Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) docu

Musical fragments from a documentary on Dutch television. Solomon Linda (a Zulu) wrote the song 'Mbube' (The Lion) or 'Uyimbube' more than 80 years ago. The Weavers changed that into 'Wimoweh' and it became a hit record, The Tokens changed it into 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and that became a hit. Solomon Linda never received money for this during his lifetime. Neither did his daughters. Until author Rian Malan wrote an article in Rolling Stone magazine about Solomon Linda's song...

Sorry for the unsync'd subtitles. It's the first time I do such a thing.

Disclaimer: The documentary fragments are not mine, I uploaded them for educational purpose. No copyright infringment is intended.

• #education
• #music
• #song
• #mbube
• #lion
• #uyimbube
• #ladysmith_black_mambazo
• #solomon_linda
• #pete_seeger
• #rian_malan