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Akkedis, Prince Albert, South africa // David Chancellor

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Sweet Stellenganga – Akkedis

Voortvlugtend – Akkedis We have seen a few versions of ‘Mbube’/’The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ on this list so far, but this one is different. Why? Well for a start the lyrics of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ are translated to Afrikaans (‘in die oerwould die mooerse oerwoud slap die leeu vanaad’). And then there is a mash up of this with lyrics from ‘Sweet Stellenganga’, a slightly obscure Valiant Swart…

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Remember this? My 2 cents on STRAB 2016 https://rwrant.co.za/my-2-cents-on-strab-2016/?feed_id=11229

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Photo Album: Up The Creek 2012 https://tinyurl.com/y3qshunp

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A Swinging Safari – Shangaans

A Swinging Safari – Shangaans

Jungle Drums – The Shangaans

‘A Swinging Safari’ was actually written by and made famous by a German chap called Bert Kaempfert who, along with his orchestra, created a ‘African’ sound that found favour in Europe and elsewhere. He also recorded other ‘African’ songs like ‘Wimoweh ‘ (aka ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’), ‘Zambezi’ and ‘Skokiaan’.

‘A Swinging Safari’ is immediately recognisable and some…

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My 2 cents on the Blue Moon End of the year party https://tinyurl.com/yylaknjq

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#blackandwhite #window #lizard #akkedis https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ZirKXhCFb/?igshid=20371rb0zzm6

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Last weekend South Africa’s top-of-the-pop-attraction had two performances in our village. An impression in B&W

The name of the group is ‘Akkedis’. That means ‘Gecko’ and there are many of these around…

Akkedis Last weekend South Africa's top-of-the-pop-attraction had two performances in our village. An impression in B&W The name of the group is 'Akkedis'. That means 'Gecko' and there are many of these around...