In My Africa (song)

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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 12th grade class.

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54 things, 54

Things to see and to explore

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

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-Alaikum

In Gambia, Morocco and Sudan`s hometown cartoon

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, see this when you go

Burundi`s got the deepest lake and then the highest peak

Jet set from Tanzania just next door to Mozambique

And carving through the continent there flows the mighty Nile

Pass Uganda, Eritrea and look out! A crocodile!

Namibia`s wild skeleton coast is littered with wrecked ships

And Cote 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

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, life is all a glow

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In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, there`s lots of food they grow

The Comoros has the Coelacanth, the prehistoric fish

In Congo, they eat Wamba stew, that stew`s my favorite dish

In Sao Tome and Principe, 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 rice then you`ll love Mauritania -- they munch rice a bunch

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!

Bembeya Jazz comes from Guinea

Baobab trees are stout, not skinny

Ethiopians eat teff not pota-ter

Equatorial Guinea`s quite near the Equator

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 man

The folks in Nigeria spice food with cumin They do.

It makes a tasty stew!

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54 things 54

Things to see and to explore

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

The world`s biggest frog is found inside of Cameroon

In Chad the long fish 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

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, joy and beauty flow

Tunisia`s known for a gorgeous gate and Swaziland makes glass

From old recycled bottles that the boys and girls amass

Lesotho 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 hip co of Liberia that style`s gonna thrive

Cape Verde`s got morna -- Man, I dig that swinging beat

Guinea-Bissau goombay just makes me want to stomp my feet

In My Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa

In My Africa, it`s almost time to go

My Africa`s an ageless land, I`m glad that you could see

Its continent`s 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 to bid a sweet goodbye

To my Africa,

Djibouti, hooray!

To my Africa,

Somalia!

Magic Africa,

in the C.A.R.

Lovely Africa,

D.R.C.

Magic Africa,

Western Sahara

In my Africa