Please use the following introduction when performing:
Brother and sister, here is the house. I'm leaving now. Take care of it all. Okaana Kameme is one of Namibia's most beloved choir songs, but no-one knows who wrote it, or the meaning behind the words.
Visit any classroom in the country and start singing this song and everyone will join in. Choirs in cities and rural areas know and love this tune. Garth Prince arranged a spoken word version to match Namibia and South Africa's growing hip-hop tradition called kwaito.
Brother and sister, here is the house. I'm leaving now. Take care of it all. Okaana Kameme is one of Namibia's most beloved choir songs, but no-one knows who wrote it, or the meaning behind the words.
Visit any classroom in the country and start singing this song and everyone will join in. Choirs in cities and rural areas know and love this tune. Garth Prince arranged a spoken word version to match Namibia and South Africa's growing hip-hop tradition called kwaito.
Garth Prince arrangement for Div 1
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LYRICS:
SECTION A: Okaana kameme Eumbo ololo Ohaidipo paife Takamifa aishe (repeat section) SECTION B: Eumbo eumbo Eumbo ololo Ohaidipo paife Takamifa aishe (repeat section) |
Translation:
Brother/sister Here is the house I'm leaving now Take care of it all Here here Here is the house I'm leaving now Take care of it all |
For elementary performance, this arrangement of the song has two groups: Stage Right and Stage Left.
- SECTION A:
- Stage Right says the words first.
- Stage Left repeats the words after Stage Right.
- Stage Right says the words first.
- SECTION B:
- Both groups say the words together.
- Both groups say the words together.
- Ending:
- SECTION A has no repeat, so both groups say the words together.
- SECTION A has no repeat, so both groups say the words together.
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Elementary Arrangement: FORM
Intro: 8 bars 0:17 SECTION A (Repeat) 0:37 SECTION B (Repeat) 0:57 SECTION A (Repeat) 1:16 SECTION B (Repeat) 1:35 Let's get ready to dum! (Call & response 2 bars) 1:40 Count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (2 bar transition) 1:45 Drum patterns call & response X6 2:14 Get up off your chair! (Call & response 2 bars) 2:18 Count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (2 bar transition) 2:23 SECTION B (Repeat) 2:42 SECTION A (Repeat) 3:01 SECTION B SPLIT (Repeat) 3:21 ENDING: SECTION A (No Repeat) |
DANCE STEPS
Stand ready. Two groups: stage right, and stage left. Both groups kick right and kick left on the beat. Both groups walk on beat X8 back (stage right) then forward Both groups kick right and kick left on the beat. Both groups walk on beat X8 back (stage right) then forward The groups face (audience then) each other. Stage right 1st. Walk to the drums. Drum the patterns called by the leader The groups face (audience then) each other. Stage right 1st. Walk to dancing positions Both groups walk on beat X8 back (stage right) then forward Both groups kick right and kick left on the beat. Split Stage Right and Stage Left. Walk back and then inwards. Face audience and say the words. No dance step. |
Choral Version (Original)
| Okaana_ka_meme_satb_sheet_music.pdf |
| okaana_kameme_div_1_spoken_word_Garth_Prince.mp3 |
| okaana_kameme_arr_garth_prince-instrumental.mp3 |
Okaana Kameme: Level 2 by Garth Prince