In My Africa (song)

"In My Africa" is a song that is performed in "In My Africa (episode)." Brain, D.W., and Chiekh," a new student from Africa, create the song in the episode so that they can more easily remember facts about Africa. D.W. and Chiekh later sing it to their preschool class.

Lyrics

 * Fifty-four things
 * Fifty-four
 * Things to see and to explore

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa

I:
 * The continent of Africa is deep and long and wide
 * With 54 countries to keep my song diversified
 * There's rhythmic beats, new things to eat, and places you can go
 * And every day, a different way that you can say hello


 * For instance, meeng-gah-bou is "howdy-do" when visiting in Ghana
 * Dumela ma is how you say "Hello" inside Botswana
 * The Muslims greet the folks they meet with, "Salaam aleikum"
 * In the Gambia, Morocco and Sudan's hometown Khartoum

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * See this when you go

II:
 * Burundi's got the deepest lake and then the highest peak
 * Juts up from Tanzania just next door to Mozambique
 * And carving through the continent there flows the mighty Nile
 * Past Uganda, Eritrea and... look out! A crocodile!


 * Namibia's wild Skeleton Coast is littered with wrecked ships
 * And Côte d'lvoire has chocolate fields, I love my chocolate chips
 * Victoria Falls in Zambia, it makes a mighty sound
 * Zimbabwe shares the falls as well, there's lots to go around

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * Life is all a glow

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * There's lots of food they grow

III:
 * The Comoros has the Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish
 * In Congo, they eat mwamba stew, that stew's my favorite dish
 * São Tomé and Príncipe, they like their food with spice
 * The fish in Mauritius is hot and delicious, it's really very nice


 * Sahara in Algeria's a hot and arid land
 * Vacation in the Seychelles and relax upon the sand
 * The Madagascar aye-aye taps on trees to find its lunch
 * If you like grains, then you'll love Mauritania—they munch rice a bunch


 * The farmers out in Kenya, they raise cattle, goats, and hens
 * And Burkina Faso's called "The Land of Upright Men"
 * The cotton from Benin is in the clothes we wear to school
 * There's 40 words for "camel" in Somalia—pretty cool!


 * Hey!

IV:
 * Bembeya Jazz comes from Guinea
 * Baobab trees are stout, not skinny
 * Ethiopians eat teff, not "potator"
 * Equatorial Guinea's quite near the equator


 * One street in South Africa: two Peace Prize winners
 * In Togo, they eat fufu for dinner
 * Senegal's got a pink lake, Mali's got the Blue Men
 * The folks in Nigeria spice food with cumin
 * They do. It makes a tasty stew!


 * Fifty-four things
 * Fifty-four
 * Things to see and to explore

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa

V:
 * The world's biggest frog is found inside of Cameroon
 * In Chad, the lungfish yawn and wake up when it rains in June
 * Gorillas in Rwanda have a hooting sort of speech
 * Go to Gabon to see an elephant walk on the beach


 * Angola's full of dino bones; museum in the ground
 * Libya's got those Roman ruins, the coolest ruins around
 * And Egypt has the pyramids, the Sphinx, and King Tut's tomb
 * Malawi's got a town called "Livingstonia," I presume

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * Joy and beauty flow

VI:
 * Tunisia's known for gorgeous gates and Swaziland makes glass
 * From old recycled bottles that the boys and girls amass
 * Lesotho's folks don't go outside without their fancy hats
 * The artists in Sierra Leone weave really pretty mats


 * The tunes they play in Niger, hey! They're vital and alive
 * The Hipco of Liberia, that style's gonna thrive
 * Cape Verde's got the morna—Man, I dig that swinging beat
 * Guinea-Bissau's gumbe just makes me want to stomp my feet

Chorus:
 * In my Africa
 * Whoa, whoa, whoa
 * In my Africa
 * It's almost time to go

VII:
 * My Africa's an ageless land, I'm glad that you could see
 * This continent so full of life, you're all my family
 * And now we leave this loving place, its heartfelt family ties
 * A warm embrace, a smiling face, a bittersweet goodbye

Chorus:
 * To my Africa,
 * Djibouti, ma-uke ged or rae
 * Goodbye, Africa
 * Somalia, Nabad geylo, hey!


 * Magic Africa
 * in the CAR, gue ngzoi! Hey!
 * Lovely Africa,
 * D.R.C., Reviens, s'il vous plâit!


 * Mighty Africa,
 * Western Sahara, Masalam! Oh, yay!
 * In my Africa