{"id":47561,"date":"2020-04-30T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=47561"},"modified":"2021-04-08T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:47:18","slug":"angelique-kidjo-miriam-makeba-pata-pata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/angelique-kidjo-miriam-makeba-pata-pata\/","title":{"rendered":"Against Covid-19, Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo covers Miriam Makeba\u2019s \u201cPata Pata\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that is hitting the world, Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo joins forces with UNICEF and sings \u201cNo Pata Pata\u201d, a cover of Miriam Makeba\u2019s worldwide hit \u201cPata Pata\u201d. We dance, but we keep our distance.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Beninese diva Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo, a UNICEF ambassador, has just recorded an updated version of Miriam Makeba\u2019s \u201cPata Pata\u201d. The very first version was recorded in 1957 by the South African singer in Johannesburg, accompanied by her group, the Skylarks. But it was the second version, which Makeba would record ten years later in the United States, that would go on to reach the top of the charts and become an international hit.
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In both cases, it refers to a popular dance in Johannesburg in which the partners played a \u201ctouch-touch\u201d dance (this is the meaning of \u201cPata Pata\u201d in Xhosa). Precisely in these Coronavirus times, there is no longer any question of dancing Pata-Pata and touching each other. So \u201cNo Pata Pata\u201d becomes a slogan, and also the title of this cover of the beautiful Ang\u00e9lique, who adapted the lyrics of the song to encourage Africa and the world to adopt barrier gestures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidjo\u2019s cover of the song was also a tribute to her friend Miriam Makeba (she had also covered \u201cMala\u00efka\u201d) and the late saxophonist Manu Dibango (with whom she had been rehearsing with until two months ago). \u201cManu inspired me. Miriam inspired me. And Pata Pata gave me hope<\/em>,\u201d the singer explains in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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