background instruments are just accompanying but his voice is everything

  • @theinfamoustop104
    @theinfamoustop104 3 года назад +35

    Not me realizing the bizarre fact that this guy owns this song... it's beyond impossible to sing this song if it isn't him himself... That's legendary right there

  • @greyside1696
    @greyside1696 2 года назад +22

    SA, you have to admit that you cant market yourself.. this man should be HUGGGEEEEEEE!!! this should be heard by the whole world..every year I am back to listen to this tune..

  • @Nkosie007
    @Nkosie007 4 года назад +71

    With Sam there's absolutely no difference between studio and live what a talent 🔥

    • @scylk
      @scylk 2 года назад +2

      right? For a moment I thought the version I was listening on spotify was from this live. I was shocked when he chatted with the crowd

    • @mthunzimhlongo660
      @mthunzimhlongo660 2 года назад

      HE REMINDS ME OF ANITA BAKER

  • @richardekpo1369
    @richardekpo1369 4 года назад +57

    I'm yet to listen to a south African song I don't like..love from 🇳🇬

  • @fredseleka1378
    @fredseleka1378 5 лет назад +51

    He can tame an African lion with his soothing voice!!!!!

  • @andremtetwa9780
    @andremtetwa9780 6 лет назад +93

    South Africans have the best singing talent NoContest

    • @keifferw6503
      @keifferw6503 4 года назад +5

      l would say human beings, travel a lil bro

  • @lungelozulu3022
    @lungelozulu3022 4 года назад +40

    Still here in 2020 , 🔥Something Soweto is the name 🔥, Tululululululu Ahhh Tululululu

  • @BradK02
    @BradK02 6 лет назад +49

    I found him today...this guy is good. I dnt understand a word...but love this song.

  • @motumimosala3262
    @motumimosala3262 4 года назад +39

    This beautiful song makes me reminisce about the first time I heard it. Me and my roommate were bathing in small buckets ( vaskom) . We were renting in a commune and heard it next room . We literally danced in the water . We were doing our in service training in gauteng and we fell in with it. Life was tough but the power of this song led us escape reality and visit a world of imagination. Now we both successful and I just sent the him the link to send him memory lane

  • @muchinajohn
    @muchinajohn 4 года назад +37

    Amazing..... Breathe taking... Felt like a congregation of beautiful souls in that auditorium. Africa is heaven. Hope you get to perform in Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 someday

  • @chinhopereira
    @chinhopereira 5 лет назад +17

    Listening from Angola 🇦🇴
    Samthing Please come to Angola
    You're really amazing God bless you

  • @innocentsilinda1304
    @innocentsilinda1304 Месяц назад +1

    Mzansi is blessed to have this guy 🔥

  • @thaboreginald9456
    @thaboreginald9456 Год назад +7

    Its 2023 nd and this track be hitting the spot the same waiting ❤ danko sir

  • @moketemakoa5076
    @moketemakoa5076 2 года назад +8

    20 fcuking 22 and I’m still here listening to this gem! Priceless indeed

  • @thembinkosicele6730
    @thembinkosicele6730 5 лет назад +26

    My Brother, you are so talented (World Class) I am proud to be South African.... Proud to be African and most importantly to be Black

  • @gracekapata4384
    @gracekapata4384 3 года назад +11

    3:57 when the audience interrupted him when he was preparing to GO OFF on us!!!!! If I were in the audience, I’d have probably interrupted him too 🙃🙃 I’ve watched this the past 4 years, and each time, it always transcends expectation!!!

  • @sfisotheartistgumbi1240
    @sfisotheartistgumbi1240 4 года назад +9

    I see comments from people from different countries , they like the song without even understanding a single word , that's what I love about music , I listen to Oliver Mtukudzi but I can't hear the words....Big up

  • @collinssarun514
    @collinssarun514 4 года назад +6

    Shocking how language is so universal. Akanamali. If you read that in swahili it translates to he/she doesn't have mali. Same thing in xhosa or whatever language he's singing in

  • @tebogomokome8448
    @tebogomokome8448 5 лет назад +58

    Was a killer performance
    His new album rocks
    2019 anyone???

  • @thembelamkandla2497
    @thembelamkandla2497 7 лет назад +41

    this guy is soul

  • @EvrythngVarsity
    @EvrythngVarsity Год назад +4

    The second verse of the song we were really deprived🎉

  • @josephinefosere9613
    @josephinefosere9613 3 месяца назад

    Still inlove with this end of October 2024❤

  • @BLVCK270
    @BLVCK270 Месяц назад +1

    Somehow this one is cooler than the original one ❤

  • @Hloni18
    @Hloni18 Год назад +2

    2023 this performance still heals my heart❤

  • @fatanobahle1024
    @fatanobahle1024 7 лет назад +58

    you the one who made me fall inlove with the soil in the 1st place when you sang sedilaka and Sunday...you're talented bra😇❤

    • @edwardmagqaza9831
      @edwardmagqaza9831 4 года назад +1

      True I loved his performance on the song Sunday

  • @fadzaicarol7411
    @fadzaicarol7411 7 лет назад +39

    I can listen to him all day mayn!!!!!!!!!!

  • @phumelelemthalane4181
    @phumelelemthalane4181 7 лет назад +25

    i was there also singing along

  • @zie1887
    @zie1887 3 года назад +12

    What an artist, just got to love him 💗💗💗2022 still here 🇬🇧

  • @itshermanricky
    @itshermanricky 5 лет назад +18

    This song is so sweet come to Kenyaaaaaaaa

    • @linkin5961
      @linkin5961 4 года назад

      Do you understand him? Isn't he singing in xhosa? I guess my third question, do you speak Swahili and is there a similarity between the languages?

  • @mrdeurknopp
    @mrdeurknopp 6 лет назад +106

    What a voice! Is that Steve Biko on the hoodie?

  • @andiwamagagula3
    @andiwamagagula3 2 года назад +10

    The second verse of this song bought tears to my eyes🥺🥺 what a beautiful voice

  • @octavialeepo1536
    @octavialeepo1536 7 лет назад +35

    Such beauty and serenity in his voice..... you can see he feels it in his veins ☺

  • @aaronjerry5858
    @aaronjerry5858 4 года назад +7

    Samthing Soweto .... I guess you not from this Planet.... musicians who rhyme like you do , are rare onto this planet earth....
    You an alien ✊✊✊
    Continue doing the most Bra 🔥🔥

  • @freebluebutterfly6583
    @freebluebutterfly6583 3 года назад +14

    Sweet memories. Much love for Msanzi's ENDLESS AMAZING talent😭

  • @siyandatonisi6448
    @siyandatonisi6448 7 лет назад +22

    i love this version

  • @michaelmomene6578
    @michaelmomene6578 6 лет назад +3

    Those who unliked this soulful performance .....know nothing about music.This is African music at its best...I see it as jealosy.... Sam is a living legend....Thumbs up from Botswana

  • @ibwmultimediagmailcom
    @ibwmultimediagmailcom 7 лет назад +31

    From Mozambique
    This guy is really awesome, I'm addicted since the first time I've seen him on Tuesdays with Robert Marawa. One of the best new comers... Keep going

    • @alfredonombora2524
      @alfredonombora2524 7 лет назад

      ibw.multimedia9@gmail.com verdade brother

    • @sanmak3283
      @sanmak3283 4 года назад

      ibw.multimedia9@gmail.com, not really a new-comer here cos he was one of the original members of The Soil, then he was with The Fridge before turning solo.

    • @bedenengotembejunior1383
      @bedenengotembejunior1383 4 года назад

      O gajo é maningue nice mesmo!

  • @LetauGalane
    @LetauGalane 4 месяца назад +1

    I like this guy

  • @MamoliehiTsepo
    @MamoliehiTsepo Час назад

    I'm still here❤

  • @SilindokuhleBaka
    @SilindokuhleBaka 7 дней назад

    Continue to rest Bantu Biko, the South African dream 🇿🇦❤

  • @leuta-topic8470
    @leuta-topic8470 Год назад +1

    This reprise is nostalgic ekse. Soweto is a genius, we should graduate you to Sophia Town Hall of Fame.

  • @kwenzokuhleluthuli-c6l
    @kwenzokuhleluthuli-c6l 2 месяца назад +1

    2024 november and im still loving him

  • @fmdandila
    @fmdandila 3 года назад +11

    This song speaks to the sadest part of my soul. I cry about all those things I don’t understand, all those things I pray for, all my fears and my hopes.
    Bless be the day Samthing Soweto wrote this song 🙏🏿

  • @alicengcongwane5045
    @alicengcongwane5045 2 года назад +3

    What a tenor! Remind me of the late Johnny Carter of the DELLS...Samthing you're talented ,May God keep you bro.

  • @Kode.X237
    @Kode.X237 19 дней назад

    So much talent on 1 man .......how could you make "akana mali" sound so nice

  • @mvelo2062
    @mvelo2062 4 месяца назад +2

    ❤❤❤❤ iqanda le country

  • @malixolemiles545
    @malixolemiles545 4 года назад +4

    Wow the comments below are kind and which truly shows that no language can seperate the true meaning of art. May the good faith travel towards everyone.

  • @nheletydadiva
    @nheletydadiva 7 лет назад +12

    From Moz.... This Litle boy is shy... well done boy... massive hug from Moz..

  • @jeremiahaipinge356
    @jeremiahaipinge356 5 лет назад +10

    still rocking this jam in 2019 Oct..thumbs if here

  • @makercaptainhook6307
    @makercaptainhook6307 4 года назад +2

    That sec verse on akanamali is everything😭

  • @thabomoloi6125
    @thabomoloi6125 5 лет назад +57

    Who's here after his 2019 Idols performance ?

  • @Michael_0589
    @Michael_0589 5 лет назад +7

    10 years ago I was an undergraduate student at UKZN Howard and I am glad to see that sessions like this have grown into something beyond measure.

  • @thandolwethumaqanda948
    @thandolwethumaqanda948 7 лет назад +64

    You are definitely singing at my wedding

  • @njokiwaweru2158
    @njokiwaweru2158 3 года назад +7

    He has a beautiful voice and he knows it

  • @gersonneves7815
    @gersonneves7815 7 лет назад +32

    legend(Samthing soweto), I can't understand the language that is used in the song cause I am mozabican but I'm in love with it. may God keep blessing you bro.

    • @khumothage4629
      @khumothage4629 6 лет назад +1

      Gerson Neves Bueno Obrigado ❤

    • @bedenengotembejunior1383
      @bedenengotembejunior1383 4 года назад

      O gajo é mau

    • @jennyvilaflor3034
      @jennyvilaflor3034 3 года назад

      Ele è muito mau. ele está a dizer que . Ela gosta de tudo tudo oque ele é? Mais ele não tem dinheiro. E vejam vão le levar em Dezembro.

    • @jennyvilaflor3034
      @jennyvilaflor3034 3 года назад

      Praticamente isso I think so. Eu percebo zulo

  • @Hloni18
    @Hloni18 9 месяцев назад +1

    He will forever remain the best vocalist mzansi has ever produced ❤

  • @franciscomandlate1029
    @franciscomandlate1029 2 года назад +2

    Felling it from Manchester, UK 🇬🇧

  • @MrsMWanke
    @MrsMWanke 6 лет назад +11

    wow love the vocals. love from namibia

  • @amanijulia107
    @amanijulia107 3 года назад +4

    Man this is golden! It's 2AM in the morning the year 2021 and I don't regret staying up. 😭❤️

  • @silolomanyano3154
    @silolomanyano3154 3 года назад +1

    Why dislike Mara... Yhooo Umona

  • @nelisiwemathe3073
    @nelisiwemathe3073 7 лет назад +8

    Why.....abobani...
    You you you. This is too nice

  • @regispedzisaichipanga3186
    @regispedzisaichipanga3186 5 лет назад +4

    Please translate this song for me!!this is pure talent😀😀😀,one love from Zimbabwe!

  • @internetathi
    @internetathi 7 лет назад +31

    This audience was life! Wish I was there

  • @shabaaz79
    @shabaaz79 4 года назад +2

    Wow.wow.wow..this is just amazing....this confirns that the almighty has given black people the best voices.period.

  • @yolandemninzi480
    @yolandemninzi480 5 лет назад +8

    His voice is so soothing. Hayi shame Samthing Soweto you have a beautiful voice. ❤😢

  • @shokiledwaba_
    @shokiledwaba_ 4 года назад +6

    Never gets old, 👌👌

  • @tebogomokoena8212
    @tebogomokoena8212 3 года назад +2

    this song is my favourite! so great may lord blees your soul somthing soweto your voice number one

  • @lindimasilile695
    @lindimasilile695 6 лет назад +10

    Music is a universal language👌❤

  • @keziaalvikachambunga3220
    @keziaalvikachambunga3220 4 года назад +1

    Kindly help with english lyrics
    I just love something soweto..
    Love from Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲

  • @ThobileMacaws
    @ThobileMacaws 4 года назад +4

    So much talent 🙏🏾. I love his hoodie ❤️. Long live Bantu Steve Biko ✊🏾.

  • @sharu1452
    @sharu1452 Год назад

    I really enjoyed the song although I don't understand the language.
    It just makes me want to learn South African music.
    Much love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪.
    Africa Forever ❤❤

  • @skyskiana7225
    @skyskiana7225 5 лет назад +8

    This guy is heaven sent he heals me every time 🤞🏽😍

  • @EnozuuTV
    @EnozuuTV 4 года назад +1

    From Tanzania,one love my young bro.

  • @silindokuhlemasiza7670
    @silindokuhlemasiza7670 7 лет назад +10

    This guys voice 😥😣❤

  • @dennischabu1127
    @dennischabu1127 10 месяцев назад

    When something is good 😊 let's appreciate this African boy has talent ❤

  • @preisesitoe9208
    @preisesitoe9208 3 года назад +1

    It Rocks Afro is so beutiful. I love my Africa. My ancestrais are from here

  • @judithsibiya202
    @judithsibiya202 4 года назад +4

    Who's watching this with me in 2020 ❤️😍

  • @alfredomassinga9484
    @alfredomassinga9484 4 года назад +2

    From Mozambique Maputo must come to Maputo talent guy

  • @sakhizwesakhi2243
    @sakhizwesakhi2243 2 года назад +2

    Angel from heaven ♥️♥️♥️♥️🇿🇦

  • @sinokhanyonduna3893
    @sinokhanyonduna3893 2 года назад +3

    THIS SONG WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE BY HIM!!!

  • @kgomotsomatsididi1429
    @kgomotsomatsididi1429 6 лет назад +9

    Ohhhhhhh whenever I listen to this❤️❤️❤️... I get so happy 😊

  • @libhongolihleli982
    @libhongolihleli982 9 месяцев назад

    I watch this everyday
    This is my favourite performance ever

  • @drewmannshow8583
    @drewmannshow8583 7 лет назад +11

    I loved this song before I came to Mzansi, then I got to sing along in the crowd :). I'ma remember this night for eons

  • @zannymoss
    @zannymoss 5 лет назад +5

    The second verse is everything 😍😍😍☝🏼

  • @hlomtheku
    @hlomtheku 4 года назад +5

    This is a beautiful live performance by an exceptional artist.

  • @KingGreatNgoma
    @KingGreatNgoma 5 лет назад +3

    INTERNATIONAL BABA, I WORSHIP YOU, I PRAISE YOU.

  • @cold4882
    @cold4882 5 лет назад +7

    Music for the soul ❤️

  • @nothandosiziba1207
    @nothandosiziba1207 4 года назад +4

    This talent is too much ❤️ ❤️ ❤️, the way he plays with his voice 💕💕💕💕💕💕

  • @sydneymohlalawaratau1405
    @sydneymohlalawaratau1405 2 месяца назад

    Your talent just humble and melt me, you are a living legend

  • @ugandabiker1932
    @ugandabiker1932 6 лет назад +5

    Much love from uganda such a soulfull song

  • @brianmokone8536
    @brianmokone8536 5 месяцев назад +1

    oh_ohhh this is good

  • @zion683629
    @zion683629 4 года назад +2

    2017 was such a best year🙌🏿